Statistics for American History 1900s

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Who points an accusing finger of moral responsibility in a recruitment poster for the American forces during World War I?	Uncle Sam	99%
Where was the Titanic supposed to arrive in 1912?	New York	97%
Which event led the United States to enter WWII?	attack on Pearl Harbor	93%
Al Capone was an organized crime boss in which city during the Prohibition era?	Chicago	89%
What were the name of the Wright brothers who pioneered aviation and changed the world in 1903?	Orville and Wilbur	89%
In 1937 a zeppelin airship exploded in flames over New Jersey. What was its name?	Hindenburg	87%
The United States joined World War I after what ship was sunk by a German submarine?	Lusitania	87%
Who was the US president during World War I?	Woodrow Wilson	87%
Who was the US president at the start of WWII?	Franklin Roosevelt	84%
The Bay of Pigs invasion was a failed US landing operation on which country in 1961?	Cuba	83%
What religion did human rights activist Malcolm X turn to while in prison?	Islam	80%
What United States president resigned as a result of the Watergate scandal?	Richard Nixon	80%
Which US president was accused of having an extramarital affair with a White House intern?	Bill Clinton	79%
In which city was US president John F. Kennedy assassinated on November 22, 1963?	Dallas	77%
Which American president ordered to use the atomic bomb against Japan in WWII?	Harry S. Truman	77%
What territory agreed to join the United States as the 50th state in 1959?	Hawaii	76%
To keep USA out of World War I, Germany promised to Mexico three US states to reconquer. Which one they did not promise?	Louisiana	76%
Who was president of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis?	John F. Kennedy	75%
In which city Martin Luther King, Jr. organized the famous march for civil rights?	Washington	75%
In 1932 Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across what body of water?	Atlantic ocean	73%
What was the second city the United States dropped a nuclear bomb on in Word War II?	Nagasaki	73%
What United States general led the army in the Pacific and the fighting against Japan?	Douglas MacArthur	72%
First long distance telephone service in USA was demonstrated between New York and what other city in 1915?	San Francisco	72%
Who was George Marshall after whom the Marshall Plan was named in 1948?	Secretary of State	72%
Which US President ordered the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba?	John F. Kennedy	68%
Which US President asked Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin wall?	Ronald Reagan	68%
Which ship was sunk at Pearl Harbor when over 1100 US soldiers lost their lives?	USS Arizona	68%
In which state at Columbine High School 15 people were killed in massacre in 1999?	Colorado	64%
In what US city a terrorist bomb blew up a portion of a federal building on April 19, 1995?	Oklahoma City	64%
The Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989 is the largest oil spill in U.S. history. Where did it occurr?	Alaska	60%
What US president won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role as a peacemaker in the Russo-Japanese War?	Theodore Roosevelt	57%
Who was a prohibition agent who fought against Al Capone and whose group was named the "Untouchables?"	Eliot Ness	56%
What day marked the Wall Street crash and the beginning of the Great Depression in 1929?	Black Tuesday	47%
From which country USA purchased Virgin Islands in 1916?	Denmark	28%