Master Key Events, Presidents, Wars & Milestones from Colonial Times to Modern Day
This 50 American History Quiz covers the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, U.S. presidents, Constitutional amendments, civil rights movements, and 20th-century events. Each question includes four answer choices with the correct answer provided for self-checking.
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#1. Who was the main general of the Confederate Army during the Civil War?
#2. Who wrote the “Star-Spangled Banner”?
#3. Who was the first President of the United States?
#4. Which U.S. president is on the $20 bill?
#5. Which U.S. president said, “Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country”?
#6. Who was the King of England during the American Revolution?
#7. What was the name of the first successful English colony in America?
#8. Which war ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1783?
#9. What was the name of the U.S. project to build the atomic bomb?
#10. What was the name of the first man to walk on the moon in 1969?
#11. Who led the Continental Army during the winter at Valley Forge?
#12. What was the name of the Native American woman who helped Lewis and Clark?
#13. Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
#14. Which U.S. Supreme Court case established “separate but equal” in 1896?
#15. Which U.S. president was in office during the 9/11 terrorist attacks?
#16. Which document begins with “We the People”?
#17. Which U.S. president resigned from office in 1974?
#18. What year did the United States declare its independence?
#19. Which U.S. president issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
#20. Which U.S. president ordered the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan in 1945?
#21. Which woman is known for helping enslaved people escape via the Underground Railroad?
#22. Which U.S. president is known for the New Deal programs?
#23. What was the name of the 1962 crisis between the U.S. and the Soviet Union over missiles?
#24. What was the main reason for the American Revolution?
#25. Who invented the cotton gin in 1793?
#26. Which famous woman refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955?
#27. What was the name of the route used to move enslaved people from the South to the North in secret?
#28. Which famous American inventor created the light bulb?
#29. What was the name of the U.S. purchase of land from France in 1803 that doubled the size of the country?
#30. Who gave the “I Have a Dream” speech?
#31. Which U.S. president was known for the “Square Deal” domestic program?
#32. Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
#33. Which U.S. president was assassinated in 1963 in Dallas, Texas?
#34. Which war was fought between the North and South in the United States?
#35. What year did World War I begin?
#36. What was the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America in 1620?
#37. Who was the youngest person elected President of the United States?
#38. Which U.S. president freed the slaves with the Emancipation Proclamation?
#39. Who was the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War?
#40. What was the name of the first American satellite launched into space in 1958?
#41. What was the name of the battle that was the turning point of the Civil War?
#42. Which U.S. president was known as “Honest Abe”?
#43. What was the name of the first permanent English settlement in America?
#44. Who was the famous abolitionist who published “The Liberator”?
#45. Who said, “Give me liberty, or give me death!”?
#46. What was the name of the famous battle where General Custer was defeated in 1876?
#47. In what year was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
#48. Which U.S. president was in office during the Great Depression and most of World War II?
#49. Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?
#50. What was the name of the ship that sank in 1898, leading to the Spanish-American War?
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