American History MCQs 8

History of the United States Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

71. Which of the American Presidents won four consecutive presidential elections and remained president for the longest period of time ?
(A) Theodore Roosevelt
(B) Woodrow Wilson
(C) Franklin Delano Roosevelt
(D) Harry S. Truman

72. Alaska was acquired by United States from ?
(A) Spain
(B) England
(C) Canada
(D) Russia

73. Which of the American presidents was responsible for the Apollo Project that resulted in the man’s landing on the surface of moon ?
(A) Dwight David Eisenhower
(B) John F. Kennedy
(C) Lyndon Baines Johnson
(D) Richard Nixon

74. Spain financed Westward voyage of Columbus in ?
(A) 1492
(B) 1482
(C) 1472
(D) 1432

75. Which of the American Presidents was present at the time of the signing of the Camp David Accords between Egypt and Israel ?
(A) John F. Kennedy
(B) Richard Nixon
(C) Jimmy Carter
(D) Ronald Reagan

76. Which of the American presidents called the former Soviet Union “An Evil Empire” ?
(A) Richard Nixon
(B) Jimmy Carter
(C) Ronald Reagan
(D) George Herbert Walker Bush

77. Which one of the American presidents remained the head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) before becoming the president ?
(A) Richard Nixon
(B) Jimmy Carter
(C) George Herbert Walker Bush
(D) Gerald Rudolph Ford

78. The Louisiana Purchase completed in 1803 was negotiated by ?
(A) George Washington
(B) James Madison
(C) Robert Livingston
(D) Martin Van Buren

79. The 1783 treaty of Paris that defined original border of the United States was with ?
(A) France
(B) Portugal
(C) Spain
(D) Great Britain

80. The Virgin Islands were bought for US $ ?
(A) 250
(B) 2500
(C) 25000
(D) None of these

ANSWERS: UNITED STATES HISTORY QUIZ

71. C
72. D
73. D
74. A
75. C
76. C
77. C
78. C
79. D
80. D