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US AP US History Test 8

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History Test 8 (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 8 (Ap Us History) · Education: K-12 to University · Part: History Test 8 (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 did Sedition ban?
A) Criticizing government
B) Foreign travel
C) Gun owning
D) Newspapers all
Question 2
What was Anaconda Plan?
A) Quick march
B) Blockade plus split
C) Naval only
D) Retreat
Question 3
How did Washington respond?
A) Ignored
B) Repealed tax
C) Sent militia 1794
D) Fled capital
Question 4
Which 1964 law was a Second Reconstruction?
A) Fair Housing Act
B) Voting Rights Act
C) Great Society
D) Civil Rights Act
Question 5
Who opposed the Bank?
A) Jefferson and Madison
B) Hamilton
C) Washington
D) Adams
Question 6
Who declared War 1812?
A) Jefferson
B) Madison and Congress
C) Adams
D) Monroe
Question 7
Which was the largest slave rebellion (1831)?
A) Gabriel
B) Denmark Vesey
C) Nat Turner
D) Stono
Question 8
What was Antietam?
A) Victory parade
B) Naval battle
C) Siege
D) 1862 bloodiest day
Question 9
Who wrote anthem?
A) Francis Scott Key
B) Foster
C) Berlin
D) Gershwin
Question 10
What was Transcontinental done?
A) 1860
B) 1869
C) 1875
D) 1880
Question 11
Where was Lincoln shot?
A) White House
B) Capitol
C) Ford's Theatre
D) Church
Question 12
Which AP US History period is 1491-1607?
A) Period 3
B) Period 4
C) Period 2
D) Period 1
Question 13
What caused Depression?
A) 1929 crash
B) War
C) Drought
D) Plague
Question 14
Who was Rosa Parks?
A) Driver
B) Bus boycott spark
C) Mayor
D) Judge
Question 15
When was War of 1812?
A) 1810 to 1812
B) 1814 to 1816
C) 1812 to 1815
D) 1812 to 1814
Question 16
Who wrote Kentucky Resolves?
A) Madison
B) Monroe
C) Gallatin
D) Thomas Jefferson
Question 17
When was Fort Sumter?
A) April 1861
B) 1860
C) 1862
D) 1865
Question 18
Who won in 1796?
A) Jefferson
B) John Adams
C) Pinckney
D) Burr
Question 19
Who opposed the Acts?
A) Hamilton
B) Adams
C) Jefferson Madison
D) Marshall
Question 20
Who took Vicksburg?
A) Sherman
B) Meade
C) Farragut
D) Ulysses Grant

About This Test

For Elementary to University (USA) — U.S. History from Colonial to modern era and World History across ancient to contemporary, including state history and AP. Section: History, USA.

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