Question 1
The American Bill of Rights is
The final separation of the thirteen English colonies from Great Britain
A collection of mutually reinforcing guarantees of individual rights


Question 2
The American Dream is an expression coined by
Benjamin Franklin
Theodore Roosevelt
James Truslow Adams



Question 3
The first English colony was established in Jamestown in
1620
1607
1775



Question 4
An important landmark of the American Revolutionary War was
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Declaration of Independence
The Constitution



Question 5
The Whiskey rebellion is
An uprising by citizens who refused to pay a liquor tax
The throwing of whisky overboard by colonists to protest against taxes
Linked with the Prohibition Era in the nineteen twenties



Question 6
The Louisiana Purchase involved
France and the USA in 1803
Spain and the USA in 1803
Mexico and France in 1682



Question 7
In the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo the USA bought
525,000 square miles of formerly French Territory
525,000 acres of land from Spain
525,000 square miles of formerly Mexican territory



Question 8
Reconstruction refers to
The period when efforts were made to reshape American society after WWII
The period when efforts were made to rebuild the South after the Civil War
The period of rebuilding the English colonies after the American Revolution War



Question 9
The Great Depression is
A severe economic downturn that affected the entire world in the thirties
The Stock Market crash in 2008
The psychological consequences of World War II on Americans



Question 10
The Watergate scandal happened in
1964
1954
1974



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