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Can you answer these random questions about United States history?
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What is the name for the devastating drought that struck the Midwest in the 1930s?
Dust Bowl
What term usually refers to the racist laws in place in much of the country prior to the 1960s?
Jim Crow Laws
What was the tallest building in the world from 1931-1970?
Empire State Building
Which cultural icon was used to represent the women working in factories in World War II?
Rosy the Riveter
What was the first national park?
Yellowstone
Where was the capital of the Confederacy?
Richmond
In which city did Martin Luther King Jr grow up?
Atlanta
What was the first state after the thirteen colonies?
Vermont
Who is the only president to be elected twice non-consecutively?
Grover Cleveland
Which U.S state was previously known as "Indian Territory"?
Oklahoma
Who led the women's suffrage movement of the early 1900s?
Susan B. Anthony
Who lived at Monticello?
Thomas Jefferson
Who shot Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
What was the largest Native American group in Florida?
Seminole
Which state almost went to war with Michigan over the Toledo strip?
Ohio
Which U.S territory gained independence after World War II?
Philippines
What was the first state to ratify the Constitution?
Delaware
What did happened to Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, and Andrew Johnson?
Impeachment
Who was the founder of Pennsylvania?
William Penn
Which building in Washington D.C was attacked on September 11th, 2001?
Pentagon
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HinesBrothers
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Level 75
Feb 13, 2020
The Mexican-American War is also called the Mexican War and "Mexican" and "Mexican War" aren't accepted for the Texas statehood one
springb
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Level 55
Nov 2, 2020
Since your quiz doesn't specify, Hannibal Hamlin should also be acceptable as a vice president of Lincoln.
WolfCam
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Level 66
Nov 2, 2020
Fixed!
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