U.S. History by Decade - Multiple Choice - Statistics

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Question	Answer	% Correct
The majority of the U.S. population is urban for the first time	1920	72%
The last of the "lower 48" states is admitted	1910's	61%
The first U.S. Nobel Prize winner	1900's	56%
The last of the original 13 colonies is founded	1730's	50%
The 25th state is admitted	1830's	50%
The last law making property ownership a requirement for voting is repealed	1850's	50%
New Amsterdam becomes New York	1660's	44%
The first contested U.S. presidential election	1790's	44%
The first transcontinental railroad is completed	1860's	44%
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published	1880's	44%
First Europeans visit the U.S.	1500's	33%
Plessy v. Ferguson establishes the legality of "separate but equal" racial segregation	1890's	33%
U.S. population surpasses 100,000,000 for the first time	1920	33%
Walmart is founded	1960's	33%
The last significant (at least 100 square kilometers) U.S. permanent territorial acquisition	1910's	22%
First permanent European settlement on the U.S. mainland	1560's	17%
"A Visit from St. Nicholas" (aka 'Twas the Night Before Christmas) is first published	1820's	17%
The first Treaty of Paris involving the U.S. is signed	1760's	11%
ARPANET (an important precursor to the modern Internet) is established	1960's	11%
The Mason-Dixon line is drawn	1760's	6%

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