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A)
Andrew Jackson
B)
George Washington
C)
Abraham Lincoln
D)
James Madison

Correct Answer :   Abraham Lincoln

If you were from a Northern state, you answered Abraham Lincoln. If you were from a Southern state, you may have answered Jefferson Davis. On November 6, 1861, Jefferson Davis was elected president, not of the United States of America but of the Confederate States of America.

A)
Russia
B)
Waterloo
C)
Peninsular
D)
Rivulid

Correct Answer :   Waterloo

Exiled to the island of Elba, he escaped to France in early 1815 and raised a new Grand Army that enjoyed temporary success before its crushing defeat at Waterloo against an allied force under Wellington on June 18, 1815.

A)
Tudor
B)
York
C)
Normandy
D)
Stuart

Correct Answer :   Tudor

The Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. The Tudor dynasty was founded in 1485 by Elizabeth's grandfather, Henry VII, when he emerged victorious after the dynastic Wars of the Roses.

A)
Germany and Russia
B)
France and England
C)
England and Germany
D)
America and China

Correct Answer :   France and England

The name the Hundred Years' War has been used by historians since the beginning of the nineteenth century to describe the long conflict that pitted the kings and kingdoms of France and England against each other from 1337 to 1453.

A)
Operon
B)
Saint Helena
C)
Elba
D)
Corsica

Correct Answer :   Corsica

Napoleon Bonaparte was born on August 15, 1769, in Ajaccio, on the Mediterranean island of Corsica. He was the second of eight surviving children born to Carlo Buonaparte (1746-1785), a lawyer, and Letizia Romalino Buonaparte (1750-1836).

A)
302 BC
B)
318 BC
C)
336 BC
D)
371 BC

Correct Answer :   336 BC

In 336 BC., Alexander's father Philip was assassinated by his bodyguard Pausanias. Just 20 years old, Alexander claimed the Macedonian throne and killed his rivals before they could challenge his sovereignty. He also quashed rebellions for independence in northern Greece.

A)
1700
B)
1731
C)
1758
D)
1776

Correct Answer :   1776

United States Declaration of Independence is an important document in the history of the United States of America. It was ratified on July 4, 1776. It says that the Americans were no longer under British rule. Instead, the thirteen British colonies came together to become a union of new free and independent states.

A)
1700
B)
1702
C)
1707
D)
1712

Correct Answer :   1707

The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England, existing from the early 13th century until 1707, when it united with the Parliament of Scotland to become the Parliament of Great Britain after the political union of England and Scotland created the Kingdom of Great Britain.

A)
Mein Kampf
B)
Ray of Hope
C)
First Attack
D)
My Spirit

Correct Answer :   Mein Kampf

During this period, he began to dictate the book that would become "Mein Kampf" (“My Struggle”), the first volume of which was published in 1925.

A)
Claudius
B)
Nero
C)
Augustus
D)
Caligula

Correct Answer :   Augustus

Augustus was a Roman statesman and military leader who became the first emperor of the Roman Empire, reigning from 27 BC until his death in AD 14.