Test Your Knowledge of the United States

The United States is a country primarily located in North America.
It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations.
The U.S. is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area and has a population of over 333 million.
Paleo-Americans migrated to the North American mainland at least 12,000 years ago and are the ancestors of modern Native Americans.
The U.S. gained independence from Great Britain after the American Revolution and became the first nation-state founded on Enlightenment principles of liberal democracy.
The U.S. expanded across North America and abolished slavery nationally by the Thirteenth Amendment.
The U.S. is a federal republic with three separate branches of government and a market economy.
The American economy accounts for approximately a quarter of global GDP and is the world's largest by GDP at market exchange rates.
The U.S. is a founding member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States, and NATO.
The U.S. is a dominant political, cultural, and scientific force internationally.
French established settlements in Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico
English colonization began with Virginia Colony in 1607 and Pilgrims' colony at Plymouth in 1620
Mayflower Compact and Fundamental Orders of Connecticut established precedents for representative self-government
Native American population declined due to diseases and conflicts with settlers
European settlers began trafficking African slaves into Colonial America
Thirteen Colonies were administered by the British as overseas dependencies with local governments
American Revolution separated Thirteen Colonies from British Empire
Second Continental Congress adopted Declaration of Independence in 1776
United States Constitution was written and ratified in 1787-88
Civil War was primarily caused by irreconcilable sectional conflict over the enslavement of black Africans
The Civil War was the deadliest military conflict in American history.
Reconstruction followed the Civil War, during which Republicans oversaw the rebuilding of the South and ensured the rights of African Americans.
Industrialization led to the rise of prominent industrialists and significant economic inequality, immigration, and social unrest.
The Progressive Era saw significant reforms, including health and safety regulation of consumer goods, the rise of labor unions, and greater antitrust measures.
Women's suffrage and alcohol prohibition were achieved during the Progressive Era.
The United States joined World War I as an "associated power" and supplied hundreds of billions worth of materiel to the Allies.
The Great Depression followed the prosperity of the Roaring Twenties and was responded to with the New Deal.
The United States played a leading role in the Bretton Woods and Yalta conferences and developed the first nuclear weapons.
The Cold War was driven by an ideological divide between capitalism and communism, with the U.S. and its NATO allies on one side and the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact satellite states on the other.
The USSR concentrated on its own recovery after World War II, seizing and transferring most of Germany's industrial plants and exacting war reparations from its Soviet Bloc satellites.
The United States became involved in the Korean and Vietnam Wars, but avoided direct military conflict with the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
The country experienced sustained economic expansion, urbanization, and a growing middle class after World War II.
The civil rights movement and counterculture movements emerged in the 1960s, with significant improvements in racial and gender equality.
The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 ended the Cold War and established the U.S. as the world's sole superpower.
The 9/11 terrorist attacks led to the war on terror and wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The U.S. experienced a housing bubble and financial crisis in 2007-2008, followed by the longest economic expansion in modern history in the 1990s.
Barack Obama was the first multiracial President and passed the Affordable Care Act, while Donald Trump's presidency was marked by political polarization and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Abortion access, same-sex marriage, police brutality, and immigration are among the center topics of debate in the 2010s.
The United States is the world's third- or fourth-largest nation by total area, with diverse geographic features such as mountains, plains, and deserts.
The country consists of 50 states and several territories, including Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.