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?
George Washington
James Madison
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
2. What city was heavily flooded by Hurricane Katrina?
Houston
Atlanta
Miami
New Orleans
3. What was the first state added to the Union after the thirteen colonies?
Maine
Vermont
Ohio
Florida
4. Which of these states was NOT part of the confederacy?
Texas
Virginia
North Carolina
Kentucky
5. Who famously lived in Menlo Park?
Nikola Tesla
Albert Einstein
Thomas Edison
Robert Oppenheimer
6. How many presidents have been assassinated?
2
3
4
1
7. When were African Americans given the right to vote?
1850s
1960s
1870s
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?
Crimean War
Russo-Japanese War
Vietnam War
Seven Years War
9. What instrument is Louis Armstrong most known for playing?
Piano
Saxophone
Trumpet
Trombone
10. What company was owned by John. D. Rockefeller?
U.S Steel
General Electric
General Motors
Standard Oil
11. Which of these territories was NOT given to the U.S after the Spanish-American War?
Guam
U.S Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
Philippines
12. Where did the Battle of Yorktown occur?
Massachusetts
Maryland
New York
Virginia
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
Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Discrimination based on Gender
Slavery
15. What was the first place in the U.S where women could vote?
Washington D.C
Wyoming
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
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