Test your knowledge of American history. Points available: 10 1: What city was the Declaration of Independence signed in? A) Philadelphia B) New York C) Boston D) Seattle 2: Who was the sixteenth president of the United States? A) James Garfield B) Abraham Lincoln C) Millard Fillmore D) James Madison 3: During what war was the 'Star Spangled Banner' written? A) Civil War B) WWI C) Revolutionary War D) War of 1812 4: Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner? A) John Thompson B) Francis Scott Key C) Perry Mason D) Ben Matlock 5: What European nation originally colonized Florida? A) England B) Spain C) France D) Portugal 6: Who is on the 2 dollar bill? A) Thomas Jefferson B) George Washington C) John F. Kennedy D) James Monroe 7: How many presidents have been impeached? A) 1 B) 0 C) 3 D) 2 8: What U.S. president was accused, with overwhelming evidence against him, of listening in on the other party's election plans? A) Calvin Coolidge B) Herbert Hoover C) Richard Nixon D) William Taft 9: Dwight D. Eisenhower won two landslide elections in the 1950s. Whom did he defeat on both occasions? A) Harry S. Truman B) Thomas Dewey C) Adlai Stevenson D) Lyndon B. Johnson 10: Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on a bus led to a bus boycott in which state? A) Mississippi B) Louisiana C) Georgia D) Alabama
