英美概况 美国历史练习题
I.Multiple Choices
1.The history of the U.S.is generally agreed to have begun in _____.
A.1620 B.1607 C.1776
2.The following states are among the first thirteen colonies except _____.
A.Maryland B.South Carolina C.Delaware D.Colorado
3._____ was the first man who sailed around the earth.
A.John CabotB.MagellanC.BalboaD.Cartier
4.The colonial life can be described as the following except _____.
A.simpleB.easyC.roughD.hard
5.The Stamp Act was paed in _____ and was repealed in _____.
A.1765, 1766 B.1764, 1765 C.1763, 1764
6.The First Continental Congre was held in _____ in September, 1774.
A.Philadelphia B.Boston C.New York
7.The American War of Independence started in _____ and ended in _____.
A.1776, 1784 B.1775, 1783 C.1706, 1714
8.Washington won the great victory on December 26, 1776 in _____.
A.Gettysburg B.Pittsburgh C.Trenton
9.The battle of _____ marked the turning point of the War of Independence.
A.New York B.Saratoga C.Bunker Hill
10.On October 19th, 1781, the British General Cornwallis and his 7,000 men surrendered at _____.
A.Yorktown B.Boston C.Charleston
11.The Constitutional Convention was held in 1787 to_____.
A.The Articles of the Confederation B.Bill of Rights
C.Civil Rights
12.The first ten amendments, known as _____, were added to the Constitution in 1791.
A.the Bill of Rights B.the Articles C.Civil Rights
13.After the Federal Government was established, the city _____ was chosen as the capital for the time being.
A.Washington B.New York C.Philadelphia
14.The\"Common Sense\" was written by _____.
A.Thomas Edison B.Thomas Paine C.Thomas Jefferson
15.The Second President John Adams adopted a high-handedwhich was called _____.
A.the \"Intolerable Acts\" B.Un-American Activities
C.the Sedition Act 16.The greatestmade by President Thomas Jefferson was his _____.
A.abolishing the Sedition Act B.reducing taxes
C.purchasing Louisiana from France
17.The Second Anti-English War broke out in _____ and ended in _____.The U.S.
won the war.
A.1812, 1814 B.1813, 1815 C.1814, 1816
18.As the result of the U.S.-Mexican War, nearly _____ of the entire territory of Mexico was lost.
A.1/4 B.1/2 C.1/3
19.In 1844 the U.S.forced the Chinese Government to sign the firsttreaty of _____.
A.WangxiaB.Nanjing C.Tianjin
20.The Articles of Confederation was accepted by all the _____ states in _____.
A.50, 1781 B.13, 1781 C.13, 1787
21._____ was chosen as the capital for the time being in Washington\'s administration.
A.New York B.Chicago C.Boston
22.It was _____ who advanced four plans which met bitter criticisms from many people.
A.Alexander Hamilton B.Thomas Jefferson
C.George Washington
23._____ was the first American President who was inaugurated in the city of Washington.
A.John Adams B.Thomas Jefferson C.James Madison
24.The War with England between 1812 and 1814 happened during the administration of President _____.
A.James Madison B.James Monroe C.John Adams
25.The _____ stopped the Holy Alliance\'s program, and prevented the European countries from extending their influence.
A.Monroe Doctrine B.Sedition Act C.Holy Alliance
26._____ was the first president who developed the power of veto into one of the means of making laws.
A.John Adams B.Andrew Jackson C.Andrew Johnson
27._____ made slavery poible in the new territories such as in Kentucky and Nebraska.
A.Douglas Bill B.Monroe Doctrine C.Sedition Act
28.During the Civil War Lincoln iued the _____, which declared theof slavery.
A.Homestead Bill B.Emancipation Proclamation
C.Both A and B
29.The Battle of _____ was the turning point of the American Civil War.
A.Bull Run B.Gettysburg C.Richmond
30.The first imperialist war took place between the U.S.and _____ in 1898.
A.Britain B.France C.Spain
31.The first American President from the Republic Party is _____.
A.Abraham Lincoln B.Andrew Johnson
C.Thomas Jefferson D.George Washington
32.In 1918 President _____ iued the \"Fourteen Points\".
A.Woodrow Wilson B.William H.Taft
C.Theodore Roosevelt D.Warren G.Harding
33.Haymarket Maacre took place in _____ in May 1886.
A.New York B.Chicago C.Washington
34.In 1894, the American industrial production held the _____ place in the world.
A.first B.second C.third
35.McCarthy wasfor his harsh _____of thepeople.
A.religious B.spiritual C.political
36.The Ku Klux Klan was the mostterrorist society which persecuted the _____.
A.blacks B.Indians C.people
37.On August 14, 1914, the U.S.and Britain iued a joint communiqué called _____.
A.the Teheran Declaration B.the Atlantic Charter
C.the Washington Proclamation
38.In Sino-American relations Theodore Roosevelt exercised the\"_____\", invading China by means of both force and culture.
