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American History Quiz

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Question 1 of 15

Who was Thomas Jefferson?

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

Question 2 of 15

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

Nevada Texas Alabama Washington

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 Boston Commons Piccadilly Circle Harvard Square

Question 5 of 15

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

Texas Arkansas Maine Nebraska

Question 6 of 15

What year did the California gold rush start?

1910 1900 1849 1995

Question 7 of 15

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

Spanish Romanian Canadian 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?

Franz Ferdinand Martin Luther King Abraham Lincoln John Lennon

Question 9 of 15

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

John Wayne Clint Eastwood Ronald Reagan Harold Robbins

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?

Korea Vietnam China Japan

Question 11 of 15

Which of these historic events happened in 1776?

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

Question 12 of 15

In which century did Richard Nixon die?

18th 20th 17th 21st

Question 13 of 15

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

Clinton Carter Bush Obama

Question 14 of 15

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

Woodrow Wilson William Taft John F. Kennedy Jimmy Carter

Question 15 of 15

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

Will Tyler Alan Tyler Chris Tyler John Tyler

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