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U.S History Multiple Choice #3

Can you answer these multiple choice general knowledge questions relating to the history of the United States?
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1. Who was the first president to live in the White House?
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
George Washington
John Adams
2. What city was heavily flooded by Hurricane Katrina?
New Orleans
Atlanta
Houston
Miami
3. What was the first state added to the Union after the thirteen colonies?
Ohio
Maine
Florida
Vermont
4. Which of these states was NOT part of the confederacy?
Virginia
Kentucky
North Carolina
Texas
5. Who famously lived in Menlo Park?
Nikola Tesla
Albert Einstein
Thomas Edison
Robert Oppenheimer
6. How many presidents have been assassinated?
1
2
4
3
7. When were African Americans given the right to vote?
1960s
1870s
1850s
1920s
8. The Treaty of Portsmouth signed in Portsmouth, New Hampshire was the only treaty to end a foreign war ever signed in the U.S. What war did it end?
Crimean War
Russo-Japanese War
Vietnam War
Seven Years War
9. What instrument is Louis Armstrong most known for playing?
Saxophone
Trumpet
Piano
Trombone
10. What company was owned by John. D. Rockefeller?
General Motors
U.S Steel
Standard Oil
General Electric
11. Which of these territories was NOT given to the U.S after the Spanish-American War?
Guam
U.S Virgin Islands
Philippines
Puerto Rico
12. Where did the Battle of Yorktown occur?
Maryland
Massachusetts
New York
Virginia
13. Did Japan ever capture any land in what is now the fifty states?
The Aleutian Islands in Alaska were captured
No
Yes
14. What did the 18th amendment outlaw?
Slavery
Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Discrimination based on Gender
Alcohol
15. What was the first place in the U.S where women could vote?
Hawaii
Wyoming
Puerto Rico
Washington D.C
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