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Chapter 5 - Choosing Loyalties

US History to 1877

Questions: 25 | Attempts: 5

Sample Question
What was the first international tax, or direct tax ever levied on the colonies?

Quebec Act

Townshend Act

Declaratory Act

Stamp Act

Tea Act

Chapter 5 US History

The Road to Revolution

Questions: 14 | Attempts: 30

Sample Question
The British government decided to tax the American colonies

To pay off war debts.

To teach the colonists a lesson.

To incrrease the standard of living in Britain.

To finance westward expansion.

U.S History Chapter 9

Quiz to study for chapter 9 test in u.s history including vocab words

Questions: 20 | Attempts: 26

Sample Question
Total value of all goods

Laissez-fair

Pool

Holding company

Gross national product

US History T1

US history practice quiz

Questions: 31 | Attempts: 48

Sample Question
What body of water did the first people who came to America cross over?

Barren Sea

Pacific Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Arctic Ocean

US History I Trivia

United States History I Trivia

Questions: 3 | Attempts: 9

Sample Question
When Colombus sailed from Spain on his epic journey what did he expect to find?

Florida

New England

America

India

Portugal

US History

Blah blah blah blah blah

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 23

Bvps U.S. History Ch1 Quiz

This is a quiz pertaining to the world/America pre-1600.

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 8

Sample Question
The city of Tenochtitlán was built by the

Inca.

Toltec.

Maya.

Aztec.

US History Final Exam

This quiz is based off my US History final exam study guide.

Questions: 76 | Attempts: 23

Us History II Final Review

US History II Final Review

Questions: 29 | Attempts: 16

U.S. History: History? Why?

Why study history

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 62

Sample Question
History is especially important for Americans, because it is the thread that ties a __________________ people together.

Wealthy

Free

Diverse

Independent

U.S. History Quiz

Test your knowledge of U.S history in this quiz.

Questions: 7 | Attempts: 38

Sample Question
Who is the U.S. President on the ten dollar bill?

Abraham Lincoln

Alexander Hamilton

Ulysses S. Grant

None of the above

U.S. History Standards Questions: 60s, 70s, 80s

This quiz helps prepare students for the California U.S. History STAR test. It covers the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.

Questions: 12 | Attempts: 121

Sample Question
The Bracero program, which was in place in the 1950s and early 1960s, concerned which minority group and which issue?

African Americans and voting

Native Americans and land ownership

Asian Americans and citizenship

Mexican Americans and employment

U.S. History Standards Questions: Cold War

This quiz helps prepare students for the California U.S. History STAR test. It covers the Cold War, including Korea and Vietnam.

Questions: 20 | Attempts: 76

Sample Question
Which statement best defines Great Britain’s role as President Truman and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin faced off in the Cold War years following World War II?

Great Britain’s role as a world leader increased in the Cold War era.

Great Britain aligned itself with the Soviet Union and fell out of favor with the United States.

Great Britain’s role as a world leader decreased in the Cold War era.

Great Britain stepped up the imperial policies it had begun in the nineteenth century during the Cold War.

U.S. History Standards Questions: Depression, Wwii

This quiz helps prepare students for the California U.S. History STAR test. It covers the Depression, New Deal, and WWII periods.

Questions: 13 | Attempts: 45

Sample Question
Poor policy making by the Federal Reserve Board contributed to the Great Depression. The Federal Reserve Board had been established in 1913 by Congress to

Investigate companies and issue “cease and desist” orders against companies engaging in unfair trade practices.

Regulate the economy by raising and lowering interest rates in hopes of avoiding economic crises.

Regulate the establishment and collection of individual and corporate income tax.

Investigate the accounting procedures used by companies.

U.S. History Standards Questions: Early Period

This quiz prepares students for STAR testing in U.S. History. It covers the colonial period, the Constitution, and the industrialization period.

Questions: 14 | Attempts: 33

Sample Question
The principle of popular sovereignty was central to the founding of the United States. Which of the following statements best expresses the meaning of popular sovereignty?

Some people consent to govern.

All people consent to be governed.

The winner of the popular vote governs.

States consent to be governed by a central government.

