ULTIMATE United States History Quiz - Statistics

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This quiz has been taken 33 times
The average score is 76 of 100

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Year	Hint	Answer	% Correct
1867	This territory is purchased from the Russian Empire. At the time, this was mocked as "Seward's folly"	Alaska	96%
1814	During the war of 1812, British troops set fire to these important historical buildings in Washington D.C. (name either)	Capitol \| White House	96%
1868	Accused of abusing his powers, Andrew Johnson becomes the first president to go through this procedure	Impeachment	96%
1930	Colonel Sanders opens the first location of this fast food restaurant	KFC	96%
1804	These two explorers set out for a expedition to explore the newly acquired land above	Lewis and Clark	96%
1803	Under Thomas Jefferson, this immense French territory is purchased for 15 million dollars	Louisiana	96%
1962	This actress sings "Happy birthday, Mr. President" during a gala for John F. Kennedy	Marilyn Monroe	96%
1906	An earthquake destroys much of this city, resulting in extensive fires and the deaths of more than 3,000 people	San Francisco	96%
1892	This famous soft drinks company is founded in Atlanta, Georgia	Coca-Cola	92%
1955	Theme park which holds its grand opening in Anaheim, California	Disneyland	92%
2003	Alleging that its leader had been stocking up weapons of mass destruction, the US invades this Middle Eastern Country	Iraq	92%
1865	Actor who killed Lincoln at Washington's Ford's Theatre	John Wilkes Booth	92%
1968	This civil rights leader is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee	Martin Luther King	92%
1941	Hawaiian base attacked by Japan in the "date which will live in infamy"	Pearl Harbor	92%
1926	This famous US highway from Illinois to California is officially established	Route 66	92%
1886	A gift from the French people, this statue is assembled in New York City	Statue of Liberty	92%
1938	First appearance of this Superhero created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster	Superman	92%
2024	This singer's Eras Tour ends with more than 2 billion dollars in revenues, becoming the highest grossing tour of all time	Taylor Swift	92%
1835	This State revolts and secedes from Mexico as an independent republic; they will later join the United States	Texas	92%
1841	This former general begins his term as US president, but dies after only 31 days	William Henry Harrison	92%
1920	The 19th Amendment to the US Constitution is passed, granting this group of people the right to vote	Women	92%
1917	President Wilson declares war on Germany, making the US join this global conflict	World War One	92%
1986	This space shuttle breaks apart 73 seconds after taking off, killing everyone on board	Challenger	88%
2020	More than a million people die all around the country because of this pandemic	Coronavirus	88%
1929	The stock market crashes, kickstarting this crisis period in American history	Great Depression	88%
1898	Territories gained as a result of the Spanish-American war (name either)	Guam \| Puerto Rico \| Philippines	88%
1937	This german airship bursts into flames in Lakehurst, New Jersey	Hindenburg	88%
1963	This man assassinates President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas	Lee Harvey Oswald	88%
1949	This miltary alliance formed between the US, Canada and various European Nations	NATO	88%
1833	Party that is formed in opposition to Andrew Jackson; four future presidents will be among its members	Whig	88%
1791	A tax is imposed on this alcoholic beverage, starting a rebellion which will last until 1794	Whisky	88%
1969	Name of the second American to walk on the moon, after Neil Armstrong	Buzz Aldrin	85%
2016	This businessman and celebrity unexpectedly wins the 2016 presidential elections as a Republican	Donald Trump	85%
1943	General selected to command the Allied armies in Europe	Dwight D. Eisenhower	85%
1931	This skyscraper is built in New York City; it will be the tallest in the world until 1970	Empire State Building	85%
1825	This waterway is completed in upstate New York, connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean	Erie Canal	85%
1900	This former kingdom is made a US territory	Hawaii	85%
1953	The US sign an armistice, ending active fighting in the war in this Asian peninsula	Korea	85%
1984	The Soviet Union boycotts the Olympic Games held in this American city	Los Angeles	85%
1820	This State is separated from Massachusetts and joins the union	Maine	85%
1908	Official launch of this Ford automobile: its initial price was set at $850 per unit	Model T	85%
2015	In the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges case, the Supreme court rules that this kind of marriage is a fundamental right nationwide	Same-sex	85%
1860	This State becomes the first to secede from the Union after the election of Abraham Lincoln as US President	South Carolina	85%
1918	Pandemic which kills up to 50 million people worldwide after being carried into the battlefields of Europe by American troops	Spanish Flu	85%
1977	This science fiction movie breaks all records at the box office; it will start a franchise that is popular to this day	Star Wars	85%
1923	Magazine famous for its Person of the Year feature begins publication	Time	85%
1863	Unionist and Confederate forces clash in what becomes the bloodiest battle of the Civil War	Battle of Gettysburg	81%
1961	An American-led contigent lands on the shores of this bay, but fails to overthrow the Cuban government	Bay of Pigs	81%
1927	Aviator who makes the first solo flight over the Atlantic from New York City to Paris	Charles Lindbergh	81%
1776	Name of the Congress that unilaterally declared the independence of the US	Continental	81%
2010	Apple introduces the first generation of this popular tablet computer	iPad	81%
