Trivia Quiz on American History Part 5

1. U.S. President, Herbert C. _________.

A) Harrison

B) Jefferson

C) Washington

D) Hoover

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2. Where Was A Famous (Tea Party) Held In 1773?

A) Philadelphia Tea Party

B) Boston Tea Party

C) Charleston Tea Rebellion

D) New York Tea Riot

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3. Which 1776 American Affirmation Asserted The Basic Rights Of All To (Life, Liberty & The Pursuit Of Happiness)

A) American Declaration Of Independence

B) The Constitution Of The United States

C) The Articles Of Confederation

D) The Emancipation Proclamation

E) The Bill Of Rights

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4. Who in 1893 defined vegtables as plants eaten in a meal and fruits as plants eaten as dessert ?

A) United States Department of Agriculture

B) Harvard University

C) The National Eating Association

D) United States Supreme Court

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5. What Was Jackie Kennedy's Name Before She Married John F Kennedy

A) Jacqueline Bouvier

B) Jacqueline Kennedy

C) Jackie Onassis

D) Jackie Onnasis

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6. He discovered the Grand Canyon.

A) Francisco Coronado

B) Hernan Cortes

C) Ponce de Leon

D) Hernando de Soto

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7. The St. Valentine's Day massacre took place in this city.

A) New York

B) Detroit

C) Philadelphia

D) Chicago

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8. What is the only national spectator sport originating entirely in the united states

A) Baseball

B) American football

C) Rodeos

D) Basketball

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9. Who Was The First Catholic President Of The United States

A) John F. Kennedy

B) John Kerry

C) Al Smith

D) Joe Biden

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10. What year was NASA founded?

A) 1957

B) 1961

C) 1958

D) 1969

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11. In Which City Was John F Kennedy Assassinated?

A) Dallas

B) New Orleans

C) Washington, D.C.

D) Chicago

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12. Who drafted most of the American Declaration of Independence?

A) John Adams

B) Thomas Jefferson

C) Benjamin Franklin

D) James Madison

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13. What did presidents Madison, Monroe, Polk, and Garfield have in common?

A) The first name "James"

B) They all served two terms as president

C) They all were born in Virginia

D) They all died in office

E) They all belonged to the Democratic Party

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14. What Is Bob Dylan's Real Name

A) Robert Allen Zimmerman

B) Robert Zimmerman

C) Bob Dylan

D) Roberto Zimmerman

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15. Who sang Happy Birthday to John F. Kennedy for his 45th

A) Ella Fitzgerald

B) Barbra Streisand

C) Jacqueline Kennedy

D) Marilyn Monroe

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16. What United States president was in office during the civil war?

A) Abraham Lincoln

B) George Washington

C) Ulysses S. Grant

D) Andrew Johnson

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17. He was assassinated on Nov. 22, 1963.

A) Abraham Lincoln

B) Lyndon B. Johnson

C) John fitzgerald kennedy

D) Robert F. Kennedy

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18. What American feminist went bust as a silver dollar?

A) Elizabeth Cady Stanton

B) Sojourner Truth

C) Gloria Steinem

D) Susan B. Anthony

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19. She overcame her handicaps to become a lecturer and a scholar.

A) Rosa Parks

B) Helen Keller

C) Marie Curie

D) Sojourner Truth

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20. What is the nickname of oklahoma

A) The Prairie State

B) The Cowboy State

C) Sooner state

D) The Beehive State

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21. Who tried to create the 'Great Society'?

A) John F. Kennedy

B) Harry S Truman

C) Theodore Roosevelt

D) Lyndon B Johnson

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22. Which racist organisation was formed in Tennessee in 1865?

A) The Knights of the White Camellia

B) The White League

C) The Knights of the Golden Circle

D) Ku Klux Klan

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23. Who was the second President of the USA?

A) John Adams

B) Thomas Jefferson

C) James Madison

D) George Washington

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24. Which U.S. president said, "The buck stops here"?

