| 1. The American President given most credit for boosting America s national parks and forests is: | |
| a) | Theodore Roosevelt | b) | William McKinley | c) | William Howard Taft | d) | Woodrow Wilson |
| 2. All of the following were ideas of Martin Luther King Jr. except | |
| a) | Nonviolence | b) | civil disobedience | c) | Violence only when necessary | d) | Racial equality |
| 3. The Civil War lasted how many years? | |
| a) | Two years | b) | Four years | c) | Ten years | d) | four months |
| 4. The best definition of a progressive incom tax is: | |
| a) | The more you earn the more you pay | b) | The less you earn the more you pay | c) | Everyone pays and equal amount | d) | You pay only when you purchase some thing |
| 5. Who became President when William McKinley was assissinated? | |
| a) | William Taft | b) | Franklin D. Roosevelt | c) | Theodore Roosevelt | d) | Grover Cleveland |
| 6. Which part of the judiciary is at the top of the federal court system? | |
| a) | U.S. District courts | b) | U.S. Supreme Court | c) | U.S. Courts of appeals | d) | U.S. Military courts |
| 7. With regard to Watergate Richard Nixon s most serious illegal action was. | |
| a) | Wire tapping | b) | Creating a credibility gap | c) | Civil disobedience | d) | Obstruction of justice |
| 8. The Camp David agreement in 1978 involved | |
| a) | The United States and China | b) | The United States and the Soviet Union | c) | Saudi Aarabia and the United States | d) | Egypt and Israel |
| 9. Which of the following was most directly the result of soldiers comming home from World War II | |
| a) | McCarthyism | b) | Credibility gap | c) | Baby Boom | d) | Fascism |
| 10. Which amendment added to the constitution in 1913 gave Congress the power to collect an income tax? | |
| a) | 11 th | b) | 13 th | c) | 16 th | d) | 19 th |
| 11. United States entered World War II when | |
| a) | Germany invaded France | b) | Japan bombed Pearl Harbor | c) | Japan attacked Guam | d) | Germany attacked the United Kingdom |
| 12. The Marshall Plan and interation of the armed services are most closely associated with | |
| a) | Dwight Eisenhower | b) | John Kennedy | c) | Harry Truman | d) | Lyndon Johnson |
| 13. Which President was shot by a man who wanted a government job? | |
| a) | Ulysses S. Grant | b) | James A. Garfield | c) | Chester A. Arthur | d) | Benjamin Harrison |
| 14. The Fourth admendment protects Americans from | |
| a) | Unreasonable seearch and seizures | b) | Double jepardy | c) | Poor leaders | d) | Speedy trials |
| 15. SALT talks have been concerned with reducing | |
| a) | Floods in California an Hawaii | b) | Nuclear weapons | c) | Table salt in American foods | d) | Racial conflict in professional sports |
| 16. Which refers to Franklin Roosevelt s program for America | |
| a) | Square Deal | b) | Fair Deal | c) | New beginning | d) | New Deal |
| 17. The Great Depression occurred during the | |
| a) | 1920 s | b) | 1930 s | c) | 1940 s | d) | 1950 s |
| 18. To be elected President a person must be at least | |
| a) | 25 years old | b) | 35 years old | c) | 45 years old | d) | 30 years old |
| 19. Which amendment gave women the right to vote | |
| a) | 19 th | b) | 18 th | c) | 10 th | d) | 21 st |
| 20. The first American constitution was: | |
| a) | The Articles of Confederation | b) | The U.S. Constitution | c) | The Mayflower Compact | d) | The Bill of Rights |
| 21. In the 19th century most slaves in the United States about 60% worked where? | |
| a) | As house servants | b) | In cities and on transportation | c) | On cotton plantations | d) | In tabbacco and rice fields |
| 22. Why did President Truman recall General Douglas MacArthur from Korea | |
| a) | Truman wanted MacAuthur to be vice president | b) | MacAuthur was loosing the War | c) | MacAuthur intended to invade China | d) | Truman thought General Eisenhower would do a better job. |
| 23. In the 1960 s conservative politicians such as Barry Goldwater beleived that the federal government should. | |
| a) | Raise taxes | b) | Save energy | c) | Do less and spend less | d) | Spend more on poverty program s |
| 24. The United States went to War with Mexico over | |
| a) | Higher taxes | b) | Texas and disputed land boundries | c) | The question of slavery | d) | The Oregon Territory |
| 25. Which part of the government in the United States has the most power | |
| a) | Local government | b) | State government | c) | Federal government | d) | President |