American History Quiz 1 (Questions only)

1. Juan Ponce de Le?n is famed for being the first what?

2. What is the name given to the rebellion, which took place in 1794, when settlers in the Monongahela River valley of western Pennsylvania protested against a federal tax on liquor and distilled drinks?

3. Which country refused to accept the annexation of Texas in 1845, leading to the break out of war in 1846?

4. In 1830, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, which authorized the president to negotiate treaties that exchanged Indian tribal lands in the eastern states for lands west of the Mississippi River. Who was the president at the time who later became a military hero and cunning tyrant in regards to native populations?

5. The Civil War: At the beginning of 1864, who did Abraham Lincoln make the commander of all Union armies?

6. The United States rose to international power partly due to numerous military ventures abroad, including the Spanish-American War, which began when the United States blamed the sinking of which ship on Spain without any real evidence?

7. In 1920, the manufacture, sale, import and export of alcohol was prohibited by which Amendment to the United States Constitution (Clue: Known as prohibition)?

8. Japan threw the United States into the war they did not want to be part of on the seventh of which month, 1941 after they attacked Pearl Harbour?

9. World War II: From a modest contribution in troops at the beginning of the campaign in Europe, by the end of the war approximately how many percent of all allied divisions in Western Europe were American? Plus or minus five percent.

10. Known for his charisma, which US President was the only Catholic to ever be President?