Free Printable US History Worksheets

Every major topic in American History is represented, including the Civil War, the Rise of Industry, and the Great Depression. Our bank of assignments also include activities that utilize maps, projects that analyze presidential elections, tests that explain national holidays, and much more.
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US History Lessons
Our animated lessons feature an overview of some of the seminal documents in U.S. history, including the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. Lessons are accompanied by practice questions and worksheets.
Seminal Documents
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US History Tests, Quizzes, and Worksheets
Colonial Developments
Native-American and early European settlements in the New World provide essential understandings of the new ways of life developed in North America, and set the stage for the birth of a nation.
- Paleo-Indians New!
- Pre-Columbian North America New!
- Pre-Colonial America - Iroquois
- Pre-Colonial America - Sioux
- Pre-Colonial America - Mound Builders
- Mound Builders New!
- Tribes and Nations New!
- Chaco Canyon New!
- Cultural Areas: Basin, Southwest, Plains New!
- Cultural Areas: Arctic and Subarctic New!
- Cultural Areas: Northwest, California, Plateau New!
- Cultural Areas: Northeast and Southeast New!
- Traditional Native American Homes by Region New!
- Who Were the Colonists?
- Roanoke New!
- Jamestown New!
- Pilgrims
- Mayflower Compact: Background and Significance New!
- Plymouth Colony New!
- Plymouth Colony: Facts and Fiction New!
- Early American Settlements
- The 13 Colonies New!
- Life in the Colonies
- Colonial Settlements
- Salem Witch Trials New!
- Bacon's Rebellion New!
- Transatlantic Slave Trade
- Indian Wars (Colonial) New!
- Iroquois Confederacy New!
- The French and Indian War
- American Revolution
- Continental Congress New!
- Thomas Paine and "Common Sense" New!
- The Intolerable Acts New!
- Marquis de Lafayette New!
- Boston Tea Party New!
- Triangular Trade New!
- George Washington New!
- Thomas Jefferson New!
- Benjamin Franklin New!
- John Adams New!
- Samuel Adams New!
- Declaration of Independence(HS)
- Declaration of Independence(ES) New!
- Benedict Arnold New!
- Alexander Hamilton
- Aaron Burr
Constitutional Foundations and Early Years
The struggle to create a new nation and to define the relationships among the branches of government makes this an especially complicated period for the young country.
- Formation of American Government
- Historical Myths: Founding of The United States New!
- The Articles of Confederation
- Great Seal of the United States New!
- American Symbols
- Northwest Ordinance New!
- Creating the Constitution
- Three-Fifths Compromise New!
- Federalist Papers New!
- The Bill of Rights (Long) New!
- Shays' Rebellion New!
- Whiskey Rebellion
- Washington, D.C.
- The White House New!
- Early US Presidents
- XYZ Affair and the Quasi-War
- American Political Parties
- America in the Early 1800s
- The Early Republic
- American Political Parties
- Gerrymandering New!
- Utopian Societies
- Louisiana Purchase New!
- Lewis and Clark New!
- War of 1812 (HS)
- War of 1812 (ES)
- The National Anthem New!
- Indian Wars (Pre Civil War) New!
- Trail of Tears New!
- Tecumseh New!
- Jacksonian Era
- Industry and Urbanization
- History of the Postal Service New!
- The National Road New!
- America's First Fifty Years
- Benjamin Banneker New!
- Pre-Civil War - African-American History
- Nat Turner New!
- The Alamo: Facts and Fiction New!
- Manifest Destiny New!
- Seneca Falls Convention New!
- Sojourner Truth New!
- Mexican-American War New!
- California Gold Rush New!
Civil War, Expansion, and Industrialization
The battle over states rights and sectionalism explodes, while America continues its journey to becoming the modern juggernaut of the 20th century.
- Origins of the Civil War New!
- Free and Slave States
- Underground Railroad New!
- Harriet Tubman New!
