How Much Elementary School History Do You Recall? Try This Quiz and Find Out What You Still Remember from 3rd-5th Grade!
How Much Elementary School History Do You Recall? Try This Quiz and Find Out What You Still Remember from 3rd-5th Grade!
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Question 1/73
Who is this pictured American historical figure?
Benjamin Franklin
Alexander Hamilton
Robert E. Lee
John Adams
Question 2/73
What president declared the goal of landing an American on the moon?
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Truman
Roosevelt
Question 3/73
What are the first three words of the U.S. Constitution?
“We the majority…”
“We the rulers…”
“We the government…”
“We the people…”
Question 4/73
Who is this pictured iconic figure?
Albert Einstein
Sigmund Freud
Thomas Edison
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Question 5/73
What is the name of the first national park in the United States?
Honeymoon Island
Yellowstone
Jellystone
Black Rock
Question 6/73
This was the site of both a massacre and a tea party in the growing rebellion. Name that city.
Providence
Boston
Salt Lake City
New York City
Question 7/73
What day is usually Tax Day in the United States?
April 15
January 15
September 15
June 15
Question 8/73
How long is one presidential term?
6 years
4 years
2 years
8 years
Question 9/73
Although Henry Ford didn't invent the assembly line, he pioneered its use in the production of which form of transport?
Bikes
Boats
Trains
Cars
Question 10/73
Can you name this pictured historical figure?
Nelson Mandela
Morgan Freeman
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mohandas Gandhi
Question 11/73
Which historical figure is in this pictured?
Edgar Allan Poe
Richard Nixon
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Question 12/73
Who is this pictured famous historical figure?
John F. Kennedy
Bill Clinton
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ronald Reagan
Question 13/73
Which of the following battles was the bloodiest battle in the entirety of the Civil War?
Battle of Chickamauga
Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Stones River
The Battle of Gettysburg
Question 14/73
Who was the Soviet leader whose policies of glastnost and perestroika contributed to the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War?
Gorbachev
Putin
Brezhnev
Andropov
Question 15/73
What month are the U.S. general elections held?
January
September
November
December
Question 16/73
Before World War Two, World War One was known as what?
The Serbian Conflict
The Great War
The Gas War
The Balkan War
Question 17/73
What weapon was first deployed by the United States at the end of World War Two, and became a centerpiece of Cold War strategy?
Heat-seeking missiles
Armored tanks
Chemical weapons
Atomic bomb
Question 18/73
The Axis powers conquered much of Western Europe, but Britain had the advantage of being an island and a strong air force. What is the name of Britain's air force?
MI-6
Her Majesty's Air Command
Royal Air Force
Regal Air Fighters
Question 19/73
After a period of dtente, American underwent the "Reagan Revolution" when tensions arose and Reagan demanded that the US concede less to the Soviets. Who was the prime minister of Britain who agreed with him?
Margaret Thatcher
James Calllahan
Clement Atlee
Tony Blair
Question 20/73
Who are the Joint Chiefs of Staff?
Military advisers
Education advisers
Judicial advisers
Transportation advisers
Question 21/73
When British troops came to seize arms in Boston in 1775, who famously sounded the alarm?
Alexander Hamilton
John Adams
Paul Revere
Will Ferrell
Question 22/73
Which of the following is NOT a cabinet position?
Secretary of Education
Secretary of Agriculture
Governor of Law
Secretary of State
Question 23/73
What international body was created at the end of World War Two to try to prevent something like world war from happening again?
North Atlantic Free Trade Organization
United Nations
European Union
Warsaw Pact
Question 24/73
Which famous historical figure is in this picture?
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Michael Jordan
Louis Farrakhan
Question 25/73
The Wright brothers pioneered aviation and changed the world. What were their first names?
Samuel and Hubert
James and Herbert
Orville and Wilbur
George and Clancy
Question 26/73
Benjamin Franklin had an impressive CV that included titles like postmaster, politician, freemason, inventor, and diplomat. Which vision-improvement aid is he credited with inventing?
