Cities in U.S. History #1 - Statistics

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Hint	City	% Correct
Known as the birthplace of jazz music	New Orleans	94%
Where the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776	Philadelphia	93%
At least 25 "witches" were killed in this Massachusetts town in 1692	Salem	88%
The bloodiest Civil War battle was fought near this Pennsylvania town	Gettysburg	78%
The main capital of the Confederate States	Richmond	72%
Where the Battle of the Alamo took place	San Antonio	71%
The first permanent English settlement in the United States	Jamestown	67%
In 1848, the population of this city was just 1,000. One year later, it was 25,000.	San Francisco	58%
Where Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus	Montgomery	56%
During WWII, one factory in this city built nearly as many tanks as all of Germany	Detroit	54%
Francis Scott Key wrote the words to the "The Star-Spangled Banner" while watching a naval battle in this city's harbor	Baltimore	53%
By far the most populous city in the southern states in the year 1800	Charleston	52%
Where Abraham Lincoln practiced law	Springfield	44%
National Guard troops were called in to end segregation at this city's schools in 1957	Little Rock	40%
The oldest European settlement in the U.S., founded in 1565	St. Augustine	40%
Cattle drives often ended in this Kansas frontier town	Dodge City	33%
City which the Wright Brothers called home. Later, it would be the site of peace accords that ended the Bosnian War	Dayton	30%
Coastal city famous for the summer mansions of the Vanderbilts and Astors	Newport	21%
Massachusetts town which was the center of the nation's textile industry in the 19th century	Lowell	18%
New Mexico art colony where Georgia O'Keefe and Ansel Adams lived	Taos	18%

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