American History Quizzes, Questions & Answers
Recent American History Quizzes
The term ‘Westward Expansion’ refers to the period during the 19th Century when the United States federal government acquired more than a million square miles of land west of the Mississippi River, resulting in...
Questions: 15 | Attempts: 4597 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2023
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Sample QuestionWhat Was The Westward Expansion?
In America, they say, 'turn on to politics or politics will turn on to you.' American politics is somehow involved with our everyday affairs, from education, media, and lifestyle to technology- and we have certain...
Questions: 10 | Attempts: 281 | Last updated: Dec 28, 2023
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Sample QuestionWhat are the two main political parties within the United States?
This quiz will test your knowledge of American History from the Reconstruction to present day.
Questions: 41 | Attempts: 334 | Last updated: Jan 11, 2023
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Sample QuestionWhat day was considered the start of the Great Depression?
This quiz tests student knowledge of Native Americans of the West.
Questions: 7 | Attempts: 170 | Last updated: Mar 20, 2022
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Sample QuestionReflecting various life-styles, some native Americans were farmers and had permanent settlements, while others lived nomadically, combining hunting with farming and sheep herding. Therfore, a nomad is a person who moves from place to place.
The Western frontier life in America represents one of the most exciting periods from 1850 to 1900 which brought out swift and universal changes that reshaped the American West. While it differed in many ways from...
Questions: 8 | Attempts: 581 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2022
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Sample QuestionMigrants to the west were attracted by which of the following:
The Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) is a systematized test developed by Pearson Educational Measurement. This test is conducted to assess 3 to 11-grade student's reading and writing skills which include all...
Questions: 22 | Attempts: 572 | Last updated: Mar 20, 2022
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Sample QuestionWritten by Thomas Jefferson, Signed and ratified by the 13 colonies on July 4, 1776.
This practice test covers pivotal aspects of American imperialism and progressivism, including the acquisition of territories and the goals of early 20th-century reform movements.
Questions: 14 | Attempts: 460 | Last updated: Mar 19, 2022
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Sample QuestionAmericans became intersted in Alaska
Test your knowledge with our Thanksgiving History Challenge Quiz. This quiz covers the origins, traditions, and key events related to Thanksgiving. Explore the history behind this important American holiday, from the first...
Questions: 10 | Attempts: 165 | Last updated: Nov 26, 2024
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Sample QuestionIn what year did the Pilgrims celebrate the first Thanksgiving?
The Confederate States of America (CSA) is referred to as the Confederacy which was originally formed by seven secessionist slaveholding states like South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia and Texas in the south region of...
Questions: 10 | Attempts: 1965 | Last updated: May 31, 2024
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Sample QuestionWho drafted the U.S. Declaration of Independence?
Helen Adams Keller was an American author and lecturer, who was the first visually impaired person to receive a Bachelor's degree. Her birthday is acknowledged as Helen Keller Day in Pennsylvania. This quiz will ask...
Questions: 12 | Attempts: 3200 | Last updated: May 17, 2024
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Sample QuestionHelen Keller was born to a rather afflent family in which state?