USA History (Objectives)

Taimoor Gondal · #1 Sunday, February 12, 2012

USA History (Objectives)

1. How many British Colonies declared independence from England in 1776 to form the United States?
2. The Boston Tea Incident took place in:
3. California was settled most rapidly after_____________ was discovered in 1848:
4. With which country U.S.A. signed the rush-Bagot Treaty?
5. Who succeeded President Abraham Lincoln?
6. Alaska was purchased from Russia in:
7. Susan B. Anthony was an outspoken advocate of:
8. Ku Klux Klan was organized in the state of:
9. The number of members of American Senate is:
10. Who was Henry A. Kissinger?
11. The Camp David is located in:
12. Which American President received the Nobel Prize for peace in 1906?
13. Richard Nixon made a trip to Beijing in:
14. Who was the President of U.S.A. when Russia invaded Afghanistan in early 1980?
15. What does NASA stand for?
16. Which year TVA was established?
17. To which political party did President Woodrow Wilson belong?
18. Who wrote "Encyclopedia of American History"?
19. The total number of the British Colonies founded in Colonial America were:
20. The “Sons of Liberty” was formed in:
21. The Peace Treaty of American Independence in 1783 was signed in the city of:
22. Which one of the following enjoys the title of “Father of American Constitution”:
23. The first Ten Amendments to the Constitution of US ratified in 1791 are known as:
24. The first Secretary of State of US was:
25. The Great Depression of 1929 lasted for:
26. The XYZ affairs took place between:
27. Cornwallis surrendered to the American and French troops at:
28. The battle of Bull Run was fought in:
29. Panama Canal was officially opened in the year:
30. On August 26, 1920 the 19th Amendment to US Constitution gave voting right to:
31. NATO was established in the year:
32. In 1900 the Open Door Policy was adopted with respect to:
33. The book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” was written by:
34. The Truman Doctrine was mainly designed to extend economic assistance to:
35. The 26th Amendment in 1971 lowered the voting age to:
36. The term “Big Stick Diplomacy” is associated with President:
37. During the American Civil War, the President of Confederacy was:
38. Judges of the American Supreme Court are appointed by:
39. Atlantic Charter dates back to:
40. Attack on PearlHarbour took place in:
41. _____________ was the second state of ratify the constitution.
42. Bill Clinton was _______ President of United States:
43. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in:
44. Total number of states in US is:
45. Dred Scott decision of the Supreme Court of U.S.A. declaring slave a chattel was given in:
46. Stamp Act was passed in:
47. Complete diplomatic relations between US and China were established in:
48. _____________ state is known as sunshine state:
49. What does ANZUS stand for?
50. Treaty of Ghent ended War of 1812 between USA and:
51. Gettysburg Address was delivered by:
52. Louisiana which doubled the size of USA was purchased for:
53. Dean Rusk was:
54. James Town was founded in:
55. Who wrote “The White House Years”?
56. “I have a dream.” Who delivered this oration?
57. The Capital of New York State is:
58. Abolitionism was to:
59. Before Civil War the Principal Crop of the South was:
60. US entered the Second World War in:
61. Louis Armstrong was a:
62. ‘Four Freedoms’ were announced by:
63. Rockefellers made their fortune in:
64. The Liberty Bell is located in:
65. Which state was known as LoneStarRepublic?
66. MORMONS are settled in:
67. BABE RUTH was a:
68. The Declaration of Independence was written by:
69. America was named after:
70. The Peace Treaty of American Independence in 1783 was signed in the City of:
71. “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” has been written by:
72. American Colonization Society was to:
73. The only President to enjoy four terms:
74. The ‘Gold Rush’ of California occurred in:
75. Next to Cotton the most valuable American export in 1860 was:
76. Who were called indentured servants?
77. The Constitution of the United States provides that amendments may be proposed by:
78. “Common Sense” suggested:
79. What Revolution in Europe was influenced most directly by American Revolution:
80. The First Bank of the United States was:
81. In 1800 most of the Americans were:
82. “Muckrakers” were:
83. American Women got the right to vote in:
84. The United States gained Texas from:
85. The Japanese attacked PearlHarbour in:
86. The only President who was elected more than twice:
87. VirginIsland were purchased from:
88. Rhode Island was _________ state to enter original 13 States which joined the Union.
89. Philippine Islands were acquired by US in _________.
90. Puerto Rico ceded to US by _________.
91. Spain financed Westward voyage of Columbus in _________.
92. The Albany Congress (1754) was attended by delegates of _________ colonies.
93. The Boston Massacre took place in _________
94. Oregon was acquired in _________.
95. The Gadsen purchase of 50,000 square mile of land was primarily for the construction of _________.
96. Black birding is _________.
97. Article 1 of US constitution says, “No person can be a Representative who shall not have attained to the age of _________ years and _________ years a citizen of the US”:
98. First _________ amendments were passed by the congress on September 25, 1789.
99. KKK stands for
100. DelawareState is nicknamed _________ state.
101. Era of Good Feeling was during the presidency of _________.
102. The slogan of ‘Fair Deal’ was given by _________.
103. Pilgrims fathers established:
104. Intolerable acts were introduced in:
