| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Who won the 2008 presidential election with 52.9% of the vote? | Barack Obama | 95%
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| Who was the U.S. President during the September 11 terrorist attacks? | George W. Bush | 93%
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| What was the major cash crop that supported the development of Jamestown? | Tobacco | 88%
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| What political party was formed in the 1830s as opposition to Andrew Jackson, eventually integrating into the modern day Republican party? | Whig | 88%
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| What landmark supreme court case in 1973 ruled that Americans had a right to abortion? | Roe v. Wade | 80%
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| What intercepted communique from Germany to Mexico led to the U.S. entering World War I? | Zimmerman Telegram | 74%
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| Abraham Lincoln's presidential successor that slowed reconstruction progress due to his conservative views | Andrew Johnson | 73%
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| What book did Upton Sinclair write as an allegory for the meatpacking industry and labor in general? | The Jungle | 66%
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| What foreign policy position that emerged in the 1820s affirmed that the U.S. would be hostile against any further attempt or colonize the Americas? | Monroe Doctrine | 62%
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| What was the first state to ratify the Constitution? | Delaware | 61%
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| Who revolutionized the steel industry with the Bessemer process? | Andrew Carnegie | 58%
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| What word ending in "-ist" would be used to describe John Brown? | Abolitionist | 57%
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| What was the armed slave rebellion in 1676 called? | Bacon's Rebellion | 45%
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| Diplomatic policy established in 1899 that called for trade with and self sovereignty of China? | Open Door Policy | 39%
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| What territorial act led to the downfall of the previous party? | Kansas-Nebraska Act | 31%
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