Contact lenses
Anti-glare lenses
Bifocal lenses
Progressive lenses
Question 27/73
Many soldiers returning from war suffered from what today we call PTSD. What was the medical term used then?
Trench malaise
Shell shock
War fever
Brittle from battle
Question 28/73
What are the three branches of the United States federal government?
Legislative, State, Judicial
Executive, Judicial, Press
Judicial, State, Press
Executive, Legislative, Judicial
Question 29/73
The Soviet Union subscribed to what political ideology?
Capitalism
Localism
Anarchism
Communism
Question 30/73
Which legendary scientist is pictured here?
Charles Darwin
Marie Curie
Dwight Eisenhower
Nikola Tesla
Question 31/73
Which man's name became synonymous with "traitor" after he spied for the British?
Paul Revere
Benedict Arnold
John Burgoyne
John Adams
Question 32/73
These two powers had been allies during World War II, but became the two major superpowers in conflict during the Cold War.
United States and Soviet Union
United States and Britain
Germany and United States
Soviet Union and Germany
Question 33/73
Alexander Fleming was a biologist and pharmacologist by trade, but his most famous discovery was accidental and changed medicine forever. Which substance did he identify and isolate?
Penicillin
Aspirin
Valium
Paracetamol
Question 34/73
Cartoons featuring Road Runner and Wyle E. Coyote just wouldn't be the same without this mind-blowing Alfred Nobel invention. What was it?
Fireworks
Dynamite
Gun powder
Hand grenades
Question 35/73
What historical figure is in this picture?
Ulysses S. Grant
Albert Einstein
Thomas Edison
Robert E. Lee
Question 36/73
During Reconstruction there was a special, derogatory, term for Northerners who moved to the South. What was it?
Carpetbaggers
Graybacks
Johnny Rebs
Sunday Soldiers
Question 37/73
This man was the President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.
Braxton Bragg
James Longstreet
George Pickett
Jefferson Davis
Question 38/73
What document is the supreme law of the land in the United States?
The Federalist Papers
U.S. Constitution
Bill of Rights
Declaration of Independence
Question 39/73
Who is the iconic figure pictured here?
Vladimir Putin
Joseph Stalin
George W. Bush
Fidel Castro
Question 40/73
Rudolf Diesel lent his name to the mechanical device that became his most famous invention. What type of device was it?
Electric battery
Engine
Spark plug
Printing press
Question 41/73
Which historic document concerning slavery did President Abraham Lincoln sign on January 1, 1863?
Gettysburg Address
14th Amendment
Emancipation Proclamation
Articles of Confederation
Question 42/73
Who is this gentleman, appointed commander of the Continental Army in 1775?
Thomas Jefferson
Samuel Adams
Lin-Manuel Miranda
George Washington
Question 43/73
Who is this pictured historical figure?
Margaret Thatcher
Florence Nightingale
Rosa Parks
Harriet Tubman
Question 44/73
The First World War ended with victory for the United States, Britain, France, and their allies. What was the name of the treaty that ended the war, and imposed enormous burdens on the losers?
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty of London
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Versailles Treaty
Question 45/73
This legendary actor broke through the race barrier by becoming the first black artist to win the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Harry Belafonte
Louis Gossett Jr.
James Earl Jones
Sidney Poitier
Question 46/73
This fort was bombarded by Southern Troops when President Lincoln refused to surrender the territory, thus kick-starting the Civil War.
Fort Wagner
Fort Sumter
Fort Donelson
Fort Henry
Question 47/73
Which famous historical figure is pictured here?
Florence Nightingale
Eleanor Roosevelt
Rosa Parks
Marie Curie
Question 48/73
Who is the leader of the United States government executive branch?
The Supreme Court
The Speaker of the House
The President
Congress
Question 49/73
Who was President of the United States when the Civil War began?
James Garfield
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Chester Alan Arthur
Question 50/73
World War Two is remembered in movies and television. Which of these is NOT about World War Two?
