Most Citizens Can't Pass This American History Quiz

How many Constitutional amendments make up the Bill of Rights? 

A) 5

B) 7

C) 10

D) 12

Correct Answer: 

C) 10

12 amendments to the Constitution were originally proposed, but only 10 of those were ratified in 1791 and became what we know as the Bill of Rights. 

Who is the only American President to serve non-consecutive terms? 

A) Grover Cleveland

B) Ulysses S. Grant

C) James Garfield

D) Rutherford B. Hayes

Correct Answer:

A) Grover Cleveland

Grover Cleveland served as both the 22nd (1885-1889) and 24th (1893-1897) President of the United States. Benjamin Harrison served as the 23rd President between Cleveland's terms. 

What American Revolution Battle was known as “The Shot Heard Round the World?”

A) Battle of Bunker Hill

B) Battle of Lexington and Concord

C) Battle of Valley Forge

D) Battle of Trenton

Correct Answer: 

B) Battle of Lexington and Concord

While the battles of Lexington and Concord were indeed some of the first important battles fought during the Revolutionary War, the term "shot heard round the world" was only coined decades later by Ralph Waldo Emerson. 

What constitutional amendment gave Washington D.C. three electoral votes?

A) 21st Amendment

B) 22nd Amendment 

C) 23rd Amendment

D) 24th Amendment

Correct Answer: 

C) 23rd Amendment

Before the ratification of the 23rd Amendment in 1961, the District of Columbia had no electors in the Electoral College. The Amendment requires that D.C. not have more electors than the least-populous state. 

Who was the first vice president to be elected president?

A) George H.W. Bush

B) Lyndon B. Johnson

C) Andrew Johnson

D) John Adams

Correct Answer: 

D) John Adams

John Adams served as America's first vice president (under George Washington) and the nation's second president. He was the only person to win the presidency as a member of the Federalist party.