Famous Names Drill — 2025 Civics Test (Free Practice)

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1. Question 74★ 65/20

   Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

   • • American Indians
   • • Native

2. Question 78★ 65/20

   Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

   • • (Thomas) Jefferson

3. Question 85

   Benjamin Franklin is famous for many things. Name one.

   • • Founded the first free public libraries
   • • First Postmaster General of the United States
   • • Helped write the Declaration of Independence
   • • Inventor
   • • U.S. diplomat 13 of 19 uscis.gov/citizenship

4. Question 86★ 65/20

   George Washington is famous for many things. Name one.

   • • “Father of Our Country”
   • • First president of the United States
   • • General of the Continental Army
   • • President of the Constitutional Convention

5. Question 87

   Thomas Jefferson is famous for many things. Name one.

   • • Writer of the Declaration of Independence
   • • Third president of the United States
   • • Doubled the size of the United States (Louisiana Purchase)
   • • First Secretary of State
   • • Founded the University of Virginia
   • • Writer of the Virginia Statute on Religious Freedom

6. Question 88

   James Madison is famous for many things. Name one.

   • • “Father of the Constitution”
   • • Fourth president of the United States
   • • President during the War of 1812
   • • One of the writers of the Federalist Papers

7. Question 89

   Alexander Hamilton is famous for many things. Name one.

   • • First Secretary of the Treasury
   • • One of the writers of the Federalist Papers
   • • Helped establish the First Bank of the United States
   • • Aide to General George Washington
   • • Member of the Continental Congress

8. Question 94★ 65/20

   Abraham Lincoln is famous for many things. Name one.

   • • Freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)
   • • Saved (or preserved) the Union
   • • Led the United States during the Civil War
   • • 16th president of the United States
   • • Delivered the Gettysburg Address

9. Question 99

   Name one leader of the women’s rights movement in the 1800s.

   • • Susan B. Anthony
   • • Elizabeth Cady Stanton
   • • Sojourner Truth
   • • Harriet Tubman
   • • Lucretia Mott
   • • Lucy Stone 15 of 19 uscis.gov/citizenship

10. Question 105

    Who was president during the Great Depression and World War II?

    • • (Franklin) Roosevelt

11. Question 107

    Dwight Eisenhower is famous for many things. Name one.

    • • General during World War II
    • • President at the end of (during) the Korean War
    • • 34 th president of the United States
    • • Signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 (Created the Interstate System) 16 of 19 uscis.gov/citizenship

12. Question 108

    Who was the United States’ main rival during the Cold War?

    • • Soviet Union
    • • USSR
    • • Russia

13. Question 113★ 65/20

    Martin Luther King, Jr. is famous for many things. Name one.

    • • Fought for civil rights
    • • Worked for equality for all
    • • Worked to ensure that people would “not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character”