2025 test · 128 questions
American History — 2025 Civics Questions
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Question 76
What war did the Americans fight to win independence from Britain?
- • American Revolution
- • The (American) Revolutionary War
- • War for (American) Independence
Question 77
Name one reason why the Americans declared independence from Britain.
- • High taxes
- • Taxation without representation
- • British soldiers stayed in
- • They did not have self-government
- • Boston Massacre
- • Boston Tea Party (Tea Act)
- • Stamp Act
- • Sugar Act
- • Townshend Acts
- • Intolerable (Coercive) Acts
Question 78★ 65/20
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
- • (Thomas) Jefferson
Question 79
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
- • July 4, 1776 12 of 19 uscis.gov/citizenship
Question 80
The American Revolution had many important events. Name one.
- • (Battle of) Bunker Hill
- • Declaration of Independence
- • Washington Crossing the Delaware (Battle of Trenton)
- • (Battle of) Saratoga
- • Valley Forge (Encampment)
- • (Battle of) Yorktown (British surrender at Yorktown)
Question 81
There were 13 original states. Name five.
- • New Hampshire
- • Massachusetts
- • Rhode Island
- • Connecticut
- • New York
- • New Jersey
- • Pennsylvania
- • Delaware
- • Maryland
- • Virginia
- • North Carolina
- • South Carolina
- • Georgia
Question 82
What founding document was written in 1787?
- • (U.S.) Constitution
Question 83
The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
- • (James) Madison
- • (Alexander) Hamilton
- • (John) Jay
- • Publius
Question 84
Why were the Federalist Papers important?
- • They helped people understand the (U.S.) Constitution.
- • They supported passing the (U.S.) Constitution.
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
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
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
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
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
Question 90
What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
- • Louisiana Territory
- • Louisiana
Question 91
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
- • War of 1812
- • Mexican-American War
- • Civil War
- • Spanish-American War
Question 92
Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
- • The Civil War 14 of 19 uscis.gov/citizenship
Question 93
The Civil War had many important events. Name one.
- • (Battle of) Fort Sumter
- • Emancipation Proclamation
- • (Battle of) Vicksburg
- • (Battle of) Gettysburg
- • Sherman’s March
- • (Surrender at) Appomattox
- • (Battle of) Antietam/Sharpsburg
- • Lincoln was assassinated.
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
Question 95
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
- • Freed the slaves
- • Freed slaves in the Confederacy
- • Freed slaves in the Confederate states
- • Freed slaves in most Southern states
Question 96
What U.S. war ended slavery?
- • The Civil War
Question 97
What amendment says all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are U.S. citizens?
- • 14th Amendment
Question 98
When did all men get the right to vote?
- • After the Civil War
- • During Reconstruction
- • (With the) 15 th Amendment
- • 1870
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
Question 100
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.
- • World War I
- • World War II
- • Korean War
- • Vietnam War
- • (Persian) Gulf War
Question 101
Why did the United States enter World War I?
- • Because Germany attacked U.S. (civilian) ships
- • To support the Allied Powers (England, France, Italy, and Russia)
- • To oppose the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria)
Question 102
When did all women get the right to vote?
- • 1920
- • After World War I
- • (With the) 19 th Amendment
Question 103
What was the Great Depression?
- • Longest economic recession in modern history
Question 104
When did the Great Depression start?
- • The Great Crash (1929)
- • Stock market crash of 1929
Question 105
Who was president during the Great Depression and World War II?
- • (Franklin) Roosevelt
Question 106
Why did the United States enter World War II?
- • (Bombing of) Pearl Harbor
- • Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor
- • To support the Allied Powers (England, France, and Russia)
- • To oppose the Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan)
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
Question 108
Who was the United States’ main rival during the Cold War?
- • Soviet Union
- • USSR
- • Russia
Question 109
During the Cold War, what was one main concern of the United States?
- • Communism
- • Nuclear war
Question 110
Why did the United States enter the Korean War?
- • To stop the spread of communism
Question 111
Why did the United States enter the Vietnam War?
- • To stop the spread of communism
Question 112
What did the civil rights movement do?
- • Fought to end racial discrimination
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”
Question 114
Why did the United States enter the Persian Gulf War?
- • To force the Iraqi military from Kuwait
Question 115★ 65/20
What major event happened on September 11, 2001 in the United States?
- • Terrorists attacked the United States
- • Terrorists took over two planes and crashed them into the World Trade Center in New York City
- • Terrorists took over a plane and crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia
- • Terrorists took over a plane originally aimed at Washington, D.C., and crashed in a field in Pennsylvania
Question 116
Name one U.S. military conflict after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
- • (Global) War on Terror
- • War in Afghanistan
- • War in Iraq 17 of 19 uscis.gov/citizenship
Question 117
Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.
- • Apache
- • Blackfeet
- • Cayuga
- • Cherokee
- • Cheyenne
- • Chippewa
- • Choctaw
- • Creek
- • Crow
- • Hopi
- • Huron
- • Inupiat
- • Lakota
- • Mohawk
- • Mohegan
- • Navajo
- • Oneida
- • Onondaga
- • Pueblo
- • Seminole
- • Seneca
- • Shawnee
- • Sioux
- • Te t o n
- • Tuscarora For a complete list of tribes, please visit bia.gov.
Question 118
Name one example of an American innovation.
- • Light bulb
- • Automobile (cars, internal combustion engine)
- • Skyscrapers
- • Airplane
- • Assembly line
- • Landing on the moon
- • Integrated circuit (IC) 18 of 19 uscis.gov/citizenship
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