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120 US History Foundations - Timeline and Major Events for Students Practice Questions (2026)

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  1. Question 1

    What year did English colonists establish Jamestown, Virginia?

  2. Question 2

    What was the Mayflower Compact?

  3. Question 3

    In what year did the Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock?

  4. Question 4

    What was the Great Awakening?

  5. Question 5

    What year did the French and Indian War begin?

  6. Question 6

    What were the Intolerable Acts?

  7. Question 7

    When did the Boston Tea Party occur?

  8. Question 8

    What year did the First Continental Congress meet?

  9. Question 9

    What event sparked the American Revolution?

  10. Question 10

    When was the Declaration of Independence signed?

  11. Question 11

    Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

  12. Question 12

    What was the Battle of Saratoga's significance?

  13. Question 13

    What year did the American Revolution end?

  14. Question 14

    What were the Articles of Confederation?

  15. Question 15

    What was Shays' Rebellion?

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  17. Question 16

    When was the Constitutional Convention held?

  18. Question 17

    What was the Great Compromise?

  19. Question 18

    What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?

  20. Question 19

    When was the U.S. Constitution ratified?

  21. Question 20

    What are the first ten amendments called?

  22. Question 21

    When did George Washington become president?

  23. Question 22

    What was the Whiskey Rebellion?

  24. Question 23

    What was the Alien and Sedition Acts?

  25. Question 24

    When was the Louisiana Purchase?

  26. Question 25

    Who led the Lewis and Clark Expedition?

  27. Question 26

    When was the War of 1812?

  28. Question 27

    What was the Missouri Compromise?

  29. Question 28

    What was the Monroe Doctrine?

  30. Question 29

    When did Indian Removal Act occur?

  31. Question 30

    What was the Trail of Tears?

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  33. Question 31

    When did the Texas Revolution occur?

  34. Question 32

    What was Manifest Destiny?

  35. Question 33

    When was the Mexican-American War?

  36. Question 34

    What was the Compromise of 1850?

  37. Question 35

    What was the Fugitive Slave Act?

  38. Question 36

    When did the Kansas-Nebraska Act pass?

  39. Question 37

    What was Bleeding Kansas?

  40. Question 38

    When was the Dred Scott decision?

  41. Question 39

    What happened at Harpers Ferry?

  42. Question 40

    When was Abraham Lincoln elected president?

  43. Question 41

    When did the Civil War begin?

  44. Question 42

    What was the Battle of Gettysburg?

  45. Question 43

    When was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?

  46. Question 44

    What was Sherman's March to the Sea?

  47. Question 45

    When did the Civil War end?

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  49. Question 46

    When was Lincoln assassinated?

  50. Question 47

    What was Reconstruction?

  51. Question 48

    What was the 13th Amendment?

  52. Question 49

    What was the 14th Amendment?

  53. Question 50

    What was the 15th Amendment?

  54. Question 51

    What was the Dawes Act?

  55. Question 52

    When was the Homestead Act passed?

  56. Question 53

    What was the Transcontinental Railroad?

  57. Question 54

    When was the Electric Light invented?

  58. Question 55

    What was the Plessy v. Ferguson decision?

  59. Question 56

    When was the Spanish-American War?

  60. Question 57

    What was Teddy Roosevelt's Conservation movement?

  61. Question 58

    When was the Panama Canal completed?

  62. Question 59

    What was the Progressive Era?

  63. Question 60

    What was the 16th Amendment?

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  65. Question 61

    What was the 17th Amendment?

  66. Question 62

    What was the 18th Amendment?

  67. Question 63

    What was the 19th Amendment?

  68. Question 64

    When did the U.S. enter World War I?

  69. Question 65

    When did World War I end?

  70. Question 66

    What was the Treaty of Versailles?

  71. Question 67

    What was the Red Scare?

  72. Question 68

    What was the Roaring Twenties?

  73. Question 69

    When did the Great Migration occur?

  74. Question 70

    When was the Scopes Monkey Trial?

  75. Question 71

    When did the Stock Market Crash?

  76. Question 72

    What was the Great Depression?

  77. Question 73

    What was the New Deal?

  78. Question 74

    When did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?

  79. Question 75

    When was the Battle of Midway?

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  81. Question 76

    What was D-Day?

  82. Question 77

    When did the Holocaust end?

  83. Question 78

    When did World War II end?

  84. Question 79

    What was the Atomic Bomb?

  85. Question 80

    When did the Cold War begin?

  86. Question 81

    What was the Korean War?

  87. Question 82

    What was McCarthyism?

  88. Question 83

    When did the Cuban Missile Crisis occur?

  89. Question 84

    What was the Brown v. Board decision?

  90. Question 85

    What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

  91. Question 86

    What was the Little Rock Nine?

  92. Question 87

    When was the Sit-in Movement?

  93. Question 88

    What was the Freedom Rides?

  94. Question 89

    When was the March on Washington?

  95. Question 90

    When was the Civil Rights Act passed?

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  97. Question 91

    When was the Voting Rights Act passed?

  98. Question 92

    When was Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated?

  99. Question 93

    When did the Vietnam War escalate?

  100. Question 94

    What was the Tet Offensive?

  101. Question 95

    When was the Kent State shooting?

  102. Question 96

    When did the Vietnam War end?

  103. Question 97

    What was Watergate?

  104. Question 98

    When did Richard Nixon resign?

  105. Question 99

    What was detente?

  106. Question 100

    When did the Soviet Union collapse?

  107. Question 101

    What was the Iran hostage crisis?

  108. Question 102

    What was the Iran-Contra Affair?

  109. Question 103

    When was the Persian Gulf War?

  110. Question 104

    When did the Oklahoma City bombing occur?

  111. Question 105

    When was the 1996 presidential election?

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  113. Question 106

    What was Clinton's impeachment about?

  114. Question 107

    When were the September 11 attacks?

  115. Question 108

    When did the Afghanistan War begin?

  116. Question 109

    When did the Iraq War begin?

  117. Question 110

    When was the 2008 financial crisis?

  118. Question 111

    When was Barack Obama elected president?

  119. Question 112

    When was the Affordable Care Act passed?

  120. Question 113

    When did Osama bin Laden die?

  121. Question 114

    When was Donald Trump elected president?

  122. Question 115

    When did the COVID-19 pandemic begin?

  123. Question 116

    When was the 2020 presidential election?

  124. Question 117

    When was the January 6 Capitol attack?

  125. Question 118

    When did Joe Biden become president?

  126. Question 119

    When did the Ukraine War start?

  127. Question 120

    What recent events shaped modern America?

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