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Events by U.S. State #3

Can you guess the states where these famous events happened?
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1. 1774: The First Continental Congress
New York ✓
Oregon ✓
Pennsylvania ✓
Virginia ✓
2. 1861: The Civil War begins with the Battle of Fort Sumter
Maryland ✓
New York ✓
South Carolina ✓
Texas ✓
3. 1692: The Salem witch trials
California ✓
Massachusetts ✓
North Carolina ✓
Rhode Island ✓
4. 1513: Juan Ponce de León leads the first European expedition to visit the mainland U.S.
Florida ✓
Maine ✓
Texas ✓
Virginia ✓
5. 1925: John Scopes is put on trial for teaching evolution
Iowa ✓
Minnesota ✓
Tennessee ✓
Washington ✓
6. 1846: Members of the Donner Party resort to cannibalism
Alaska ✓
California ✓
Colorado ✓
Montana ✓
7. 2001: United Airlines Flight 93 crashes into the ground after passengers fight back against terrorists
Massachusetts ✓
Michigan ✓
New York ✓
Pennsylvania ✓
8. 1886: Apache leader Geronimo is captured by U.S. forces
Arizona ✓
Idaho ✓
Iowa ✓
Washington ✓
9. 1878: Edison invents the first practical light bulb
California ✓
Michigan ✓
New Jersey ✓
Virginia ✓
10. 1971: The first Starbucks location opens
Massachusetts ✓
California ✓
New York ✓
Washington ✓
11. 1968: Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan
California ✓
Missouri ✓
Texas ✓
Tennessee ✓
12. 1925: A dog named Balto helps deliver medication to a remote town
Alaska ✓
Maine ✓
Wyoming ✓
North Dakota ✓
13. 1848: The Seneca Falls Convention launches the women's rights movement
Connecticut ✓
Georgia ✓
New York ✓
Ohio ✓
14. 1980: Mount St. Helens erupts
California ✓
Hawaii ✓
Washington ✓
Wisconsin ✓
15. 1889: Over 2000 people die in the Johnstown Flood after a dam collapses
Arkansas ✓
Nevada ✓
Pennsylvania ✓
South Carolina ✓
16. 1804: The starting point of the Lewis and Clark expedition
Maryland ✓
Michigan ✓
Minnesota ✓
Missouri ✓
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Freestatebear
+1
Level 85
Nov 19, 2023
Surprised at some of the low numbers - especially for Fort Sumter and the 1st Continental Congress. Perhaps a lot of those numbers are people not in the US...
Jato
+2
Level 71
Nov 19, 2023
I’m surprised that the one about John Scopes is 90%. I never knew so many people here knew about him.
Djilas
+4
Level 83
Nov 19, 2023
or just guessed a southern state.
plattitude
+1
Level 91
Nov 20, 2023
The so-called "Scopes Monkey Trial" was hugely publicized, and is a well-known event in early 20th century US History.
dunkinggandalf2
+1
Level 68
Dec 5, 2023
I got the Continental Congress one wrong because, although I knew the Continental Congress was in Philadelphia, I was thrown by the mention "first" and by the date. I thought it might be a trick question, and there might have been a second, more famous Continental Congress, that later moved to Philadelphia.

Also, not everyone on this page is from the US. A lot of these events are a looooot less relevant to other parts of the world!

Studdog
+2
Level 76
Nov 20, 2023
Questions 4 & 9 are on other quizes in this series. May want to change those.
loganite
+5
Level 89
Nov 21, 2023
Too Pennsylvania-centric! ;) Sorry, but you know someone was going to say it...
iRDM
+5
Level 77
Nov 23, 2023
"surely... surely it can't be Pennsylvania a THIRD time..."
RuthlessCosmo
+1
Level 72
Nov 25, 2023
Driving east on I-70 toward Truckee there's a sign telling you that the Donner Family Picnic Area is coming up. I always think of finger food as I pass it.
dasubergeek
+1
Level 74
Nov 25, 2023
I-80 through Donner Pass, but yeah... I thought the Donner Party would be better known.
Froststar101
+1
Level 74
Nov 26, 2023
Pennsylvania-centric quiz!
Danno
+1
Level 68
May 12, 2024
Love it! I live in Johnstown so the flood question was easy. And the Flight 93 Memorial is about 20 miles south of here.
Danno
+1
Level 68
May 12, 2024
If you visit Harpers Ferry on the border of WV and Maryland, they consider that the actual starting point for the Lewis and Clark expedition. They make a big point of it being where the expedition started and got all their supplies for the trip, so Maryland could be an alternative answer.
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