Important Places in U.S. History - Statistics

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Clue	City	% Correct
City known as the birthplace of jazz music	New Orleans	94%
City where the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776	Philadelphia	93%
At least 25 "witches" were killed in this Massachusetts town in 1692	Salem	88%
The bloodiest Civil War battle was fought near this Pennsylvania town	Gettysburg	79%
The main capital of the Confederate States	Richmond	74%
The Battle of the Alamo took place in this city in 1836	San Antonio	71%
The first permanent English settlement in the United States	Jamestown	68%
In 1848, the population of this city was just 1,000. In just one year, however, it would increase to 25,000.	San Francisco	58%
During WWII, more tanks were made in a single factory in this city than in the entirety of Germany	Detroit	55%
City where Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus	Montgomery	55%
Francis Scott Key wrote the words to the "The Star-Spangled Banner" while watching a naval battle in this city's harbor	Baltimore	52%
In the year 1800, this city was by far the most populous in the southern states	Charleston	51%
Abraham Lincoln practiced law in this city	Springfield	45%
This city in Florida, founded in 1565, is the oldest European settlement in the U.S.	St. Augustine	42%
National Guard troops were called in to end segregation at this city's schools in 1957	Little Rock	40%
Cattle drives often ended in this Kansas frontier town	Dodge City	34%
The Wright Brothers called this city home. Later, it would be the site of peace accords that ended the Bosnian War	Dayton	30%
Coastal city famous for the summer mansions of the Vanderbilts and Astors	Newport	20%
This Massachusetts town was center of the nation's textile industry in the 19th century	Lowell	18%
New Mexico art colony where Georgia O'Keefe and Ansel Adams sojourned	Taos	18%