Think You Know American History? Prove It With This 40-Question Quiz.
Who was the first African American Supreme Court justice, appointed in 1967?
Which 1969 event saw U.S. astronauts land on the moon for the first time?
What was the name of the 1773 protest against British tea taxes?
Who was the chief justice during the 1954 desegregation case?
Which state was the last to join the Union in 1959?
What was the name of the 1933–1939 relief program that employed 8.5 million Americans?
Which woman sewed the first American flag with 13 stars in 1776?
What was the name of the 1963 march where 250,000 gathered at the Lincoln Memorial?
Which battle marked the end of the Revolutionary War in 1781?
What was the name of the 1941–1945 program that built over 300,000 aircraft?
Who was the youngest elected president at age 42?
Which 1862 act gave 160 acres of free land to settlers who farmed it for five years?
Which secret 1942–1946 U.S. program recruited Navajo soldiers to create an unbreakable battlefield code using their native language?
Which inventor created the light bulb and held over 1,000 patents?
What was the name of the forced relocation of 60,000 Native Americans between 1830 and 1850?
Which 1969 music festival became the symbol of the counterculture movement?
Who was the only president to resign from office?
What was the first national park, established in 1872?
Which president delivered the “Four Freedoms” speech in 1941?
What was the name of the 1930s environmental disaster that displaced millions in the Great Plains?
Which 1890 massacre effectively ended Native American armed resistance in the West?
Who was the first person to walk on the moon on July 20, 1969?
What was the deadliest single-day battle in American history, with over 22,000 casualties?
Which general accepted Japan’s surrender on the USS Missouri in 1945?
What 1920 amendment gave women the right to vote?
Who invented the telephone in 1876 while living in Boston?
Which trail saw over 400,000 pioneers travel 2,000 miles west between 1841 and 1869?
What was the name of the WWII project that developed the atomic bomb?
Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1932?
Which amendment officially abolished slavery in 1865?
What was the turning point battle of the Civil War fought July 1–3, 1863?
Who commanded the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War?
Which 1954 Supreme Court case declared segregated schools unconstitutional?
What was the name of the first permanent English settlement in North America, founded in 1607?
Which First Lady turned the White House into a stage for civil rights by refusing to perform for segregated audiences?
What document, beginning with “We the People,” was signed on September 17, 1787?
Which 1848 discovery sparked a massive westward migration of nearly 300,000 people?
Who was the only U.S. president to serve two non-consecutive terms?
What was the codename for the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944?
Which president secretly purchased Louisiana from France in 1803, doubling the size of the U.S.?