U.S. History 9: Ch.1-2 Test

This is a test on Chapters 1 and 2 in the book. It includes information from Columbus to the Revolutionary War.

Questions: 16 | Attempts: 49

Sample Question
Who wrote Common Sense?

Thomas Paine

Thomas Jefferson

George Washington

George Jefferson

John Locke

Back In The Day (U.S. History)

Here are a few questions to test your smarts and get you thinking about United States history. Â Good luck!

Questions: 4 | Attempts: 13

Sample Question
Who were the first people to live in and settle North America and the United States?

Asian Americans

African Americans

Native Americans

Pilgrims

Us History II: The Reagan/bush Years

The following questions related to topics studied in US History for the Reagan and GHW Bush years. If you can answer these questions, you are well on your way to success on the unit test.

Questions: 27 | Attempts: 22

Sample Question
The president who ushered in the conservative movement.

Colin Powell

Ronald Reagan

William Buckley

Lyndon Johnson

George W. Bush

US History 1840s-60s

A brief quiz highlighting the 1840s through the 1860s

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 43

Sample Question
Who was the President of the United States during the US-Mexican War?

James K. Polk

Abraham Lincoln

Jefferson Davis

Martin Van Buren

John Quincy Adams

U.S History Test

Questions: 14 | Attempts: 10

Sample Question
Define unalienable rights

Cannot be taken away

Life

Liberty

Pursuit of happyness

U. S. History, Chapter 5 Review

From Confederation to Federal Union, 1776-1789

Questions: 39 | Attempts: 60

Sample Question
What is confederation?

Statute stating that the human mind was created free.

Concept in the early American Republic proposing that women could influence politics.

A nation formed by seceding states.

US History Chapter 7 Quiz

Prentice Hall US History C7 Quiz

Questions: 4 | Attempts: 97

Sample Question
What happened at the Massacre at Wounded Knee?

American soldiers killed more than 200 unarmed Sioux

General Custer's cavalry was completely wiped out

The Nez Perce fought for possession of their homeland

The last buffalo of the Great Plains were killed

U.S. History: Becoming World Power

Questions to help study for a test. Questions on Imperialism, War of 1812, Pan-Americanism and much more. (make sure that you capitalize when nessisarry....)

Questions: 36 | Attempts: 12

How Much Do You Already Know About US History?

This is a quiz to see how much you ALREADY know about US History before we get started with 8th grade Social Studies!

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 29

Sample Question
Who was the President BEFORE Barack Obama?

Bill Clinton

George W. Bush

Sarah Palin

John Edwards

U.S. History

Questions on U.S. History, when the United States was becoming a world power.

Questions: 5 | Attempts: 38

Sample Question
What is Imperialism?

Believing that the United States was destined to expand overseas and spread its civilization to other people.

The economic and political domination of a strong nation over weaker ones.

Pride for ones country.

An armed band that uses surprise attacks and sabotage rather than open warfare.

The quality or state of being self-governing.

US History- 440-447

Review quiz for today's reading. This one is scored.

Questions: 15 | Attempts: 71

Sample Question
1930s novel about an Okie family driven from their land

Gone with the Wind

Grapes of Wrath

To Kill a Mockingbird

The Godfather

US History- 414-429

Review quiz for today's reading. You may take it until you pass.

Questions: 9 | Attempts: 96

Sample Question
During the Great Depression, many individuals lost their farms and migrated West (as described in The Grapes of Wrath), where did these settlers move from?

Oklahoma

Missouri

Kansas

Detriot

US History Mid Term

Well howdy do little chillun i jus' so hap'n tahs make don study guide. have fun an' rem'ber...don fail!

Questions: 97 | Attempts: 11

Sample Question
What are two examples of Clipper Ships?

The Flying Dutchman that traveled west to east in 89 days and Mercury's Carr, sailed by a woman when her husband became ill.

The Flying Cloud that traveled east to west in 89 days and Neptune's Carr, sailed by a woman when her husband became ill.

The Flaming Faggot that traveled west to east in 89 days and Gaylord's Carr, sailed by a woman when her husband became ill.

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