Question 2 of 11

The Statue of Liberty was a gift from which country?

... France contributed the Statue of Liberty as a memorial to American independence, commemorating the alliance of the two nations.

Question 3 of 11

What was referred to as the Second War for Independence?

... The War of 1812 was known as the Second War for Independence. It was touched off by British interference with United States shipping during the Napoleonic Wars.

Question 4 of 11

What is the "day that will live in infamy"?

... President Franklin Roosevelt called December 7, 1941, the day of the attack on Pearl Harbor, a "day that will live in infamy."

Question 5 of 11

Who was president during the Louisiana Purchase?

... President Jefferson sent several representatives to France in April 1803 to buy the city of New Orleans -- and some extra land if France refused to sell just the city. What the third president got was the Louisiana Purchase, a patch of land that nearly doubled the size of the young nation.

Question 6 of 11

What was the bloodiest war in U.S. history?

... The American Civil War is the bloodiest conflict in which the United States has ever engaged. More than 600,000 American soldiers lost their lives in a four-year period.

Question 7 of 11

What year did the U.S. enter World War I?

... Although President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation of strict and impartial neutrality at the beginning of the war, the U.S. eventually entered World War I in April 1917, after nearly three years of neutrality.

Question 8 of 11

Which of the following Constitutional Amendments was eventually repealed?

... The Prohibition Amendment, which was the 18th Amendment, was repealed in 1933 by the 21st Amendment.

Question 9 of 11

In what year did the Boston Tea Party take place?

... The Boston Tea Party took place on the evening of December 16, 1773, at Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Mass.

Question 10 of 11

What begins with the words "We the people..."?

... The U.S. Constitution begins with these words.

Question 11 of 11

Which of the following presidents was not impeached?

... President Richard Nixon resigned before he could be impeached. Johnson and Clinton were impeached, but both escaped conviction.

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