History Detectives Kids . Games . HD Quiz . Questions

This detective device will help you play games, solve mysteries and look up words.

To see if your Social Studies Savvy stacks up, answer the questions below.

1. Question: The food we eat on Thanksgiving Day resembles the food early settlers ate at their Thanksgiving tables.

True
False

2. Question: The United States Flag has 50 stars that stand for American Presidents.

True
False

3. Question: The American flag is nicknamed "Old Glory."

True
False

4. Question: The American flag has not been changed since 1960.

True
False

5. Question: George Washington is known as the "Father of His Country" because he was the first president.

True
False

6. Question: If you were President for a day, you would close all your envelopes with a special stamp of the American Flag.

True
False

7. Question: Washington, D.C. became the U.S. capital in 1890, and it is part of the state of Virginia.

True
False

8. Question: As you research your own family's history, you are also learning about which of the following?

your culture
your geography
your ancestry
your community

9. Question: What was the name of a famous speech written by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?

The Declaration of Independence
I Have a Dream
The Star Spangled Banner
America the Beautiful

10. Question: Who was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean?

Amelia Earhart
Rosa Parks
Clara Barton
Martha Washington

11. Question: Who was born in a log cabin and became one of America's greatest Presidents?

Theodore Roosevelt
Robert Kennedy
Thomas Edison
Abe Lincoln

12. Question: President Ulysses S. Grant got a speeding ticket for riding his horse too fast.

True
False

13. Question: Throughout history, American Civil Rights activists have fought for which cause?

racial equality
animal rights
space travel
movie ratings

14. Question: A secret path used by slaves escaping to freedom in the mid 1800s was the:

Oregon Trail
Underground Railroad
Appalachian Trail
Cumberland Gap

15. Question: What woman was famous for helping slaves use the Underground Railroad?

Pocahontas
Rosa Parks
Harriet Tubman
Jane Pittman

16. Question: Who was Elizabeth Cady Stanton's partner in the fight for women's right to vote?

Sojourner Truth
Eleanor Roosevelt
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Susan B. Anthony

17. Question: Which symbol was created during the early years of the United States to represent the states and 13 original colonies?

The Statue of Liberty
The American Flag
The National Anthem
The Dollar Bill

18. Question: Most children of the frontier had nothing to do with their time.

True
False

19. Question: During the 1800s the country was split between North and South. What was the name of this war?

The War of 1812
The Revolutionary War
The Civil War
The Spanish American War

20. Question: The Native American tribes of early America were very similar in customs, behaviors and traditions.

True
False

21. Question: Which Native American tribe had its own alphabet and was forcefully moved to Oklahoma?

Cherokee
Sioux
Navajo
Hopi

22. Question: This famous frontier pair and their Indian guide, Sacagawea, explored unknown territory between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains. What were their names?

Grant and Lee
Lewis and Clark
Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone
John Colter and Jim Bridger

23. Question: Charles Lindbergh was the first person to fly a plane across the Atlantic Ocean. What year did he make this historic flight?

1812
1848
1927
1975

24. Question: Which of these national problems occurred during The Great Depression?

long lines for food
unemployment
homelessness
all of the above

25. Question: Can you name the year MTV-type of entertainment first appeared?

the 1890s
1945
during the Civil War
the 1960s