105. Declaration of independence was written by:
106. Cornwalis surrendered at York town in
107. According to firs census of USA (1790) its population was:
108. Supreme court of USA was established in:
109. Statue of liberty was donated to USA by:
110. George Washington died in:
111. 1st chief justice of USA was:
112. Jefferson bought Louisiana from:
113. Monroe doctrine was:
114. Abolitionists wanted to abolish:
115. Name the president famous for his fourteen points:
116. Steel co-operation of USA was established in:
117. Truman Doctrine was a document about:
118. 1st university to be found in USA was:
119. 1st capital of USA was:
120. Who said this? Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country:
121. Columbus discovered the New World in:
122. Jamestown was founded in:
123. George Washington became president in:
124. Thomas Jefferson was the ________ president of America.
125. The 1783 treaty of Paris that defined original border of the United States was with:
126. The Louisiana purchase completed in 1803 was negotiated by:
127. The treaty of 1819 with Spain, that resulted in Spain’s cession of East Florida, Sabine Free State and surrender of Spain’s claim to Oregon State was called the:
128. Virgin Islands were purchased from:
129. Which American president was elected for two non-consecutive terms:
130. Jimmy Carter was the President of the USA from:
131. Which joined the Union after Alaska:
132. The BAY of PIGS invasion of Cuba happened during the Presidency of:
133. The Declaration of Independence was formally adopted on:
134. The constitution of the United States of America was adopted in the period:
135. In the amendments to the constitution of the USA freedom of religion, speech and the press and right to assembly are protected by:
136. The National security of the USA is a document prepared by the:
137. “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed,” is the:
138. The colony of Virginia was founded in 1607 by :
139. The colony of New Netherland, founded by the Dutch in 1621, came under English rule in 1664 and was renamed:
140. The confusion at the time of Jefferson’s election was corrected by the adoption in 1804 of the:
141. The Navigation Act was passed in:
142. The PENDLIETON Act, an act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States, was enacted on:
143. President Roosevelt proclaimed an unlimited emergency on:
144. The Atlantic Charter of August 14, 1941 was a statement of common war aims formulated between:
145. The BAY of PIGs invasion of Cuba happened during the Presidency of:
146. Herbert Hoover became President of the USA in:
147. William Harrison was the president of US in the period:
148. The 40th President of the USA was:
149. Dwight D Eisenhower served two terms in office from 1953-1961. Who was his vice-President?
150. Which President of the USA resigned from the office in his second term?
151. The 25th amendment providing for Presidential succession was ratified by states in:
152. During his first voyage, Columbus accidentally landed at the:
153. Which of the following English Colonies in America was named after Queen Elizabeth?
154. Which of the following States in the United States of America was famous for its gold mines?
155. The first permanent and successful English Colony in America, JamestownVirginia, was founded in the year:
156. The Pilgrims from England reached Plymouth (New England) in a ship called:
157. Which one of the following leaders of American Revolution was also a scientist, a printer, a satirist and a political philosopher?
158. How many political parties are mentioned by name in the U.S. Constitution?
159. The Bill of Rights was incorporated in the U.S. Constitution in the year:
160. Who was elected as President of the Confederacy when the seceding Southern Slave State announced their secession from United States of America and founded the Confederate States of America in 1861?
161. In which capacity did Alexander Hamilton work with George Washington, the first President of United States of America:
162. One of the first two political factions in United States, the Democratic Republicans, was led by:
163. The Treaty of Paris in 1783 fixed the Western boundary of the United States at the River:
164. During Jefferson’s Presidency, Robert R. Livingstone was the U.S. Minister to:
165. Under which treaty United States acquired Florida from Spain?
166. Which of the American Presidents won four consecutive presidential elections and remained president for the longest period of time:
167. Alaska was acquired by United States from:
168. Which of the American presidents was responsible for the Apollo Project that resulted in the man’s landing on the surface of moon?
169. Which of the American Presidents was present at the time of the signing of the Camp David Accords between Egypt and Israel?
170. Which of the American presidents called the former Soviet Union “An Evil Empire”?
171. Which one of the American presidents remained the head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) before becoming the president?
172. Thomas Jefferson wrote ‘Declaration of Independence’ in:
173. The Americans signed a Treaty of alliance with France in:
174. The statue of Liberty was donated to USA by:
175. Locomotive was invented by Peter Couper in:
176. United States of America Steel Corporation was established in:
177. America entered World War-I in:
178. Elijah Muhammad assumed leadership of the Black Muslims Movement in:
179. Korean war started in:
180. D. David Eisenhower was elected U.S. President (I term) in:
181. Martin Luther King won the Novel Peace Prize in:
American Troops finally left Vietnam after the end of the war in:

