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