History Semester Exam

  1. Christopher Columbus discovered the West Indies in 1492.
  2. Jamestown was the first colony in North America in 1607.
  3. The United States was formed July 4, 1776.
  4. The first state of the United States was Delaware in 1787.
  5. The last state of the United States was Hawaii.
  6. The Revolutionary War broke out on April 19, 1775.
  7. President Washington was the first President of the United States.
  8. The Declaration of Independence was signed on April 19, 1775.
  9. The United States Government in broken into three groups, the Legislative Branch, Executive Branch and the Judicial Branch.
  10. The Legislative Branch is headed by Congress.
  11. The Executive Branch is headed by the President.
  12. The Judicial Branch is headed by the Supreme Court.
  13. The state of Alaska is the 49th state.
  14. The state of Rhode Island is the smallest state in the United States.
  15. The state of Alaska is the largest state in the United States.
  16. The state of Georgia became a state a state in 1733.
  17. Presidents John Adams and George H. Bush are the only presidents to have their sons become president.
  18. President Abraham Lincoln was the first President to be killed in office.
  19. The Civil War started in 1860 and ended in 1865.
  20. President Lincoln was the President during the Civil War.
  21. President Woodrow Wilson was the President during World War I.
  22. President Franklin Roosevelt was the President during the beginning of World War II.
  23. President Harry Truman was the President at the end of World War II.
  24. President James Garfield was the second President killed in office.
  25. President William McKinley was the third President killed in office.
  26. President John Kennedy was the last President to be killed in office.
  27. President Obama was a Senator from Illinois before becoming President.
  28. Dr. Martin Luther King JR. was a famous Civil Rights Leader during the 50’s and 60’S.
  29. Malcolm X was a famous Black Muslins leader during the 60’s; he was killed in New York City in 1963.
  30. Booker T. Washington was a great Educator who later founded Tuskegee Institute.
  31. George Washington Carver invented the many different uses of the peanut.
  32. Garrett Morgan invented the Stop Light.
  33. New Mexico – Santa Fe
  34. Arizona – Phoenix
  35. Montana- Helena
  36. Iowa- Des Moines
  37. Michigan – Lansing
  38. Oregon- Salem
  39. Maine – Augusta
  40. Arkansas- Little Rock
  41. Nevada- Carson City
  42. Colorado- Denver
  43. Missouri – Jefferson City
  44. Ohio – Columbus
  45. South Carolina – Columbia
  46. Tennessee- Nashville
  47. New York- Albany
  48. Virginia – Richmond
  49. Kentucky- Frankfort
  50. Kansas- Topeka