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Grade 9 World War II
Which scientist on the Manhattan Project was also working as a Soviet spy?
  1. Enrico Fermi
  2. Klaus Fuchs
  3. Hans Bethe
  4. Arthur Compton
Grade 9 Colonial Period
What 1763 document forbade the establishment of settlements west of the Appalachian Mountains?
  1. Treaty of Paris
  2. Northwest Ordinance
  3. Treaty of Middle Plantation
  4. Royal Proclamation of 1763
Grade 9 Modern Era
What action, rather than a full-scale invasion of Cuba, did the Kennedy Administration take in response to the Russian missiles being placed there?
  1. blockade the island
  2. invade East Berlin
  3. land saboteurs to disable the missiles
  4. launch airstrikes against the missile sites
Grade 9 Civil War
Answer the following questions about important dates of the Civil War.
__ What date was the Emancipation Proclamation issued? A. April 12, 1861
__ When did Sherman begin the March to the Sea? B. May 12, 1865
__ What was the date of the surrender at Appomattox Court House? C. April 9, 1865
__ On which day did the Battle of Gettysburg begin? D. July 4, 1863
__ When did the bombardment of Fort Sumter start? E. September 22, 1862
__ The first battle of Bull Run was fought on what day? F. November 15, 1864
__ New Orleans was captured on what day? G. July 1, 1863
__ What day did South Carolina secede from the Union? H. July 21, 1861
__ That last Battle of Palmito Ranch, the Civil War's last battle, began on what day? I. May 1, 1862
__ Vicksburg fell on what day? J. December 20, 1860
Grade 9 American Revolution
Who was the United States' first postmaster general?
  1. Thomas Jefferson
  2. Aaron Burr
  3. Benjamin Franklin
  4. John Jay
Grade 9 Civil Rights
                signed the Civil Rights Act into law.
  1. Gerald Ford
  2. Richard Nixon
  3. John F. Kennedy
  4. Lyndon Johnson
Grade 9 Early National Era
Why did people from across the country travel to Kansas?
  1. because gold was found at the Monument Rocks
  2. the promise of fifty acres and a mule
  3. to influence the vote on slavery
  4. to escape conflicts in the east
Grade 9 US History
What is the name of the national anthem?
  1. Auld Lang Syne
  2. The Star-Spangled Banner
  3. America the Beautiful
  4. God Bless America
Grade 9 Early National Era
What proposal called for banning slavery in the territories, except Texas, gained from Mexico?
  1. Wilmot Proviso
  2. Gadsden Treaty
  3. Missouri Compromise
  4. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Grade 9 Early National Era
Who reentered politics in 1854 with a series of speeches denouncing the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
  1. Ulysses S. Grant
  2. Charles Sumner
  3. Abraham Lincoln
  4. William Seward
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