- Discrimination and Slavery in the 1800s
- Missouri Compromise New!
- Compromise of 1850 New!
- Kansas-Nebraska Act New!
- Bleeding Kansas New!
- Frederick Douglass New!
- Frederick Douglass Quotes New!
- Abolitionists
- Civil War (Basic)
- Civil War (Advanced)
- The Monitor and the Merrimack New!
- Abraham Lincoln
- Gettysburg Address (ES)
- Gettysburg Address (HS) New!
- Life during the Civil War New!
- Emancipation Proclamation New!
- William Tecumseh Sherman
- Ulysses S. Grant
- Civil War Amendments (13, 14, 15) New!
- Civil War and Reconstruction (Long)
- Reconstruction New!
- Jim Crow Laws New!
- 1876 Presidential Election New!
- American Expansion
- Transcontinental Railroad New!
- Westward Expansion
- Oregon Trail New!
- Indian Wars (Civil War) New!
- Indian Wars (Post Civil War) New!
- Ghost Dance New!
- Pioneers of Westward Expansion
- Rise of American Industry and Response
- Booker T. Washington New!
- George Washington Carver New!
- Granville T. Woods New!
- Buffalo Soldiers New!
- Great Chicago Fire New!
- Populism New!
- Statue of Liberty New!
- Progressive Era New!
- The Progressive Era
- Susan B. Anthony New!
- Women's Suffrage New!
- Ida Tarbell New!
- Chinese Exclusion Act New!
- Spanish-American War New!
20th Century and Modern Day
America experiences triumph and tragedy as the central figure in world events, while struggling to cope with domestic strife and enjoy success and infrequent peace on the home front.
- W.E.B. Du Bois New!
- W.E.B. Du Bois Quotes New!
- The Great Migration New!
- The Boy Scouts of America New!
- National Parks New!
- World War I
- World War I
- Red Summer New!
- Red Scares New!
- Roaring 20's
- History of Jazz New!
- Harlem Renaissance New!
- America in the 1920s New!
- Scopes Monkey Trial New!
- Tulsa Race Riots New!
- Prohibition New!
- Amelia Earhart
- The Great Depression New!
- The Great Depression and the New Deal
- New Deal Programs
- FDR's Alphabet Soup (HS)
- The Dust Bowl New!
- Native American Veterans New!
- Manhattan Project New!
- Women in WWII: Rosie the Riveter New!
- Tuskegee Airmen New!
- The Civil Rights Movement (Basic)
- Montgomery Bus Boycott New!
- Martin Luther King, Jr. New!
- King Quotes New!
- Letter from Birmingham Jail New!
- Medgar Evers New!
- School Desegregation New!
- Greensboro Sit-Ins New!
- The Freedom Rides New!
- Emmett Till New!
- Malcolm X New!
- John Lewis: Civil Rights Icon New!
- Selma March New!
- Civil Rights Test (HS)
- Shirley Chisholm New!
- Maya Angelou New!
- US Constitutional Amendments
- Cold War Quiz
- U.S. in the 1950's
- U.S. In the 1960's
- Cold War in the 1960s
- Cuban Missile Crisis New!
- War in Vietnam, Part One: War Before the War New!
- War in Vietnam, Part Two: Americans in Combat New!
- War in Vietnam, Part Three: Nightfall New!
- War in Vietnam, Part Four: Homefront New!
- Kent State Shootings New!
- Watergate
- Equal Rights Amendment New!
- Cold War in the 1980s
- George H.W. Bush New!
- United States Armed Forces
- Iran Hostage Crisis New!
- Iran-Contra Affair New!
- Iran Nuclear Deal (JCPOA) New!
- U.S. Census
- NAFTA
- September 11, 2001 New!
- The Great Recession and Financial Crisis New!
- The Presidents: Bill Clinton New!
- The Presidents: George W. Bush New!
- The Presidents: Barack Obama New!
- The Presidents: Donald Trump New!
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