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American History Quiz

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Question 1 of 15

Who was Thomas Jefferson?

A serial killer who plagued Boston in the 1920s A 19th century inventor and electrical pioneer An American Post-Impressionist artist A revolutionary and the third U.S. President

Question 2 of 15

In which state did the Battle of the Alamo take place?

Alabama Washington Nevada Texas

Question 3 of 15

Who did Millard Fillmore oppose throughout the Civil War?

President Lincoln President Pierce President Johnson President Buchanan

Question 4 of 15

Where did the Boston Tea Party take place?

Piccadilly Circle Boston Commons Harvard Square Boston Harbor

Question 5 of 15

In which state is the compound of the town Waco, which was raided in 1993?

Nebraska Arkansas Texas Maine

Question 6 of 15

What year did the California gold rush start?

1995 1900 1849 1910

Question 7 of 15

What nationality of people founded the Texan city of San Antonio in 1718?

Canadian French Spanish Romanian

Question 8 of 15

Who was riding a horse when somebody shot off his stovepipe hat, only for somebody else to shoot him in the head eight months later?

Abraham Lincoln Martin Luther King John Lennon Franz Ferdinand

Question 9 of 15

Actress Jane Wyman was the first wife of which famous American?

Ronald Reagan Harold Robbins Clint Eastwood John Wayne

Question 10 of 15

Starting at the Battle of Lexington, the one millionth US soldier to die in battle fell on September 4, 1951. Where?

Japan Vietnam China Korea

Question 11 of 15

Which of these historic events happened in 1776?

Walter Raleigh is arrested United States Annexes Hawaiian Islands Declaration Of Independence Is Signed Bodleian Library at Oxford Opened

Question 12 of 15

In which century did Richard Nixon die?

20th 21st 17th 18th

Question 13 of 15

Genifer Flowers was alleged to have had an affair with which US President?

Carter Clinton Obama Bush

Question 14 of 15

Who was the only President before 2006 to have been born in Georgia?

Jimmy Carter William Taft John F. Kennedy Woodrow Wilson

Question 15 of 15

During President William Henry Harrison's term who was Vice-President?

Chris Tyler Alan Tyler John Tyler Will Tyler

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