1881	This progressive president dies due to medical malpractice after being shot in Baltimore	James Garfield	81%
1945	Nickname of the atomic bombs dropped on Japan (name either)	Little Boy \| Fat Man	81%
1980	This volcano located in the Pacific Northwest erupts, triggering a magnitude 5.1 earthquake	Mount St. Helens	81%
1933	Nickname given to the reforms and policies enacted by the Roosevelt administration aimed at economic recovery	New Deal	81%
1914	American-built waterway which is inaugured with the passage of the steamship USS Ancon	Panama Canal	81%
1995	Sony videogame console which makes its debut on American stores	PlayStation	81%
1928	Mickey Mouse makes his public debut in this animated short film	Steamboat Willie	81%
1904	The Summer Olympic Games are held for the first time in the United States in this city	St. Louis	81%
1919	President Wilson attends a peace conference in this French town close to Paris	Versailles	81%
2005	This video sharing website goes online for the first time	YouTube	81%
1999	NATO forces, including the US, bomb this Balkan Nation	Yugoslavia	81%
2001	This organization is responsible for the 9/11 attacks, which resulted in the destruction of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center	Al-Qaeda	77%
2026	This NASA mission performs the first lunar fly-by since 1972	Artemis	77%
2022	OpenAI releases this product, starting the ongoing AI boom	ChatGPT	77%
2002	In response to the 9/11 attacks and in order to combat public security issues, this US department is formed	Department of Homeland Security	77%
1861	Confederate forces attack this fortification on the Atlantic Coast, kickstarting the American Civil War	Fort Sumter	77%
1854	Violence between supporters and opponents of slavery breaks out in this US territory	Kansas	77%
1845	Term coined by journalist John O'Sullivan to define the United States' supposed mission to conquer the American West	Manifest Destiny	77%
1823	Foreign policy position first formulated on this year that opposes foreign interference in the Americas	Monroe Doctrine	77%
1874	This electromechanical machine used for writing is first introduced commercially	Typewriter	77%
1885	Mark Twain publishes this "Great American Novel", a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer	Adventures of Huckleberry Finn	73%
2000	Due to extremely narrow electoral margins, the votes for the US Presidential elections in this State are recounted	Florida	73%
1871	President Grant signs an act to control and combat this racist organization	Ku Klux Klan	73%
1877	Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President and removes federal troops from the formerly confederate States, ending this historical era	Reconstruction	73%
1975	American soldiers abandon this besieged South Vietnamese capital, ending the war in Vietnam	Saigon	73%
1939	This realist novel about the economic hardships of the Joad family is written and published by John Steinbeck	The Grapes of Wrath	73%
1959	12 Countries, including the United States, ratify a treaty about the international relations regarding this continent	Antarctica	69%
1903	The first sustained man-made flight is achieved by the Wright brothers in this North Carolina location	Kitty Hawk	69%
1783	A treaty recognizing the independence of the US is signed in this city	Paris	69%
1916	The United States begins the occupation of this Caribbean Country, which will last until 1924	Dominican Republic	65%
1964	An incident in this Vietnamese gulf causes an escalation of American participation in the ongoing conflict in the Country	Gulf of Tonkin	65%
1830	Andrew Jackson signs into law this act, which leads to the ethnic cleansing and genocide of thousands of Native Americans	Indian Removal	65%
1789	This document which governed the relations between the States is replaced by the Constitution	Articles of Confederation	62%
1876	A regiment under the command of this officer is defeated in the Battle of Little Bighorn	George Armstrong Custer	62%
1864	This campaign to capture the port of Savannah is led by Union general William Tecumseh Sherman	March to the Sea	58%
1935	This Governor of Louisiana is shot and killed inside the State Capitol	Huey Long	54%
1870	John D. Rockefeller founds this company, which will later be broken up after judges ruled it to be an illegal trust	Standard Oil	54%
1915	Controversial movie which becomes the first one ever to be screened at the White House	Birth of a Nation	50%
1890	Main author of the omonymous Antitrust Act, a law which outlaws monopolies in the United States	John Sherman	50%
1848	The California Gold Rush starts when gold is found in this place by a carpenter	Sutter's Mill	50%
1942	The United States land on this island in the Pacific as part of their first offensive of World War II	Guadalcanal	46%
1925	This teacher is tried and fined for reading a textbook about Darwinian evolution to his students	John Thomas Scopes	46%
2012	This NASA rover finally lands on Mars after its 2011 launch	Curiosity	42%
2008	The bankruptcy of this financial services firm becomes the climax of the Subprime mortgage crisis	Lehman Brothers	27%
1932	This group of WWI veterans marched in Washington D.C to request their cash benefits	Bonus Army	19%
2014	A group of North Korean hackers leaks various email, employee records and unrealeased films from Sony Pictures in response to this movie	The Interview	19%
1972	This famous touchdown occurs in a match between the Oakland Raiders and Pittsburgh Steelers	Immaculate Reception	12%
1922	This movie describing the daily life of an Inuit family becomes the first commercially successful documentary	Nanook of the North	8%
1894	Workers' protest that, starting from Chicago neighborhood with the same name, caused a change in US labor laws	Pullman Strike	8%

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