Taimoor Gondal · #2 Sunday, February 12, 2012

ANSWERS

1. 13
2. 1773
3. Gold
4. Britain
5. Andrew Johnson
6. 1867
7. Women’s Rights
8. Tennessee
9. 100
10. Henry A. Kissinger was the 56th Secretary of the United States from 1973-1977.
11. Maryland
12. Theodore Roosevelt
13. 1972
14. Jimmy Carter
15. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
16. 1933
17. Democratic
18. Morris, Richard and Commager
19. Thirteen
20. 1765
21. Paris
22. Madison
23. Bill of Rights
24. Jafferson
25. A Decade
26. US-France
27. Yorktown
28. The American Civil War
29. 1914
30. Women
31. 1949
32. China
33. Harriet Beacher
34. Turkey-Greece
35. 18
36. T. Roosevelt
37. Jafferson Davis
38. President
39. 1941
40. 1941
41. Pennsylvania
42. 42nd
43. 1968
44. 50
45. 1857
46. 1765
47. 1979
48. Florida
49. Australia, New Zealand and United States
50. Great Britain
51. President Lincoln
52. 15 Million $
53. Secretary of State.
54. 1607
55. Henry Kissinger
56. Rev. Martin Luther King
57. Albany
58. Ban Slavery
59. Cotton
60. 1941
61. Trumpeter
62. FranklinDelanoRoosevelt
63. Oil
64. Pennsylvania
65. Texas
66. Utah
67. Player
68. Thomas Jefferson
69. Amerigo Vespucci
70. Paris
71. Harriet Beacher
72. Settle Negros in Africa
73. Franklin D. Roosevelt
74. 1848
75. Tobacco
76. Europeans
77. Congress
78. Rebellion against the King
79. French Revolution
80. City Worker’s operated
81. Farmers
82. Journalists
83. 1920
84. Mexico
85. December 1941
86. Franklin D. Roosevelt
87. Denmark
88. Last
89. 1899
90. Spain
91. 1492
92. Seven
93. 1770
94. 1846
95. Railways
96. Illegal importance of slaves
97. Twenty Five and 07 years
98. Ten
99. Ku-Klux Klan
100. Diamond
101. James Monroe
102. President Truman
103. Psymonth Colony
104. 1774
105. Thomas Jefferson
106. 1781
107. 3.9 million
108. 1789
109. France
110. 1799
111. J. Jay
112. France
113. A statement of Foreign Policy
114. Slavery
115. Wilson
116. 1901
117. Russia
118. Harvard
119. New York
120. Kennedy
121. 1492
122. 1607
123. 1789
124. Third
125. Great Britain
126. Robert Livingston
127. Adams-Onis Treaty
128. Denmark
129. Grover Cleveland
130. 1977-1981
131. Hawaii
132. John F. Kennedy
133. July 4,1776
134. 1787-1788
135. First Amendment
136. Executive Branch
137. Second Amendment
138. John Smith
139. New York
140. 12th Amendment
141. 1660
142. January 16, 1883
143. January 27, 1941
144. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill
145. John F. Kennedy
146. 1929
147. 1841-1850
148. Ronald Wilson Reagan
149. Richard Nixon
150. Richard Nixn
151. 1967
152. Watlings Island in the Bahamas
153. Maryland
154. California
155. 1607
156. Mayflower
157. Benjamin Franklin
158. Two
159. 1791
160. Jefferson Davis
161. Secretary of Treasury
162. Thomas Jefferson
163. Mississippi
164. France
165. Adams-Onis Treaty
166. FranklinDelanoRoosevelt
167. Russia
168. Richard Nixon
169. Jimmy Carter
170. Ronald Reagan
171. George Herbert Walker Bush
172. 1776
173. 1778
174. France
175. 1830
176. 1901
177. 1917
178. 1930
179. 1950
180. 1952
181. 1964
182. 1973

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