US History Quiz

US History Quiz

8th Grade

31 Qs

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US History Quiz

US History Quiz

Assessment

Quiz

History

8th Grade

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Created by

Mike Black

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31 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Who wrote a book on how it was important for the US to have a large Navy to defend the nation’s trade?

Alfred Thayer Mahan

Theodore Roosevelt

Woodrow Wilson

Henry Cabot Lodge

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Which American minister convinced Americans to support an expansion of US power overseas for religious reasons?

Josiah Strong

Dwight L. Moody

Billy Graham

Jonathan Edwards

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Who negotiated the Open door policy with China?

John Hay

Theodore Roosevelt

Woodrow Wilson

William McKinley

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

The US was competing against which continent for economic and military control throughout the world?

Europe

Asia

Africa

South America

5.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which territories were important for their production of sugarcane and later a naval base? 2 answers

Hawaii

Puerto Rico

Cuba

Philippines

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Which president annexed Hawaii and which president was against annexing Hawaii?

William McKinley annexed Hawaii; Grover Cleveland was against annexing Hawaii.

Grover Cleveland annexed Hawaii; William McKinley was against annexing Hawaii.

Theodore Roosevelt annexed Hawaii; William Taft was against annexing Hawaii.

Benjamin Harrison annexed Hawaii; Grover Cleveland was against annexing Hawaii.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Who was the first US governor of the Philippines?

William Howard Taft

Theodore Roosevelt

Douglas MacArthur

Arthur MacArthur Jr.

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