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Hint	Answer	% Correct
What was France‘s gift to the U.S in 1886?	Statue of Liberty	100%
What was the U.S‘s most important crop in 1830?	Cotton	94%
What was the name of Martin Luther King's most famous speech	I Have a Dream	94%
Who was the first man to walk on the moon?	Neil Armstrong	94%
Which navy base was bombed in 1941, bringing the U.S into World War II?	Pearl Harbor	93%
Which town was famous for witch trials?	Salem	93%
Which country did U.S troops enter in 2003?	Iraq	92%
What was the first national park?	Yellowstone	92%
Which city was famously burned by the British in the War of 1812?	Washington D.C	90%
Which building in Washington D.C was attacked on September 11th, 2001?	Pentagon	89%
Which state almost went to war with Michigan over the Toledo strip?	Ohio	86%
Which city suffered the most from flooding caused by Hurricane Katrina?	New Orleans	85%
Which abolitionist helped over 70 enslaved people escape through the underground railroad?	Harriet Tubman	84%
What was the first national capital?	Philadelphia	84%
Who was the U.S president in World War I?	Woodrow Wilson	84%
What was the tallest building in the world from 1931-1970?	Empire State Building	83%
Which city was destroyed by an earthquake in 1906?	San Francisco	83%
What did the 13th amendment outlaw?	Slavery	83%
What was the original name of New York City?	New Amsterdam	82%
What was the name of the mission that landed humans on the moon?	Apollo	81%
Who commanded the Army of Northern Virginia in the Civil War?	Robert E. Lee	81%
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?	19th	80%
Who was the first billionaire in the world?	John D. Rockefeller	79%
In what year did the California Gold Rush peak?	1849	78%
What was the first state to ratify the Constitution?	Delaware	78%
From 1820-1860, which country supplied about one-third of all immigrants to the U.S?	Ireland	77%
Who shot Abraham Lincoln?	John Wilkes Booth	77%
What are the first three words of the U.S Constitution?	We the People	77%
What was the deadliest war in U.S history?	Civil War	76%
What was president Grant's first name?	Ulysses	73%
Which generation consists of children born following World War II?	Baby Boomers	72%
What was the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War?	Gettysburg	72%
What epidemic killed around 70,000 Americans in the 1920s?	Spanish Flu	72%
Which battle of the Texas Revolution should be remembered?	Battle of the {Alamo}	71%
During McCarthyism, what were many U.S senators accused of being?	Communist	71%
Who led U.S troops in Europe during the Second World War?	Dwight D. Eisenhower	71%
What term usually refers to the racist laws in place in much of the country prior to the 1960s?	{Jim Crow} Laws	71%
Which country did Germany ask to invade the U.S in 1917?	Mexico	71%
Which cultural icon was used to represent the women working in factories in World War II?	{Rosy} the Riveter	71%
What was Al Capone convicted of?	Tax Evasion	71%
What now extinct party did William Harrison and Zachary Taylor belong to?	Whig	70%
When did the Cold War end?	1991	69%
Who was the first Postmaster General?	Benjamin Franklin	69%
What did happened to Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, and Andrew Johnson?	Impeachment	69%
Which U.S state was previously known as "Indian Territory"?	Oklahoma	69%
Who did the 3/5ths compromise apply to?	Slaves	69%
What is the name for the devastating drought that struck the Midwest in the 1930s?	Dust Bowl	68%
Which U.S territory gained independence after World War II?	Philippines	68%
Which was the first state to secede from the United States?	South Carolina	68%
In which city was John F. Kennedy shot?	Dallas	67%
Who is the only president to be elected twice non-consecutively?	Grover Cleveland	67%
What is the oldest college in the United States?	{Harvard} College	67%
Who had the largest signature on the Declaration of Independence?	John Hancock	67%
What did Joseph Smith found?	Mormonism	67%
Who shot Alexander Hamilton?	Aaron Burr	65%
Which city did the United states nuke on August 6, 1945?	Nagasaki	65%
Who invented the Cotton Gin?	Eli Whitney	62%
Who was the founder of Pennsylvania?	William Penn	61%
What did the 18th amendment outlaw?	Alcohol	60%
Which war began as a result of Texas's statehood?	Mexican-American War	60%
Name one country which the U.S removed missiles from in exchange for the U.S.S.R removing missiles from Cuba.	Turkey/Italy	60%
Which mid-1800s abolitionist was an escaped slave from Maryland?	Frederick Douglass	58%
What Latin American country did the U.S occupy part of from 1903 to 1979?	Panama	58%
What was Franklin D. Roosevelt's middle name?	Delano	57%
Who lived at Monticello?	Thomas Jefferson	55%
Who was the king of England during the American Revolution?	George III	54%
Who was the first president of Texas?	Sam {Houston}	54%
Which organization's original purpose was catching counterfeit money?	{Secret} Service	53%
What industry was Andrew Carnegie a part of?	Steel	53%
Who led the women's suffrage movement of the early 1900s?	Susan B. Anthony	53%
Which war was the United States national anthem written about?	War of 1812	53%
Who sold the Louisiana Territory to the U.S?	Napoleon	52%
Where was the capital of the Confederacy?	Richmond	52%
What is the name of the idea that Americans, as god's chosen people, should control all of North America?	Manifest Destiny	50%
Which Native American group experienced the most deaths from the Trail of Tears?	Cherokee	47%
Who famously accompanied Louis and Clark on their expedition?	Sacagawea	44%
Who was Abraham Lincoln's vice president during his second term?	Andrew Johnson	43%
Crispus Attucks was the first of five person to die in what event?	Boston Massacre	43%
What was the first state after the thirteen colonies?	Vermont	43%
In which city did the U.S.S Maine explode?	Havana	40%
In what modern community did the Pilgrims land?	Plymouth	40%
What was the largest Native American group in Florida?	Seminole	39%
What battle is usually associated with the Battle of Lexington?	Battle of {Concord}	38%
Which northwestern volcano erupted in 1980, killing fifty-seven people?	Mt. Saint Helens	38%
What was Samuel Clemens better known as?	Mark Twain	36%
What was the first U.S city to host the Olympics?	St. Louis	36%
Which religious organization made up most of the first settlers of Massachusetts?	Puritans	35%
Who had an affair with Maria Reynolds?	Alexander Hamilton	33%
In 1893, which country's monarchy was overthrown by U.S citizens, despite condemnation from the U.S?	Hawaii	33%
What was the name of the slave with whom Thomas Jefferson likely had an affair?	Sally Hemings	32%
What sticky substance flooded Boston streets in 1919?	Molasses	31%
Whose cow supposedly started the Great Chicago Fire?	Mrs. {O'Leary}	31%
What war did Yellow Journalism have the largest role in causing?	Spanish-American War	31%
Who led American troops in the Battle of San Juan Hill?	Theodore Roosevelt	31%
Which region was the Seven Years War fought over?	{Ohio} Valley	30%
In which city did Martin Luther King Jr grow up?	Atlanta	29%
What marks the place where the transcontinental railroad was completed?	Golden Spike	29%
What country did the U.S fight the Quasi Wars against?	France	27%
Who founded the American Red Cross?	Clara Barton	22%
Which secretary of state oversaw the purchase of Alaska from Russia?	William Seward	22%
Which country first colonized Delaware?	Sweden	18%
Which New England city was the center of the American Industrial Revolution?	Lowell	17%
Which company topped the Fortune 500 in 1970?	General Motors	12%
Which state, other than Missouri, was formed as a result of the Missouri Compromise?	Maine	7%