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