History tests were hard enough when you were in middle school but they are actually going to be more difficult for you now. Back in school, the topics discussed in class are at the forefront of your mind. Now that you are seemingly no longer a middle school student, how much of that knowledge have you actually retained?
Between all the new subjects you learned and the social pressures that accompany the typical middle school student, hopefully you were able to actually pay sufficient attention in class. What you learn in those history classes will stick with you for the rest of your life. These are the most basic but important moments in history.
It's time to put your U.S. history knowledge to the test. These are all common facts and tidbits that students learn back in middle school. How will you do? Only the top history students can manage to get an A, see if you can too.
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Can You Get 'A' In This Middle School U.S. History Test? Quiz Questions
Who was the first man to walk on the moon?
Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Lightyear
Neil Armstrong
Michael Jackson
In what year was the attack on Pearl Harbor?
1942
1940
1938
1939
1941
In what year did Andrew Jackson sign the Indian Removal Act?
None of these
1730
1800
1830
In what year was the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster?
1965
1973
1969
1993
1986
Which president ended slavery in 1863?
George Washington
Andrew Jackson
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
In August of 1945, the USA detonated nuclear bombs over Hiroshima and what other Japanese city?
Nagasaki
Tokyo
Hamamatsu
Osaka
In what year did the USA go to war with Canada?
1812
The USA has never gone to war with Canada
1645
1863
What country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States?
England
France
Brazil
Spain
Canada
Holland
Which president was assassinated in 1963?
George Bush
No president was assassinated
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
In what year did the USA invade Vietnam?
1969
1970
1965
1959
In what year did the USA join World War II?
1935
1945
1939
1940
1941
With what country was the United States involved in a decades-long "Cold War" with?
Russia
Asgard
Italy
North Korea
Iraq
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
What scandal by former president Richard Nixon was so talked about that it resulted in the word "gate" being put on the end of many other scandals for decades to come?
Deflategate
Gatesgate
Emailgate
Watergate
On what famous date was the Declaration of Independence agreed to?
January 3rd
December 25th
October 31st
July 4th
May 1st
Who was the first president of the United States of America?
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
John Quincy Adams
George Washington
One Comment
I got 7 out of 15!
You flunked! Maybe you need to go back to school.
I’m in Primary school