US AP US History Test 3

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History Test 3 (Ap Us History) K-12 to University (USA History) USA — Ap Us History USA History Standards & AP

What is this test? for History practice (US/World/State), USA — K-12 to University (USA History) level, USA — Ap Us History.
For all levels (Elementary to University) studying History in the USA
Section: History Test 3 (Ap Us History) · Education: K-12 to University · Part: History Test 3 (Ap Us History) · Country: USA · Region: USA — Ap Us History

Knowledge of history is essential for understanding the vast accumulation from past to present and for establishing cause-and-effect relationships among historical events.

This test will help you develop chronological thinking and prepare for history questions on your exams.

By solving this test of 20 questions, you can both test your knowledge and identify the topics you need to improve.

Question 1

What was Watergate?

A) Nixon scandal 1974

B) Bank fraud

C) War crime

D) Tax cheat

Question 2

Who was first president?

A) Adams

B) George Washington

C) Jefferson

D) Madison

Question 3

What survived the burning?

A) All records

B) White House intact

C) Portrait rescue tale

D) 1814 British raid

Question 4

Who freed the slaves?

A) Washington

B) Jefferson

C) Grant

D) Abraham Lincoln

Question 5

What was Gold Rush?

A) 1849 California rush

B) Soldiers

C) Miners union

D) Rail crew

Question 6

What started the war?

A) Election only

B) Fort Sumter 1861

C) Tariff

D) Bank veto

Question 7

What was Washington's Farewell?

A) War cry

B) Tax plan

C) 1796 alliance warning

D) Party praise

Question 8

What was Brown v. Board?

A) Segregation approval

B) Busing ban

C) Prayer approval

D) 1954 desegregation

Question 9

Which was the Progressive Era president "Trustbuster"?

A) Theodore Roosevelt

B) Woodrow Wilson

C) Warren Harding

D) William Taft

Question 10

Who made light bulb practical?

A) Tesla

B) Thomas Edison

C) Westinghouse

D) Bell

Question 11

What was Jay's Treaty?

A) French alliance

B) Spanish treaty

C) 1794 Britain deal

D) Dutch pact

Question 12

Which war was "Mr. Madison's War"?

A) Mexican-American War

B) Civil War

C) Revolutionary War

D) War of 1812

Question 13

What was Gettysburg Address?

A) 1863 Lincoln speech

B) War order

C) Treaty

D) Poem

Question 14

What was Progressivism?

A) isolationism

B) reform movement vs corruption

C) return to tradition

D) free markets only

Question 15

When was WWI?

A) 1900s

B) 1920s

C) 1914 to 1918

D) 1930s

Question 16

When was Antietam?

A) 1861

B) 1863

C) 1864

D) September 1862

Question 17

What was XYZ Affair?

A) 1798 French bribe demand

B) British insult

C) Spanish threat

D) Dutch joke

Question 18

Which compromise admitted Missouri as slave state (1820)?

A) Nullification

B) Missouri Compromise

C) Kansas-Nebraska Act

D) Compromise of 1850

Question 19

What was Marbury?

A) Tax case

B) War case

C) 1803 review case

D) Land case

Question 20

Who was Frederick Douglass?

A) President

B) General

C) Judge

D) Abolitionist writer

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