KENTUCKY CIVICS EXAMS TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔▪ (James) Madison - ✔✔The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S.
Constitution. Name one of the writers.
✔✔▪ first Postmaster General of the United States - ✔✔What is one thing Benjamin
Franklin is famous for?
✔✔General George Washington - ✔✔Who is the "Father of Our Country"? (Military
answer)
✔✔George Washington - ✔✔Who was the first President?
✔✔the Louisiana Territory - ✔✔What territory did the United States buy from France in
1803?
✔✔▪ Spanish-American War - ✔✔Name one war fought by the United States in the
1800's.
✔✔the Civil War (1861-1865) - ✔✔Name the U.S. war between the North and the
South.
✔✔states' rights - ✔✔Name one problem that led to the Civil War
✔✔▪ saved (or preserved) the Union - ✔✔What was one important thing that Abraham
Lincoln did?
✔✔▪ freed slaves in the Confederacy - ✔✔What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
✔✔▪ fought for women's rights - ✔✔What did Susan B. Anthony do?
✔✔▪ World War I - ✔✔Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900's.
✔✔(Woodrow) Wilson - ✔✔Who was President during World War I?
✔✔(Franklin) Roosevelt - ✔✔Who was President during the Great Depression and
World War II?
✔✔Japan, Germany, and Italy - ✔✔Who did the United States fight in World War II?
✔✔World War II - ✔✔Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war
was he in?
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔▪ (James) Madison - ✔✔The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S.
Constitution. Name one of the writers.
✔✔▪ first Postmaster General of the United States - ✔✔What is one thing Benjamin
Franklin is famous for?
✔✔General George Washington - ✔✔Who is the "Father of Our Country"? (Military
answer)
✔✔George Washington - ✔✔Who was the first President?
✔✔the Louisiana Territory - ✔✔What territory did the United States buy from France in
1803?
✔✔▪ Spanish-American War - ✔✔Name one war fought by the United States in the
1800's.
✔✔the Civil War (1861-1865) - ✔✔Name the U.S. war between the North and the
South.
✔✔states' rights - ✔✔Name one problem that led to the Civil War
✔✔▪ saved (or preserved) the Union - ✔✔What was one important thing that Abraham
Lincoln did?
✔✔▪ freed slaves in the Confederacy - ✔✔What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
✔✔▪ fought for women's rights - ✔✔What did Susan B. Anthony do?
✔✔▪ World War I - ✔✔Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900's.
✔✔(Woodrow) Wilson - ✔✔Who was President during World War I?
✔✔(Franklin) Roosevelt - ✔✔Who was President during the Great Depression and
World War II?
✔✔Japan, Germany, and Italy - ✔✔Who did the United States fight in World War II?
✔✔World War II - ✔✔Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war
was he in?