US History/Geography Quiz

Random questions from various points of US History

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First constitution of the US.	Articles of Confederation
Author of the 1852 novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin.	Harriet Beecher Stowe
Where General Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington.	Battle of Yorktown
Early attempt at a permanent English settlement in North America in North Carolina, settlers mysteriously disappeared.	Roanoke Island
First president to have been elected for two nonconsecutive terms.	Grover Cleveland
The location where the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroads met completing the first Transcontinental Railroad in 1869.	Promontory Summit, Utah
Tallest building in the world from its completion in 1974 to 1998.	Willis Tower
Only president to have resigned.	Richard Nixon

Hint	Answer
Incident that further escalated US involvement in the Vietnam War in 1964.	Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Record label out of Memphis, TN founded by Sam Phillips, considered as a pivotal point in the evolution of rock music.	Sun Records
First major battle of the American Revolutionary War. Ended in US victory.	Battle of Lexington and Concord
State where the Woodstock Festival happened in 1969.	New York
State where the Monterey Pop Festival happened in 1967.	California
US General, served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force during WW2, and later surved as president between 1953-1961.	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Capital of the Confederate States of America between 1861-1865	Richmond, Virginia