US District of Columbia State History Test 7

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History State History (High School) High School (USA History, 9-12, AP) USA USA History Standards & AP

What is this test? for High School History (9-12, AP US History), USA — High School (USA History, 9-12, AP) level, USA.
For High School students (9-12) including AP History in the USA
Section: History State History (High School) · Education: High School · Part: History State History (High School) · Country: USA

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

Provide the definition of Ford's Theatre known for:

A) Lincoln was shot there

B) a debate

C) a wedding

D) a concert

Question 2

DC fact check: Where does Congress meet?

A) Pentagon

B) US Capitol

C) White House

D) Supreme Court

Question 3

What was Great Society?

A) War plan

B) Tax cuts

C) LBJ poverty programs

D) Space race

Question 4

What was Watergate?

A) Bank fraud

B) War crime

C) Tax cheat

D) Nixon scandal 1974

Question 5

Who was first Black president?

A) Barack Obama

B) Clinton

C) Bush

D) Carter

Question 6

Who was first president?

A) Adams

B) George Washington

C) Jefferson

D) Madison

Question 7

What is the supreme law?

A) Declaration

B) Bill only

C) The Constitution

D) Court rulings

Question 8

What is the Washington Monument?

A) a bridge

B) a dam

C) a tower hotel

D) obelisk honoring Washington

Question 9

What is the National Mall?

A) park strip with monuments

B) a river

C) a mall store

D) a road

Question 10

What is Ford's Theatre known for?

A) a debate

B) Lincoln was shot there

C) a wedding

D) a concert

Question 11

Which term means "park strip with monuments"?

A) the capital of District of Columbia

B) the nickname of District of Columbia

C) the National Mall

D) the Smithsonian

Question 12

What was Gold Rush?

A) Soldiers

B) Miners union

C) Rail crew

D) 1849 California rush

Question 13

What was Great Migration?

A) Black move north

B) White flight

C) Farm return

D) Suburb rush

Question 14

In which year did District of Columbia become a state?

A) 1791

B) 1790

C) 1789

D) 1800

Question 15

How many amendments?

A) 10

B) 26

C) 27

D) 33

Question 16

Which of the following best defines the US capital?

A) New York

B) Philadelphia

C) Boston

D) Washington DC

Question 17

What was Emancipation?

A) 1863 freedom order

B) Law 1865

C) Speech only

D) No order

Question 18

Provide the definition of Ellis Island:

A) Prison

B) Immigrant station

C) Fort

D) Market

Question 19

Name JFK.

A) General

B) Senator only

C) President shot 1963

D) Judge

Question 20

Which person was Frederick Douglass?

A) President

B) General

C) Judge

D) Abolitionist writer

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