U.S. History Test Questions

US HISTORY PRE-TEST

Question 1
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A Constitutional Amendment prohibiting the sale and consumption was ratified in the year:

Question 2
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All of the following statements are TRUE about the New Deal EXCEPT that:

Question 3
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Between 1870 and 1900, the proportion of Americans living in small communities:

Question 4
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In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed legislation providing health insurance for:

Question 5
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In Brown vs. Board of Education (1954), the Supreme Court ruled that:

Question 6
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In the period between 1877 and 1900, commercial development was greatly facilitated by:

Question 7
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964, signed by President Lyndon Johnson:

Question 8
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The Cold War referred to:

Question 9
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The New Deal took place under President:

Question 10
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The Reagan administration called for:

Question 11
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The U.S. became an imperial power as a result of:

Question 12
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The Watergate scandal refers to President Nixon's attempt to hide:

Question 13
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The event which officially brought the United States into World War II was:

Question 14
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The negotiating of arms for hostages by a US official and the diverting of money from the sale of those arms to a rebel army fighting to overthrow its government became known as:

Question 15
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The symbol of the “lost generation” and the author of The Great Gatsby who gave the Jazz Age its name was:

Question 16
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The two major allies of the U.S. in World War II were:

Question 17
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Truman’s response to the Soviet Blockade of West Berlin in 1948 was to:

Question 18
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U.S. entry into World War I was followed in 1918 by a:

Question 19
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Which one of the following individuals was best known for advocating a nonviolent approach to civil rights?

Question 20
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Women achieved full suffrage in the United States in: