Abeka US History Test 12

What battle was the turning point of the war?

Battle of Saratoga

What was the last battle of the American Indians and federal troops?

Battle of wounded knee

Sent US troops to Bosnia and Haiti

Bill Clinton

Who created the Microsoft Corporation?

Bill Gates

Who was the best-known evangelist of the Second Great Awakening?

Charles Finney

Who did Condoleezza Rice replace as Secretary of State?

Colin Powell

Who gave the "Seventh of March" speech?

Daniel Webster

What was the first state to ratify the US Constitution?

Deleware

Which General led at D-Day?

Dwight Eisenhower

Who led the first expedition to circumnavigate the world?

Ferdinand Magellan

Launched the New Deal

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Was president during Persian-Gulf War

George H. Bush

Was the only President to be elected by a unanimous vote

George Washington

What was the name for President Lyndon Johnson's liberal social and economic program?

Great Society

What island did US troops rescue from a Cuban invasion in 1983?

Grenada

was the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms

Grover Cleveland

Launched the Fair Deal

Harry S. Truman

Who led the conquest of the Aztecs?

Hernando Cortes

Who promoted public education

Horace Mann

What organization did the UN establish to promote the rule of the law internationally?

International Criminal Court

In what country were 63 Americans taken hostage in 1979?

Iran

Who is the "Father of Neoconservatism"?

Irving Kristol

Who host of "Focus on the Family"?

James Dolson

adopted the slogan "Fifty-four forty or fight"

James K. Polk

Was president during the War of 1812

James Madison

Captain James Smith saved which colony from destruction?

Jamestown colony

Who was the presidency of the Confederacy?

Jefferson Davis

launched the New Frontier

John F. Kennedy

Who wrote The Grapes of Wrath?

John Steinbeck

Who preached "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?

Jonathan Edwards

Who was the dictator of Panama that was arrested by U.S. troops?

Manuel Noriega

What plan extended credit to Europe to help with recovery after World War II?

Marshall Plan

Who led the drive for a "Contract with America"?

Newt Gingrich

What was the name of President Bush's education reform plan?

No child left behind act

Who wrote the Blue-Backed Speller?

Noah Webster

What organization would be responsible for the creation of the Amero?

North American Union

John D. Rockefeller became the leader in which industry?

Oil

Who was put on trial for the Iran-Contra affair?

Oliver North

Who was the leader of al Queda in the 9-11 attacks?

Osama Bin Laden

stood against Communism and helped stabilize the economy

Reagan

What court decision legalized abortion?

Roe vs. Wade

Who established the colony of Rhode Island?

Roger Williams

Who was known as the "Great Communicator"?

Ronald Reagan

Who was the first president of the "Lone Star Republic"?

Sam Houston

Who was the "Father of New France"?

Samuel de Champlain

Who became the first woman justice to serve on the Supreme Court?

Sarah Day O'Hair

What was the most hated part of Grenville's taxes?

Stamp Act

What is the strict Islamic regime governing Afghanistan called?

Taliban

Who is known as the greatest inventor of all time?

Thomas Edison

Who was the British Prime Minister that allied himself with President Bush during the War on Terror?

Tony Blair

What Act was created to provide more security to the American people after the 9-11 attacks?

USA PATRIOT Act

What was the first state to allow "civil unions"?

Vermont

Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks?

Vladimir Lenin

advocated a "return to normalcy"

Warren G. Harding

What was the first college for women only?

Wesleyan College

was the only President to serve as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

William Howard Taft

Who was the prosecutor in the Scopes Trial?

William Jennings Bryan

Who was President during World War I?

Woodrow Wilson

What economic theory says the colonies exist for the benefit of the mother?

mercantilism

What is the idea that evolution is mathematically impossible?

specified complexity

End of Civil War

1865

End of Reconstruction

1877

Spanish-American War

1898

America enters World War I

1917

V-J Day

1945

America pulls out of Vietnam Conflict

1973

Berlin Wall opened

1989

Operation Desert Storm

1991

What amendment repealed prohibition?

22nd

End of Mexican American War

1848

Founding of Plymouth

1620

Declaration of Independence

1776

Treaty of Paris

1783

Louisiana Purchase

1803

Monroe Doctrine

1823