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
U.S. Geography
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 American, and set the stage for the birth of a nation.
- Pre-Colonial America - Iroquois
- Pre-Colonial America - Sioux
- Pre-Colonial America - Mound Builders
- Cultural Areas: Basin, Southwest, Plains New!
- Pilgrims
- Early American Settlements
- Life in the Colonies
- Colonial Settlements
- America in the Early 1800s
- American Revolution
- Who Were the Colonists?
- Bacon's Rebellion New!
- Boston Tea Party New!
- Tribes and Nations New!
- Triangular Trade New!
- Declaration of Independence(HS)
- Declaration of Independence(ES) New!
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
- The Articles of Confederation
- Early US Presidents
- Jacksonian Era
- Creating the Constitution
- The Early Republic
- American Symbols
- America's First Fifty Years
- The War of 1812
- Alexander Hamilton
- Aaron Burr
- Benjamin Franklin New!
- American Political Parties
- XYZ Affair and the Quasi War
- Whiskey Rebellion
- War of 1812
- The Bill of Rights (Long) New!
- Benjamin Banneker New!
- The French and Indian War
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.
- Free and Slave States
- Pre-Civil War - African-American History
- Civil War (Basic)
- Civil War (Advanced)
- American Expansion
- Rise of American Industry and Response
- Westward Expansion
- Pioneers of Westward Expansion
- Civil War and Reconstruction (Long)
- Abolitionists
- Abraham Lincoln
- Compromise of 1850 New!
- William Tecumseh Sherman
- Ulysses S. Grant
- Bleeding Kansas New!
- Booker T. Washington New!
- Buffalo Soldiers 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.
- The Progressive Era
- World War I
- The Great Depression and the New Deal
- New Deal Programs
- The Civil Rights Movement (Basic)
- US Constitutional Amendments
- Cold War Quiz
- Roaring 20's
- U.S. in the 1950's
- U.S. In the 1960's
- FDR's Alphabet Soup (HS)
- America in the 1920s (HS)
- World War I
- Civil Rights Test (HS)
- United States Armed Forces
- Amelia Earhart
- Watergate
- Utopian Societies
- U.S. Census
US History Activities and Seasonal Tests/Worksheets
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