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U.S History Multiple Choice #3

Can you answer these multiple choice general knowledge questions relating to the history of the United States?
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1. Who was the first president to live in the White House?
John Adams
James Madison
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
2. What city was heavily flooded by Hurricane Katrina?
New Orleans
Miami
Atlanta
Houston
3. What was the first state added to the Union after the thirteen colonies?
Vermont
Florida
Ohio
Maine
4. Which of these states was NOT part of the confederacy?
North Carolina
Kentucky
Texas
Virginia
5. Who famously lived in Menlo Park?
Robert Oppenheimer
Albert Einstein
Nikola Tesla
Thomas Edison
6. How many presidents have been assassinated?
1
4
2
3
7. When were African Americans given the right to vote?
1960s
1850s
1920s
1870s
8. The Treaty of Portsmouth signed in Portsmouth, New Hampshire was the only treaty to end a foreign war ever signed in the U.S. What war did it end?
Seven Years War
Vietnam War
Russo-Japanese War
Crimean War
9. What instrument is Louis Armstrong most known for playing?
Saxophone
Trumpet
Piano
Trombone
10. What company was owned by John. D. Rockefeller?
General Motors
Standard Oil
U.S Steel
General Electric
11. Which of these territories was NOT given to the U.S after the Spanish-American War?
Philippines
Guam
Puerto Rico
U.S Virgin Islands
12. Where did the Battle of Yorktown occur?
Virginia
New York
Massachusetts
Maryland
13. Did Japan ever capture any land in what is now the fifty states?
The Aleutian Islands in Alaska were captured
No
Yes
14. What did the 18th amendment outlaw?
Discrimination based on Gender
Alcohol
Slavery
Cruel and Unusual Punishment
15. What was the first place in the U.S where women could vote?
Wyoming
Puerto Rico
Washington D.C
Hawaii
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