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US History Quiz
Ten questions on how thirteen quarrelsome colonies became the world's leading power, from the Boston Tea Party to the start of the Cold War. Every answer comes with a short explanation.
- 10 questions
- About 3 minutes
- Medium
- Includes 2 photos
About this quiz
The quiz runs through the turning points of American history: the tax quarrel that became a revolution, the vote for independence and the French alliance that won it, the purchase that doubled the country, the conquest of northern Mexico, slavery and the road to civil war, the war of 1898 that made America an overseas empire, and the Cold War strategy of containment.
It suits anyone who remembers some American history from school and wants to test the why behind it. A few answers cut against the textbook version.
Topics in this quiz
Napoleon BonaparteMonroe DoctrineManifest DestinySpanish-American WarContainment
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George Washington
The Continental Army commander and first US president whose genius was patience, and who twice gave up power in an age of would-be kings.
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Manifest Destiny
The mid-1800s belief that the United States was providentially destined to expand across North America, used to justify conquest from Texas to California.
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Abraham Lincoln
The self-taught frontier lawyer who became the 16th US president, held the Union together through the Civil War, and ended slavery.
