Social Dynamics in American History Quiz

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#1

Which event is often considered the starting point of the American Revolution?

Boston Tea Party
Signing of the Declaration of Independence
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Stamp Act Congress
#2

Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War?

Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Andrew Jackson
#3

Who was the first female justice appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court?

Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Sandra Day O'Connor
Elena Kagan
Sonia Sotomayor
#4

Which movement aimed at securing voting rights for women in the United States?

Civil Rights Movement
Feminist Movement
Suffragette Movement
Temperance Movement
#5

Which event led to the United States entering World War II?

Attack on Pearl Harbor
Signing of the Treaty of Versailles
D-Day Invasion
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
#6

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
#7

Who was the first European explorer to reach mainland North America?

Christopher Columbus
Amerigo Vespucci
John Cabot
Leif Erikson
#8

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery?

13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
Emancipation Proclamation
#9

Who wrote the influential book 'The Souls of Black Folk'?

Booker T. Washington
Frederick Douglass
W.E.B. Du Bois
Langston Hughes
#10

Who was the leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a significant event in the Civil Rights Movement?

Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
Harriet Tubman
#11

Which president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law?

John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
#12

Which U.S. president was impeached in 1998?

Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
Donald Trump
#13

Who was the first African American to serve as U.S. Secretary of State?

Colin Powell
Condoleezza Rice
Susan Rice
Barack Obama
#14

Who founded the first successful English colony in the Americas?

John Smith
John Winthrop
Jamestown
Plymouth Colony
#15

Which of the following was a key factor contributing to the start of the Great Depression?

Stock market crash of 1929
Passage of the New Deal
Prohibition era
End of World War I
#16

Who was the leader of the American Indian Movement (AIM) in the 1970s?

Sitting Bull
Crazy Horse
Russell Means
Geronimo
#17

What was the name of the Apollo 11 astronaut who became the first person to walk on the moon?

Neil Armstrong
Buzz Aldrin
Michael Collins
John Glenn
#18

Who was the primary author of the Federalist Papers?

Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
John Jay
#19

Which event prompted the United States to declare war on Spain in 1898?

Battle of San Juan Hill
Sinking of the USS Maine
Treaty of Paris
Battle of Manila Bay

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