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U.S History Multiple Choice #3

Can you answer these multiple choice general knowledge questions relating to the history of the United States?
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1. Who was the first president to live in the White House?
John Adams
James Madison
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
2. What city was heavily flooded by Hurricane Katrina?
New Orleans
Houston
Miami
Atlanta
3. What was the first state added to the Union after the thirteen colonies?
Maine
Vermont
Ohio
Florida
4. Which of these states was NOT part of the confederacy?
Kentucky
Texas
North Carolina
Virginia
5. Who famously lived in Menlo Park?
Thomas Edison
Robert Oppenheimer
Nikola Tesla
Albert Einstein
6. How many presidents have been assassinated?
1
3
4
2
7. When were African Americans given the right to vote?
1870s
1850s
1920s
1960s
8. The Treaty of Portsmouth signed in Portsmouth, New Hampshire was the only treaty to end a foreign war ever signed in the U.S. What war did it end?
Crimean War
Russo-Japanese War
Vietnam War
Seven Years War
9. What instrument is Louis Armstrong most known for playing?
Piano
Trombone
Trumpet
Saxophone
10. What company was owned by John. D. Rockefeller?
Standard Oil
U.S Steel
General Electric
General Motors
11. Which of these territories was NOT given to the U.S after the Spanish-American War?
U.S Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
Guam
Philippines
12. Where did the Battle of Yorktown occur?
New York
Massachusetts
Maryland
Virginia
13. Did Japan ever capture any land in what is now the fifty states?
No
Yes
The Aleutian Islands in Alaska were captured
14. What did the 18th amendment outlaw?
Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Slavery
Alcohol
Discrimination based on Gender
15. What was the first place in the U.S where women could vote?
Puerto Rico
Wyoming
Washington D.C
Hawaii
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