How much do you know about....American history ?(1)

What is the name given to the first ten amendments of the Constitution ?
1. The Pilgrim Fathers' Bills.
2. The Bill of Rights
3. The first Caucus
4. The Original Text.
How many colonies made up the original United States in 1776?
1. 52
2. 26
3. 13
4. 2
What is the name of the ship which carried the pilgrims to America in 1620 ?
1. The Nina
2. The Santa-Maria
3. The Mayflower
4. The Pinta
America was the first country to allow women to vote.
1. Right
2. Wrong
Who was the first president of the United States ?
1. T. Jefferson
2. Georges Washington
3. John Adams
4. Abraham Lincoln
Which word is used to refer to the office of the president ?
1. The Square Office
2. The Circle Office
3. The Oval Office
4. The Congress
What are the names of the two main parties in the US ?
1. Lords and Commons
2. Republicans and Democrats
3. Communists and liberals.
How many states are there in the U.S. today ?
1. 52
2. 45
3. 17
4. 50
What do Americans celebrate on 4th July ?
1. The beginning of the revolution.
2. Discovery of America.
3. Independence day.
4. End of World War II.
Which American president decided to free the slaves ?
1. Thomas Jefferson
2. George Washington
3. Abraham Lincoln
4. W. Wilson
Where is the White House located ?
1. New-York City.
2. Washington D.C.
3. Los Angeles.
4. Boston
The U.S. constitution is...
1. the longest constitution in the world.
2. the oldest constitution in the world.
3. the world's newest written constitution.
Who said : 'That's one small step for man... and one giant leap for mankind" ?
1. Bill Clinton
2. Cassius Clay
3. Bo Jackson
4. Neil Armstrong
Who was arrested for assassinating President John F. Kennedy ?
1. Jack Ruby
2. Lyndon B. Johnson
3. Lee Harvey Oswald
4. Earl Warren
On January 5, 1949, President Harry Truman announced a new plan which he called the ' Fair Deal '. What did it recommend ?
1. All the things described in the three other solutions.
2. all Americans have health insurance
3. all Americans be guaranteed equal rights.
4. that the minimum wage (the lowest amount of money per hour that someone can be paid) be increased.
What happened on September 11, 2001 ?
1. Two jets crashed into the World Trade Center.
2. President Bush decided to invade Irak.
3. President Clinton was forced to resign.
Why is the following sentence famous : ' Uncle Sam wants you ! ' ?
1. That's what Americans read on posters during World War II.
2. That's what Nixon said after the Watergate.
3. That's what Armstrong said when he walked on the Moon.
4. That's the title of Madonna's first album.
The Empire State Building which officially opened on May 1, 1931, is the tallest building in the world.
1. Right
2. Wrong
Why was Rosa Parks arrested ?
1. She was arrested for disobeying an Alabama law requiring black people to relinquish seats to white people when the bus was full. (Blacks also had to sit at the back of the bus.)
2. She didn't earn her high school diploma.
3. She was Reverend Martin Luther King's wife.
Which events led to the outbreak of the Civil War ?
1. The battle of Antietam.
2. Conflict over issues of how much control the federal government should have over the states, industrialization, trade, and especially slavery.
3. General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant, general-in-chief of all United States forces, at Appomattox
4. A speech delivered by Lincoln which has come to be known as the Gettysburg Address.

How much do you know about....American history ?(1)

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