Statistics for American History Trivia #1

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Question	Answer	% Correct
From what country did Thomas Jefferson purchase Louisiana?	France	93%
What US naval base was bombed on December 7th, 1941 by the Japanese?	Pearl Harbor	89%
Who was considered the leader of the American Civil Rights movement?	Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.	84%
Which amendment to the Constitution legally abolished slavery?	13th	82%
In what city was the Declaration of Independence signed?	Philadelphia, PA	81%
What state was the first to secede from the Union in 1861?	South Carolina	80%
What was the final state to be admitted to the Union?	Hawaii	72%
In what year was it passed?	1865	69%
Who assassinated John F. Kennedy?	Lee Harvey Oswald	69%
What city served as the capital of the Confederacy?	Richmond, VA	69%
Who owned it before the US?	Spanish Empire	59%
In what year did the California Gold Rush take place?	1848	57%
Which president once killed a man in a duel?	Andrew Jackson	55%
What is the oldest city in the US?	St. Augustine, FL	41%
What is the single bloodiest day in American military history?	June 6th, 1944	27%