US District of Columbia State History Test 8

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History State History (Middle School) Middle School (USA History, 6-8) USA USA History Standards & AP

What is this test? for Middle School History (6-8), USA — Middle School (USA History, 6-8) level, USA.
For Middle School students (6-8) — Middle School History in the USA
Section: History State History (Middle School) · Education: Middle School · Part: History State History (Middle 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 cherry blossoms from:

A) gift from Japan 1912

B) Hawaii

C) native trees

D) France

Question 2

Who was Frederick Douglass?

A) President

B) Abolitionist writer

C) General

D) Judge

Question 3

Who was Susan B. Anthony?

A) President

B) General

C) Suffrage leader

D) Judge

Question 4

What was Jim Crow?

A) Voting rights

B) Farm aid

C) City laws

D) Segregation laws

Question 5

What was Statue of Liberty?

A) France gift 1886

B) War prize

C) Bought statue

D) Local build

Question 6

Who flew first?

A) Curtiss

B) Wright brothers 1903

C) Langley

D) Santos

Question 7

Who had Dream speech?

A) Malcolm X

B) Rosa Parks

C) Martin Luther King Jr.

D) John Lewis

Question 8

What was Great Society?

A) War plan

B) Tax cuts

C) Space race

D) LBJ poverty programs

Question 9

What best defines the Smithsonian?

A) museum complex

B) a fort

C) a stadium

D) a university

Question 10

Which term means "Washington DC"?

A) the nickname of District of Columbia

B) the US capital

C) the National Mall

D) the Smithsonian

Question 11

What was Pearl Harbor?

A) German raid

B) Accident

C) 1941 Japan attack

D) Drill

Question 12

What is the Smithsonian?

A) a fort

B) a stadium

C) a university

D) museum complex

Question 13

Provide the definition of the Lincoln Memorial:

A) honors Abraham Lincoln

B) a church

C) a market

D) a library

Question 14

What ended WWII?

A) Treaty 1944

B) Atomic bombs 1945

C) Berlin fall only

D) Japan quit early

Question 15

Provide the definition of the nickname of District of Columbia:

A) Lone Star State

B) Sunshine State

C) The District

D) Empire State

Question 16

Who planned DC?

A) Franklin

B) Jefferson

C) Washington only

D) Pierre L'Enfant

Question 17

What best defines cherry blossoms from?

A) gift from Japan 1912

B) Hawaii

C) native trees

D) France

Question 18

Identify Rosa Parks.

A) Driver

B) Bus boycott spark

C) Mayor

D) Judge

Question 19

In what year exactly did Berlin Wall fall?

A) 1979

B) 1991

C) 1989

D) 1985

Question 20

Provide the definition of New Deal:

A) Tax hikes

B) War plan

C) Trade pact

D) FDR relief programs

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