Saving Private Ryan
M*A*S*H
Schindler's List
Band of Brothers
Question 51/73
When American men went abroad to fight in the war, American women worked on the home front. Not only did they keep up businesses and raise families; now they worked as nurses or in munitions factories and shipyards to support the war effort. What was the cultural icon that inspired and encouraged such work?
Eleanor Roosevelt
Marilyn Monroe
Rosie the Riveter
Wonder Woman
Question 52/73
What was constructed in 1961, signaling a hardening of Cold War tensions?
Great Wall of China
Suez Canal
Panama Canal
Berlin Wall
Question 53/73
What plantation of George Washington's was nearly destroyed by the British?
Whitney Plantation
Mount Vernon
Graceland
Monticello
Question 54/73
Which baseball legend broke the sport's color line by becoming the first African American to play in the Major Leagues?
Hank Aaron
Jackie Robinson
Willie Mays
Jesse Owens
Question 55/73
World War Two was truly a global war, dividing the globe into two blocs. What were the names of these two sides?
Reds and Whites
North and South
Triple Entente and Central Powers
Axis and Allies
Question 56/73
Which president proclaimed a doctrine that the United States would come to the aid of any country threatened by Soviet communism?
Truman
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Roosevelt
Question 57/73
The period after the Civil War ended was known as __________.
Rejuvenation
Rebuilding
Referendum
Reconstruction
Question 58/73
This former slave became one the most influential abolitionists of the 19th century.
Nat Turner
Ulysses S. Grant
Frederick Douglass
Dred Scott
Question 59/73
Which empire did NOT collapse at the end of WWI?
British Empire
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Ottoman Empire
Question 60/73
What was the name of the Polish union that opposed the communist government and eventually became the party in power of a free, democratic Poland?
Freedom
Solidarity
Equality
Brotherhood
Question 61/73
The Cold War began after what major conflict?
WWII
Civil War
WWI
Vietnam War
Question 62/73
Which of these military weapons was NOT used during WWI?
Chemical weapons
Machine guns
Trench warfare
Nuclear weapons
Question 63/73
Thomas Edison has been dubbed one of the greatest inventors of all time. His Kinetograph was a pre-cursor to which piece of audio-visual equipment?
Video camera
Wireless microphone
Boom microphone
Tripod
Question 64/73
Which historical figure is pictured here?
Thomas Edison
Albert Einstein
Nikola Tesla
Dwight Eisenhower
Question 65/73
When it was first invented, people called this Alessandro Volta creation the Voltaic pile. What was this powerful object's eventual name?
Air compressor
Extension cord
Hydraulic spring
Battery
Question 66/73
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union at the beginning of the Cold War?
Brezhnev
Medvedev
Khrushchev
Stalin
Question 67/73
During the Cold War, spy novels became very popular. Kennedy was a huge fan of this book series, and popularized it for an American audience.
Mitch Rapp
James Bond
Jason Bourne
Jack Ryan
Question 68/73
The Japanese invaded many parts of east Asia to create the Japanese Co-Prosperity Sphere. Which of these is NOT a country that was invaded during WWII?
China
Cambodia
Vietnam
Australia
Question 69/73
The Pacific Theater of the war took a turn when American forces defeated the Japanese in this battle.
Bataan
Wake Island
Midway
Coral Sea
Question 70/73
The Pacific war ended when the Japanese refused to surrender, and President Truman dropped the newly-developed atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. What was the name of the plane that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima?
Lady Southern Cross
Spirit of St. Louis
Double Eagle II
Enola Gay
Question 71/73
During the War, this General led the Union to so many victories that he was nicknamed, "The Butcher".
Abner Doubleday
Ulysses S. Grant
George Custer
Robert Anderson
Question 72/73
Who is this political activist, college professor and one-time Black Panthers supporter?
Assata Shakur
Bell Hooks
Angela Davis
Gloria Steinem
Question 73/73
What were the alliances that unified the eastern and western blocs against each other?
NATO and IMF
NATO and the Warsaw Pact
NATO and Sykes-Picot Act
Warsaw Pact and Versaille Treaty