| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Who shot Abraham Lincoln? | John Wilkes Booth | 96%
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| Who or what were flappers? | Brash young women of the 1920s | 87%
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| In which state would you find Gettysburg and Valley Forge? | Pennsylvania | 86%
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| Who was John Brown? | A radical abolitionist who was hanged after raiding Harper's Ferry | 74%
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| During what war was the White House burned down? | War of 1812 | 74%
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| Which of these is a major reason the U.S. got involved in the Vietnam War? | Domino theory | 71%
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| What did George Washington warn against in his farewell address in 1796? | Political parties | 71%
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| What was the Monroe Doctrine? | A warning to European powers not to interfere in the Americas | 63%
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| What judge's last name became a verb meaning "to vilify a person with the hope of preventing his or her appointment to public office"? | Robert Bork | 63%
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| What did Dwight Eisenhower warn against in HIS farewell address? | The military-industrial complex | 61%
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| What happened to the whale ship Essex? | It was sunk by a whale | 59%
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| Which Fleetwood Mac song did Bill Clinton use in his campaign in 1992? | Don't Stop (Thinking About Tomorrow) | 57%
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| What Native American group did Crazy Horse belong to? | Lakota Sioux | 47%
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| Twenty people were executed for "witchcraft" in the Salem witch trials. How were 19 of the 20 executed? | Hanging | 36%
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| Why were the Brooklyn Dodgers known as the dodgers? | They dodged trolleys | 36%
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