1. What document declared the colonies' independence from Britain?
A)The Bill of Rights
B)The Articles of Confederation
C)The Constitution
D)The Declaration of Independence
2. What is the supreme law of the United States?
A)Common Law
B)The Federalist Papers
C)The Constitution
D)The Magna Carta
3. What term describes the expansion of the U.S. across North America?
A)Manifest Destiny
B)Isolationism
C)Imperialism
D)Industrialization
4. Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?
A)Benjamin Franklin
B)Thomas Jefferson
C)John Adams
D)George Washington
5. What was the system of forced labor in the South called?
A)Slavery
B)Indentured servitude
C)Sharecropping
D)Feudalism
6. What branch of government makes the laws?
A)Legislative
B)Administrative
C)Executive
D)Judicial
7. Which document ended the Revolutionary War?
A)Treaty of Ghent
B)Treaty of London
C)Treaty of Versailles
D)Treaty of Paris
8. What does the 'Stars and Stripes' refer to?
A)The Constitution
B)The Declaration
C)The national anthem
D)The American flag
9. Which territory was purchased from France in 1803?
A)Alaska
B)Florida
C)Texas
D)Louisiana
10. What is the head of the executive branch called?
A)The President
B)The Governor
C)The Chief Justice
D)The Speaker
11. What event marked the beginning of the Great Depression?
A)The Dust Bowl
B)The end of Prohibition
C)World War I
D)The Stock Market Crash
12. What is the purpose of the 'Checks and Balances' system?
A)To balance the budget
B)To control foreign trade
C)To limit government power
D)To increase tax revenue
13. Which president served during the Great Depression and WWII?
A)Franklin D. Roosevelt
B)Herbert Hoover
C)Dwight Eisenhower
D)Harry Truman
14. Which event brought the U.S. into World War II?
A)The Battle of Britain
B)Attack on Pearl Harbor
C)Invasion of Poland
D)D-Day
15. Who was a major leader in the Civil Rights Movement?
A)Bill Clinton
B)Martin Luther King Jr.
C)Ronald Reagan
D)John F. Kennedy
16. What was the name of the competition between the U.S. and USSR?
A)The World War
B)The Cold War
C)The Space Race
D)The Trade War
17. Which president was in office during the Moon landing?
A)Lyndon B. Johnson
B)John F. Kennedy
C)Richard Nixon
D)Gerald Ford
18. What happened on September 11, 2001?
A)Terrorist attacks
B)Economic collapse
C)Declaration of war
D)Presidential election
19. Who was the first African American President?
A)Thurgood Marshall
B)Barack Obama
C)Colin Powell
D)Jesse Jackson
20. Which war involved U.S. troops fighting in Southeast Asia?
A)Korean War
B)Persian Gulf War
C)Vietnam War
D)Iraq War
21. Which amendment granted women the right to vote?
A)15th
B)21st
C)26th
D)19th
22. What city was the site of the first atomic bomb drop?
A)Tokyo
B)Berlin
C)Hiroshima
D)Nagasaki
23. What ended the segregation of public schools?
A)Voting Rights Act
B)Brown v. Board of Education
C)Civil Rights Act
D)The Emancipation Proclamation
24. Which president resigned due to the Watergate scandal?
A)Richard Nixon
B)Ronald Reagan
C)John F. Kennedy
D)Jimmy Carter
25. What organization was formed after WWII to keep world peace?
A)United Nations
B)League of Nations
C)NATO
D)Warsaw Pact
26. Who was the president during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
A)Richard Nixon
B)Lyndon B. Johnson
C)Dwight Eisenhower
D)John F. Kennedy
27. Which decade saw the fall of the Berlin Wall?
A)1980s
B)1970s
C)1990s
D)1960s
28. How many stars are on the American flag?
29. What are the two major political parties in the U.S.?
A)Democrat and Republican
B)Federalist and Whig
C)Liberal and Conservative
D)Labor and Tory
30. Which holiday celebrates the birth of the U.S.?
A)Labor Day
B)Memorial Day
C)Independence Day
D)Thanksgiving
31. What is the capital of the United States?
A)Philadelphia
B)Boston
C)Washington, D.C.
D)New York City
32. Who is known as the 'Father of the Country'?
A)Benjamin Franklin
B)Thomas Jefferson
C)George Washington
D)Abraham Lincoln
33. What is the national bird of the United States?
A)Golden Eagle
B)Hawk
C)Turkey
D)Bald Eagle
34. Which ocean is on the East Coast of the U.S.?
A)Pacific
B)Indian
C)Arctic
D)Atlantic
35. How many stripes are on the American flag?
36. Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
A)Andrew Jackson
B)George Washington
C)Ulysses S. Grant
D)Abraham Lincoln
37. In what month do U.S. presidential elections occur?
A)December
B)January
C)November
D)July
38. Which statue was a gift from France?
A)Statue of Liberty
B)Washington Monument
C)Mount Rushmore
D)Lincoln Memorial
39. What document begins with 'We the People'?
A)The Constitution
B)Declaration of Independence
C)Gettysburg Address
D)Bill of Rights
40. Who wrote 'The Star-Spangled Banner'?
A)Irving Berlin
B)George M. Cohan
C)Francis Scott Key
D)John Philip Sousa