The following questions have been compiled to determine how well you know your American heritage. If you don’t know as much as you thought you did, you can easily “catch up” with We Believe: 30 Days to Understanding Our Heritage.

 

 

 

Simply check off your response, and look at the answers provided below. By the way, the answer to each question can be found in the pages of We Believe: 30 Days to Understanding Our Heritage.

 

 

 

Here are the questions:

 

1. Our national motto, "In God We Trust," came from:

 

 

 

A. The Declaration of Independence.

 

B. The Constitution

 

C. The Gettysburg Address

 

D. The "Star Spangled Banner"

 

E. The Bible

 

Page 10.

 

 

 

2. Who said this? “Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.”

 

 

 

Franklin D. Roosevelt

John F. Kennedy

Ronald Reagan

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Harry S. Truman

Page 17.

 

 

 

3. The beginning of the “Cold War” can be marked when the U.S.A. gave aid to:

 

 

 

Greece

West Germany

Turkey

Israel

France

Page 27.

 

 

 

4. The Federalist Papers were predominantly the work of three men. Which person does not belong in this group?

 

 

 

John Jay

Alexander Hamilton

James Madison

Benjamin Franklin

Page 31.

 

 

 

5. Who made this saying famous? “Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last.”

 

 

 

George Washington

Jefferson Davis

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Abraham Lincoln

Patrick Henry

Page 47.

 

 

 

6. Our system of “Checks and Balances” had its origin in the:

 

 

 

Declaration of Independence

Constitution

Bill of Rights

Federalist Papers

Magna Charta

Page 49.

 

 

 

7. Which President made "In God We Trust" our national motto?

 

 

 

A. George Washington

 

B. Abraham Lincoln

 

C. Franklin D. Roosevelt

 

D. Dwight D. Eisenhower

 

E. Ronald Reagan

 

Page 10.

 

 

 

 

 

8. The United States entered World War I because of the sinking of the

 

 

 

Titanic

Arizona

Lusitania

Sloop John B.

Edmund Fitzgerald

Page 57.

 

 

 

9. The League of Nations, which was the forerunner of The United Nations, was the brainchild of which American president?

 

 

 

Herbert Hoover

Theodore Roosevelt

William Howard Taft

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Woodrow Wilson

Page 59.

 

 

 

10. The power to declare war belongs to:

 

 

 

The President

The Congress

The Joint Chief of Staff

The Secretary of State

The President with the approval of Congress

Page 65.

 

 

 

11. Which of these rights is not specified in the First Amendment?

 

 

 

Freedom of religion.

Freedom to keep and bear arms.

Freedom of Speech.

Freedom of the press.

Freedom to peaceable assembly.

Page 82.

 

 

 

12. Who said, “Give me liberty, or give me death!”

 

A. George Washington

 

B. Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

C. Patrick Henry

 

D. Booker T. Washington

 

E. Paul Revere

 

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13. Which of these Founding Fathers never served as President of the United States?

 

A. Benjamin Franklin

 

B. Thomas Jefferson

 

C. George Washington

 

D. John Adams

 

E. James Madison

 

Pages 21 - 22

 

 

 

14. The Gettysburg Address was delivered during which war?

 

A. The American Revolution

 

B. The War of 1812

 

C. The Civil War

 

D. World War I

 

E. World War II

 

Page 75

 

 

 

15. Which event caused the United States to enter World War II?

 

A. The German invasion of France

 

B. The bombing of Pearl Harbor

 

C. The Japanese alliance with Germany

 

D. The German bombing of England

 

Page 105

 

 

 

16. Brown v. Board of Education was a landmark Supreme Court decision about what issue?

 

A. Creation of the Department of Education

 

B. Limitations of state governments

 

C. School segregation

 

D. National standards for higher education

 

E. Balancing the Federal budget

 

Page 119

 

 

 

17. Point Du Hoc, Normandy, France, was an important battleground during which war?

 

A. The American Revolution

 

B. The War of 1812

 

C. World War I

 

D. World War II

 

E. The Vietnam War

 

Page 147

 

 

 

18. Which president, a proponent of hard work and strenuous activity, is known for the expression, “Speak softly, and carry a big stick”?

 

A. Andrew Jackson

 

B. Abraham Lincoln

 

C. Theodore Roosevelt

 

D. Franklin D. Roosevelt

 

E. Ronald Reagan

 

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ANSWERS:

 

 

 

1-D; 2-B; 3-A; 4-D; 5-C; 6-D; 7-D; 8-C; 9-E; 10-B; 11-B; 12-C; 13-A; 14-C; 15-B; 16-C; 17-D; 18-C.

 

 

 

If you have 17 - 18 correct answers, you know your heritage well.

If you have 15 - 16 correct answers, you have a decent grasp on your heritage.

If you have 13 – 14 correct answers, you need to spend some time to become better informed.

If you have 11 – 12 correct answers, you need to increase your reading.

If you have 10 or less correct answers, you need some help because you want to be part of the solution and not part of the problem.

Regardless of how many correct answers you have, we recommend spending 30 days with We Believe. In just ten minutes a day, you can understand more about our American heritage than you ever thought possible. You’ll be amazed at how much you learn.