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U.S History Multiple Choice #3

Can you answer these multiple choice general knowledge questions relating to the history of the United States?
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1. Who was the first president to live in the White House?
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
James Madison
2. What city was heavily flooded by Hurricane Katrina?
Miami
New Orleans
Atlanta
Houston
3. What was the first state added to the Union after the thirteen colonies?
Florida
Vermont
Maine
Ohio
4. Which of these states was NOT part of the confederacy?
North Carolina
Texas
Virginia
Kentucky
5. Who famously lived in Menlo Park?
Robert Oppenheimer
Thomas Edison
Nikola Tesla
Albert Einstein
6. How many presidents have been assassinated?
4
1
2
3
7. When were African Americans given the right to vote?
1960s
1870s
1850s
1920s
8. The Treaty of Portsmouth signed in Portsmouth, New Hampshire was the only treaty to end a foreign war ever signed in the U.S. What war did it end?
Vietnam War
Russo-Japanese War
Crimean War
Seven Years War
9. What instrument is Louis Armstrong most known for playing?
Piano
Trombone
Saxophone
Trumpet
10. What company was owned by John. D. Rockefeller?
U.S Steel
Standard Oil
General Motors
General Electric
11. Which of these territories was NOT given to the U.S after the Spanish-American War?
Philippines
Puerto Rico
Guam
U.S Virgin Islands
12. Where did the Battle of Yorktown occur?
Massachusetts
Virginia
New York
Maryland
13. Did Japan ever capture any land in what is now the fifty states?
Yes
No
The Aleutian Islands in Alaska were captured
14. What did the 18th amendment outlaw?
Alcohol
Slavery
Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Discrimination based on Gender
15. What was the first place in the U.S where women could vote?
Wyoming
Hawaii
Washington D.C
Puerto Rico
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