A) Franklin D. Roosevelt

B) Dwight D. Eisenhower

C) John F. Kennedy

D) Truman

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25. This racist organization was formed in Tennessee in 1865.

A) White League

B) Knights of the White Camelia

C) Red Shirts

D) Ku Klux Klan

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26. When did Christmas become a Federal holiday in the U.S.?

A) 1776

B) 1843

C) 1831

D) 1920

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27. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for his civil rights leadership.

A) Martin luther king jr

B) Nelson Mandela

C) Mother Teresa

D) Barack Obama

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28. Who was George Washington's vice_president

A) Adams

B) Jefferson

C) Burr

D) Hamilton

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29. The official song and anthem of the state of oklahoma is ___,composed and written by richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein

A) Oklahoma

B) Stars and Stripes Forever

C) America the Beautiful

D) Battle Hymn of the Republic

E) Take Me Home, Country Roads

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30. Who was George Washington's vice-president?

A) Thomas Jefferson

B) Alexander Hamilton

C) Aaron Burr

D) John Adams

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31. Which U.S. president said, "The buck stops here"

A) Lincoln

B) Eisenhower

C) Kennedy

D) Truman

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32. Who assassinated president Kennedy?

A) Sirhan Sirhan

B) James Earl Ray

C) Lee Harvey Oswald

D) Gavrilo Princip

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33. Who were the first people to be elected into the Aviation Hall Of Fame?

A) Howard Hughes

B) Charles Lindbergh

C) Amelia Earhart

D) The Wright Brothers

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34. Who invented the cotton gin?

A) Eli Whitney

B) Cyrus McCormick

C) Elias Howe

D) John Deere

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35. What did Eli Whitney invent?

A) Cotton gin

B) Interchangeable parts

C) The mechanical reaper

D) The seed drill

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36. What came to an end in the United States in December 1933?

A) The Great Depression

B) The Gold Standard

C) The Volstead Act

D) Prohibition

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37. In which city was President Kennedy killed?

A) Dallas

B) Miami

C) Chicago

D) Washington, D.C.

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38. Who Coined The Phrase 'Turn On Tune In, Drop Out''

A) Ken Kesey

B) Aldous Huxley

C) Timothy Leary

D) Jerry Garcia

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39. He shot Lee Harvey Oswald.

A) Jack Ruby

B) James Earl Ray

C) John Wilkes Booth

D) Gavrilo Princip

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40. What did Ed Peterson invent?

A) The Self-Stirring Spoon

B) Egg Mcmuffin

C) The Solar-Powered Alarm Clock

D) The Paperless Notebook

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41. He killed Jesse James.

A) Ford

B) Wyatt Earp

C) Frank James

D) George Custer

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42. 1955 saw the first ever Disneyland open in which U.S. state

A) New York

B) Florida

C) Texas

D) California (Annaheim)

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43. Who led the attack on the Alamo

A) Davy Crockett

B) Jim Bowie

C) Santa anna

D) William B. Travis

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44. Who Was The First Us President To Take Up Residence In The Whitehouse

A) John Adams

B) George Washington

C) Thomas Jefferson

D) James Madison

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45. The ______ Tea Party?

A) New York

B) Boston

C) Philadelphia

D) Charleston

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46. Who Was Quoted As Saying 'Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You But What You Can Do For Your Country''

A) Barack Obama

B) Thomas Jefferson

C) Winston Churchill

D) John F Kennedy

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47. What was the name of the balloon three americans piloted across the atlantic in 1978

A) The Liberty Bell II

B) The Atlantic Star

C) The Spirit of St. Louis

D) The double eagle ii

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48. How many presidents of the United States fought in the Civil War?

A) Four

B) Six

C) Five

D) Seven

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49. Who took over from Kennedy after he was assassinated?

A) Dwight D. Eisenhower

B) Robert F. Kennedy

C) Lyndon B Johnson

D) Richard Nixon

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50. How Old Was John F Kennedy When He Was Assassinated

A) 46

B) 40

C) 57

D) 60

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