Memorial Day Quiz

Quiz

1. Francis Scott Key wrote the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner" during what conflict?

  • Revolutionary War
  • War of 1812
  • Civil War

2. What conflict has been called "the forgotten war?"

  • Vietnam War
  • Mexican War
  • Korean War

3. "Memorial Day was started to remember those who died in what conflict?

  • Revolutionary War
  • World War I
  • Civil War

4. The Boston Massacre took place just before what war?

5. Five Forks was the last important battle in what war?

  • Civil War
  • Revolutionary War
  • War of 1812

6. The 1763 Treaty of Paris did what?

  • Allied France with the American colonists against Great Britain
  • Officially ended World War I
  • Officially ended the French and Indian War

7. Which general became a national hero during the Mexican War and went on to become president?

  • Zachary Taylor
  • Andrew Jackson
  • Ulysses S. Grant

8. In what war were American soldiers widely called "doughboys?"

  • World War I
  • Revolutionary War
  • World War II

9. "Remember the Maine" was slogan of which conflict?

  • World War I
  • Spanish-American War
  • War of 1812

10. The Big Hole National Battlefield commemorates soldiers who fought and died in what war?

  • The Civil War
  • French and Indian War
  • The Nez Percé War

1. Francis Scott Key wrote the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner" during what conflict?
War of 1812

2. What conflict has been called "the forgotten war?"
Korean War

3. "Memorial Day was started to remember those who died in what conflict?
Civil War

4. The Boston Massacre took place just before what war?
Revolutionary War

5. Five Forks was the last important battle in what war?
Civil War

6. The 1763 Treaty of Paris did what?
Officially ended the French and Indian War

7. Which general became a national hero during the Mexican War and went on to become president?
Zachary Taylor

8. In what war were American soldiers widely called "doughboys?"
World War I

9. "Remember the Maine" was slogan of which conflict?
Spanish-American War

10. The Big Hole National Battlefield commemorates soldiers who fought and died in what war?
The Nez Percé War

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