PTA History and Social Studies

Question 1

Which document, adopted in 1776, declared the American colonies independent from British rule?

Accepted Answer

The Declaration of Independence

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The Constitution

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The Bill of Rights

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The Mayflower Compact

Question 2

The three branches of the United States federal government are the legislative, executive, and which other branch?

Accepted Answer

Judicial

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Military

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Administrative

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Electoral

Question 3

Which president issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, declaring enslaved people in Confederate states to be free?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

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George Washington

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Andrew Jackson

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Ulysses S. Grant

Question 4

The Great Depression of the 1930s was triggered largely by which major event in 1929?

Accepted Answer

Stock market crash

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World War I ending

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A major drought

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Bank robberies

Question 5

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted women the right to vote?

Accepted Answer

19th Amendment

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13th Amendment

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15th Amendment

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17th Amendment

Question 6

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law by which U.S. president?

Accepted Answer

Lyndon B. Johnson

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John F. Kennedy

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Richard Nixon

Question 7

What term describes the economic and political competition between the United States and the Soviet Union from the late 1940s through the early 1990s?

Accepted Answer

The Cold War

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World War II

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The Space Race

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The Iron Curtain