Year | Event | State | % Correct |
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2001 | Collapse of the Twin Towers | New York | 85%
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1847 | Mormon pioneers arrive with Brigham Young | Utah | 85%
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1941 | Attack on Pearl Harbor | Hawaii | 84%
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1863 | Battle of Gettysburg | Pennsylvania | 84%
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1872 | Yellowstone becomes world's first national park | Wyoming | 81%
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1957 | Desegregation of Little Rock Central High School | Arkansas | 78%
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1980 | Eruption of Mount St. Helens | Washington | 78%
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1863 | This state separates from Virginia to stay in the Union | West Virginia | 78%
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1787 | First ratification of the Constitution | Delaware | 76%
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1963 | Assassination of John F. Kennedy | Texas | 76%
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1607 | English establish Jamestown colony | Virginia | 76%
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1850 | Recently seeing a gold rush, this is allowed to be a free state | California | 74%
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1910 | Ford Motor Company open Highland Park Plant | Michigan | 74%
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2016 | Native Americans protest the Dakota Access Pipeline | North Dakota | 73%
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1845 | Miami and Erie canal opens, connecting Cincinnati to Toledo | Ohio | 73%
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1995 | Bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building | Oklahoma | 73%
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1903 | First flight at Kitty Hawk | North Carolina | 72%
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1891 | Phoenix Indian School opens to culturally exterminate Natives | Arizona | 71%
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1996 | Centennial Summer Olympic Games | Georgia | 71%
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1932 | The Great Depression destroys the income of potato farmers | Idaho | 71%
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1968 | Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. | Tennessee | 71%
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1843 | Wagon trails bring thousands to Willamette Valley | Oregon | 66%
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1809 | Birth of Abraham Lincoln | Kentucky | 65%
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1861 | Battle of Fort Sumter | South Carolina | 64%
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1610 | Spanish conquistadors establish the oldest state capital | New Mexico | 61%
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1999 | Columbine High School massacre | Colorado | 60%
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1819 | Spain signs Adams–Onís Treaty, giving the U.S. this state | Florida | 60%
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1876 | Battle of Little Bighorn | Montana | 58%
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1890 | Wounded Knee Massacre | South Dakota | 56%
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2012 | Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting | Connecticut | 55%
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1765 | French-speaking refugees from Nova Scotia come here | Louisiana | 55%
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1775 | Battles of Lexington and Concord | Massachusetts | 52%
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1838 | Siege of Vicksburg | Mississippi | 52%
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1963 | 16th Street Baptist Church bombing | Alabama | 51%
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1856 | Settlers rush in to sway the vote on slavery | Kansas | 51%
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1964 | Good Friday Earthquake | Alaska | 48%
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1859 | Silver rush after discovery at Comstock Lode | Nevada | 45%
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2009 | First legalization of same-sex marriage through legislation | Vermont | 42%
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1814 | Battle of Fort McHenry | Maryland | 41%
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1820 | This state is admitted through Missouri Compromise | Maine | 40%
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1944 | IMF created at Bretton Woods Conference | New Hampshire | 35%
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1778 | Battle of Monmouth Courthouse | New Jersey | 34%
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1811 | William Henry Harrison wins Battle of Tippecanoe | Indiana | 29%
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2003 | 100 die in The Station nightclub fire | Rhode Island | 28%
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1942 | Fermi leads first nuclear chain reaction | Illinois | 27%
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1813 | Final Siege of Fort Madison | Iowa | 22%
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1837 | Dred Scott is brought to Fort Snelling | Minnesota | 22%
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1970 | Antiwar protesters bomb Sterling Hall | Wisconsin | 22%
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2004 | Red Sox win their first World Series in 86 years | Missouri | 20%
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1898 | Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Trans-Mississippi Exposition | Nebraska | 19%
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