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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 revolutionary and the third U.S. President An American Post-Impressionist artist A 19th century inventor and electrical pioneer

Question 2 of 15

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

Texas Alabama Washington Nevada

Question 3 of 15

Who did Millard Fillmore oppose throughout the Civil War?

President Johnson President Lincoln President Pierce President Buchanan

Question 4 of 15

Where did the Boston Tea Party take place?

Boston Harbor Harvard Square Piccadilly Circle Boston Commons

Question 5 of 15

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

Texas Maine Nebraska Arkansas

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 Romanian Spanish French

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?

Martin Luther King Abraham Lincoln Franz Ferdinand John Lennon

Question 9 of 15

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

Harold Robbins John Wayne Clint Eastwood Ronald Reagan

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?

Vietnam China Korea Japan

Question 11 of 15

Which of these historic events happened in 1776?

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

Question 12 of 15

In which century did Richard Nixon die?

21st 17th 20th 18th

Question 13 of 15

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

Obama Carter Bush Clinton

Question 14 of 15

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

William Taft Woodrow Wilson John F. Kennedy Jimmy Carter

Question 15 of 15

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

Alan Tyler Chris Tyler Will Tyler John Tyler

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