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Grade 4 The Presidents
Who was the 16th president of the United States?
  1. Thomas Jefferson
  2. Abraham Lincoln
  3. George Washington
Grade 4 Reconstruction
Who became president after Abraham Lincoln?
  1. Thaddeus Stevens
  2. Ulysses S. Grant
  3. Rutherford B. Hayes
  4. Andrew Johnson
Grade 4 American Revolution
After Shays' Rebellion, Americans no longer cared about the government.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 4 US History
The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the United States from which country?
  1. Spain
  2. France
  3. England
  4. Germany
Grade 4 American Revolution
Shays and the other farmers led a rebellion in the state of Massachusetts.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 4 American Revolution
Daniel Shays and the farmers were not angry.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 4 American Revolution
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
  1. George Washington
  2. Benjamin Franklin
  3. Thomas Jefferson
  4. John Hancock
Grade 4 Civil War
The purpose of the Tuskegee Institute was to teach farming.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 4 Formation of the USA
The Northwest Ordinance required states to do what with unsettled land?
  1. turn it over to the federal government
  2. return it to the Native Americans
  3. deploy troops to remove any Native Americans.
  4. set a portion aside for Revolutionary War veterans
Grade 4 Early National Era
What did Shays' Rebellion show about the new government?
  1. It was strong enough to protect itself.
  2. The people realized the government did not support farms.
  3. The new government could defend its borders.
  4. The government was too weak to keep order around the nation.
Grade 4 Civil War
Which of the following is true of the Emancipation Proclamation?
  1. It freed all slaves.
  2. It repaid slave owners.
  3. It granted voting rights to freed slaves.
  4. It only freed slaves in territories held by the Confederacy.
Grade 4 Roaring 20s
Neither women nor African Americans were allowed to get a pilot's license in the United States, so Bessie Coleman traveled to which country to learn to fly?
  1. Spain
  2. France
  3. England
  4. Germany
Grade 4 Roaring 20s
In June 1921 Bessie Coleman became the first black person to obtain an international pilot's license from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 4 Civil War
Where did Tubman lead slaves after the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act?
  1. California
  2. New York
  3. Canada
  4. Mexico
Grade 4 American Revolution
Who hired the Hessian soldiers to fight the Revolutionary War?
  1. The Americans
  2. The French
  3. The Native Americans
  4. The British
Grade 4 Civil War
Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
  1. William Tecumseh Sherman
  2. Ulysses S. Grant
  3. Abraham Lincoln
  4. Robert E. Lee
Grade 4 American Revolution
Independence Day commemorates what event?
  1. the Boston Tea Party
  2. the end of the Revolutionary War
  3. the Battles of Lexington and Concord
  4. the passage of the Declaration of Independence
Grade 4 Civil War
When did the Civil War began?
  1. April 12, 1861
  2. April 12, 2016
  3. December 25, 1856
  4. July 4, 1861
Grade 4 The Presidents
Answer the following questions about presidents of the United States.
__ Who was the first president of the United States? A. Theodore Roosevelt
__ Who was president during the Louisiana Purchase? B. Gerald Ford
__ The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by which president? C. Franklin Roosevelt
__ The New Deal was a series of policies and programs from which president? D. George Washington
__ Which president was a general during the Civil War? E. Richard Nixon
__ The first national monument was made by which president? F. Ulysses S. Grant
__ Which president served for the shortest amount of time? G. Thomas Jefferson
__ The Environmental Protection Agency was created by which president? H. Abraham Lincoln
__ Which president served two non-consecutive terms? I. Grover Cleveland
__ Who was the only president never elected to either the presidency or vice presidency? J. William Henry Harrison
Grade 4 US History
What is the national bird of the United States?
  1. Cardinal
  2. Bluejay
  3. Bald Eagle
  4. Wild Turkey
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