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Can you answer these random questions about United States history?
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What was the first U.S city to host the Olympics?
St. Louis
What was the first state to ratify the Constitution?
Delaware
What was the name of Martin Luther King's most famous speech
I Have a Dream
What are the first three words of the U.S Constitution?
We the People
Which generation consists of children born following World War II?
Baby Boomers
What was the first national park?
Yellowstone
What was Franklin D. Roosevelt's middle name?
Delano
Which northwestern volcano erupted in 1980, killing fifty-seven people?
Mt. Saint Helens
In which city did Martin Luther King Jr grow up?
Atlanta
What was the name of the slave with whom Thomas Jefferson likely had an affair?
Sally Hemings
Which U.S state was previously known as "Indian Territory"?
Oklahoma
What did the 18th amendment outlaw?
Alcohol
Crispus Attucks was the first of five person to die in what event?
Boston Massacre
Who sold the Louisiana Territory to the U.S?
Napoleon
Who invented the Cotton Gin?
Eli Whitney
Which abolitionist helped over 70 enslaved people escape through the underground railroad?
Harriet Tubman
Which New England city was the center of the American Industrial Revolution?
Lowell
Who was the first man to walk on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
What is the name of the idea that Americans, as god's chosen people, should control all of North America?
Manifest Destiny
Which town was famous for witch trials?
Salem
3 Comments
HinesBrothers
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Level 75
Feb 13, 2020
The Mexican-American War is also called the Mexican War and "Mexican" and "Mexican War" aren't accepted for the Texas statehood one
springb
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Level 55
Nov 2, 2020
Since your quiz doesn't specify, Hannibal Hamlin should also be acceptable as a vice president of Lincoln.
WolfCam
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Level 66
Nov 2, 2020
Fixed!
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