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QUIZ

US HISTORY

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1. Who was the first President of the United States?
a. George Washington
b. Thomas Jefferson
c. John Adams
d. James Madison

2. What was the name of the document that declared America's


independence from Great Britain in 1776?
a. The Constitution
b. The Declaration of Rights and Grievances
c. The Emancipation Proclamation
d. The Declaration of Independence

3. Who was the President of the Confederate States of America


during the American Civil War?
a. Jefferson Davis
b. Robert E. Lee
c. Ulysses S. Grant
d. Abraham Lincoln

4. Who was the first African American to serve on the U.S.


Supreme Court?
a. Thurgood Marshall
b. Clarence Thomas
c. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
d. Sonia Sotomayor

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5. Which President led the United States through the Great
Depression and World War II?
a. Franklin D. Roosevelt
b. Harry S. Truman
c. Dwight D. Eisenhower
d. John F. Kennedy

6. What was the name of the Cold War-era conflict between the
United States and the Soviet Union that lasted from 1947 to
1991?
a. The Space Race
b. The Cuban Missile Crisis
c. The Vietnam War
d. The Cold War

7. Who was the first American to orbit the Earth?


a. Neil Armstrong
b. John Glenn
c. Alan Shepard
d. Buzz Aldrin

8. Who assassinated President John F. Kennedy in 1963?


a. Lee Harvey Oswald
b. James Earl Ray
c. Sirhan Sirhan
d. Charles Manson

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9. Which President signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law?
a. Lyndon B. Johnson
b. Richard Nixon
c. Gerald Ford
d. Jimmy Carter

10. Who was the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme
Court?
a. Sandra Day O'Connor
b. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
c. Sonia Sotomayor
d. Elena Kagan

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Answers:
1. a. George Washington
2. d. The Declaration of Independence
3. a. Jefferson Davis
4. a. Thurgood Marshall
5. a. Franklin D. Roosevelt
6. d. The Cold War
7. b. John Glenn
8. a. Lee Harvey Oswald
9. a. Lyndon B. Johnson
10. a. Sandra Day O'Connor

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