U.S. History Trivia Questions
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What practice did the Society of Friends petition Congress to abolish for the first time in 1790?
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slavery
In which colony was John Carver elected as the first governor in November 1620?
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plymouth colony
What was the name of the first ship to bring Pilgrims to Colonial America before the Fortune?
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mayflower
In 1994, Beverly Harvard became the first black female police chief of which city in Georgia?
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atlanta
In what year did the stock market crash associated with the first major redesign of U.S. currency occur?
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1929
Which famous Sioux leader fled to Canada in 1877 after Boss Tweed fled to Spain in 1876?
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sitting bull
In the coinage system proposed by Jefferson, which metal was chosen for the coin worth 1/10 of a dollar?
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copper
Who was the second vice president of the United States to resign, after John C. Calhoun?
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spiro agnew
How many stars were on the U.S. flag in 1957?
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48
Who was the first first lady known for her knitting skills?
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martha washington
Which state, known as the 'Green Mountain State,' became the first to forbid slavery in 1777?
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vermont
What major land acquisition's bill of sale was dated April 30, 1803?
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louisiana purchase
In which state did Gabriel Prosser and Nat Turner lead slave insurrections?
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virginia
On which American street does the U.S. Presidential Inauguration Day Parade occur?
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pennsylvania avenue
Who did the Warren Commission conclude acted alone in JFK's assassination in September 1964?
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lee harvey oswald
In what city did a major race riot that resulted in 34 deaths occur 25 years ago in the Watts section?
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los angeles
Sam Houston and Stephen Austin are both considered the father of which U.S. state?
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texas
What action did the 21st amendment take to another amendment?
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repeal
In which state was Baylor University first chartered when the state was still a republic?
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texas
What document replaced the Articles of Confederation in 1787?
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constitution
Which document did the Anti-Federalists oppose the ratification of in 1787-88?
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constitution
In which Rocky Mountain city did the U.S. mint produce its first coins in 1906?
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denver
In 1981, just minutes after President Reagan was sworn in, hostages from which country were released?
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iran
What major act during Thomas Jefferson's presidency doubled the size of the United States in the 1800s?
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louisiana purchase
In 1790, what was the name of the first decennial survey conducted in the U.S. that counted 697,681 slaves in a population of 3,929,214?
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census
Which no-nonsense first lady admitted that her trademark pearls are fake?
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barbara bush
Which state's capital city developed from Ft. Boise, established by the U.S. Army in 1863?
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idaho
In 1751, with the assistance of Benjamin Franklin, where was the first hospital in the United States established?
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philadelphia
Which American colony was established as a 'holy experiment' for the Society of Friends, also known as Quakers?
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pennsylvania
Who won the presidential election of 1860 even though his name did not appear on the ballot in 10 slave states?
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abraham lincoln
What document went into effect on June 21, 1788, when New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify it?
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constitution
What was conducted in 1790 and showed that the U.S. population was 3.9 million?
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census
Which country originally owned the land that includes Tucson before it was purchased by the U.S.?
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mexico
Who was the man that Richard Nixon lost to by fewer than 120,000 popular votes in the 1960 presidential election?
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john f. kennedy
What important American document of 1787 was based on Edmund Randolph's Virginia Plan?
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constitution
Which Civil War general was sponsored by Elihu Washburne, who later became his Secretary of State?
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ulysses s. grant
In the 1950s, which future New York governor played minor league baseball with the Brunswick Pirates?
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mario cuomo
How many of the 17 amendments passed by the House became part of the Constitution in 1790?
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10
In 1860, which state became the first to secede from the Union?
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south carolina
What island had 75,000 residents move to the mainland in 1953, its first year as a U.S. commonwealth?
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puerto rico
In what year was Colorado admitted to the Union?
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1876
Which famous American landmark was first depicted on the back of the penny in 1959?
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lincoln memorial
Which state's annexation led to border disputes that resulted in the Mexican War?
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texas
What type of tax was authorized by the ratification of the 16th Amendment in 1913?
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income
In 1893, more than 100,000 people rushed to the Cherokee Strip area of which territory to claim land?
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oklahoma
In which state did the first drive-in movie theatre open in Camden in 1933?
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new jersey
In what year did the United States celebrate its bicentennial?
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1976
Which river became the western boundary of the United States under the 1783 Treaty of Paris?
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mississippi river
Which frontiersman served Tennessee in Congress, initially as a Democrat and later as a Whig?
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davy crockett
What significant event that ended on December 5, 1933, after Utah ratified the 21st Amendment?
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prohibition
Which country did the United States purchase Alaska from, 100 years before its centennial celebration in 1967?
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russia
Which U.S. president appointed his brother-in-law Sargent Shriver as director of the Peace Corps in 1961?
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john f. kennedy
In December 1998, the citizens of which U.S. commonwealth voted again not to become a state?
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puerto rico
In which U.S. capital city did Abraham Lincoln own the only house he ever lived in?
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springfield, illinois
In which state were 900,000 acres of land opened for settlement on September 22, 1891, even though some settlers arrived sooner?
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oklahoma
To which group did General Douglas MacArthur deliver his famous 'fade away' line on April 19, 1951?
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congress
Which U.S. city's Haight-Ashbury District was the center of the Summer of Love in 1967?
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san francisco
How many U.S. states were there in 1920?
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48
Which U.S. city was burned by the British after the Battle of Bladensburg in August 1814?
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washington, d.c.
Which frontiersman moved to Texas after losing a reelection bid for Congress from Tennessee in 1835?
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davy crockett
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