A.Open Door Policy B.Big Stick C.Douglas Bill
39.The First World War broke out on July 28th, _____ and ended on November 11th, _____,for about four years.
A.1913, 1917 B.1914, 1918 C.1915, 1919
40.The two military alliances during WWI were the _____ and the _____.
A.Axis, Allies B.Holy Alliance, Axis
C.Central Powers, Allies
41.Theof a(n) _____ prince, Arch Duke Ferdinand, served as the direct fuse for theof WWI.
A.Australia B.Belgium C.Austria
42.Altogether _____ countries became involved in or were dragged into WWI.
A.33 B.38 C.39
43.The frequent emergence of the economicin the U.S.A.led to the followingeffects except _____.
A.inflation B.the rise of prices C.the decrease of population
D.the decrease of the purchasing capacity
44.In April 1945 a conference was held at _____ to organize the United Nations.
A.San Francisco B.New York C.Philadelphia
45._____ countries attended the conference of the foundling of the UN.
A.48 B.47 C.45
46.At the _____ Conference, the heads of the Soviet Union, the U.S.and Britain discued the problem of opening the secondin Europe.
A.Yalta B.Teheran C.Casablanca
47.In July 1945, Britain, the U.S.and the Soviet Union met at Potsdam toan occupationand set up a program for the future of Germany.The meeting was the famous _____ Conference.
A.Cairo B.Teheran C.Potsdam D.Quebec
48.The two fighting sides in WWII were _____.
A.the Allies and the Axis (powers) B.the Axis and Holy Alliance
C.the Central Powers and the Allies
49.The _____ was the treaty signed at Versailles, near Paris in France in 1919.
A.Paris Treaty B.Versailles Treaty C.Teheran Treaty
50.The meeting was held at Yalta in the Crimea of the Soviet Union in Feb, 1945.At the meeting many matters were discued, including the final defeat of Germany, the demilitarization of Germany, the founding of the U.N.etc., this was the famous _____ Conference.
A.Yalta B.Teheran C.Potsdam
51.The Communist Party of the US was founded in _____.
A.1920 B.1918 C.1919
52.The U.S.Communist Party was re-established in 1945 with _____ as its general secretary.
A.Levestone B.William Foster C.Earl Browder
53.The Great Depreion of _____ to shook the US and the whole capitalist world to its foundations.
A.1929, 1933 B.1933, 1937 C.1924, 1929
54.The programmer of 1947 that America would offer its money supplies and machinery to any European nation that wished toin was called _____.
A.Eisenhower Doctrine B.Marshall Plan C.Truman Doctrine
55.The _____ broke out in June 1950 and ended in the summer of 1953.
A.Vietnam War B.Cold War C.Korean War
56.In April 1949 twelve nations established the NATO tothe military actions of member nations against the _____.
A.Germany B.Japan C.Soviet Union
57.The Second World War broke out in September, _____ and ended in August _____.
A.1939, 1945 B.1937, 1943 C.1938, 1945
58.After WWII there emerged a new balance of power between _____ and _____.
A.the Allies, the Axis Powers B.the USSR, the USA
C.the old capitalist countries, the new ones
59.There occurred _____ economic crises from the end of WWII to the middle of the 1970\'s.
A.six B.five C.seven
60.The President Franklin D.Roosevelt proposed acalled _____ to save the economic situation.
A.Good Neighbor B.the Open Door Policy
C.the New Deal
61.The Battle of _____ took place in 1942 and it was the turning point of the Pacific area.
A.Midway Island B.Britain C.Normandy
62.In Feb._____ came President Nixon\'svisit to China.
A.1979 B.1972 C.1973
63.In 1953, _____ ended in the failure of the U.S.
A.the Korean War B.the Vietnam War C.the US-Spanish War
64.On December 7th, 1941, the base of the American Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbor, was suddenly attacked by the _____ air force and navy.
A.Spanish B.French C.Japanese
65.The original Union consists of _____ at the time of its independence.
A.13 B.50 C.48
66.The first thirteen states of the US mainly located _____ seaboard.
A.the eastern B.the western C.the northern
67._____ appointed many of the colonial governors.
A.The English King B.the local government
C.the local people
68.The Declaration of Independence was drafted by a committee including _____ as head.
A.George Washington B.Thomas Jefferson
C.both A and B
69._____ was the British king when colonial Americans declared their independence.
A.King George I B.King George III C.King George II
70.In 1945 a conference was held in _____ to found the United Nations.
A.San Francisco B.Chicago C.New York
71.President Nixon visited China in _____.
A.1973 B.1974 C.1972
72._____ was the only American president who was re-elected three times in succeion.
A.Theodore RooseveltB.George Washington
C.Franklin D.RooseveltD.Thomas Jefferson
73.The city\'s name \"Philadelphia\" means _____.A.love B.pit C.philosophy
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