United States History Trivia Question and Answers
1.
Who was the first President of the United States?
Answer:
George Washington
2.
What year did the Declaration of Independence get signed?
Answer:
1776
3.
Which war was fought to secure American independence from Britain?
Answer:
The American Revolutionary War
4.
What document abolished slavery in the United States?
Answer:
The 13th Amendment
5.
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Answer:
Thomas Jefferson
6.
Which state was the last to join the United States?
Answer:
Hawaii
7.
What was the primary cause of the Civil War?
Answer:
Slavery
8.
Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
Answer:
Franklin D. Roosevelt
9.
What was the name of the first English settlement in America?
Answer:
Jamestown
10.
In what year did women gain the right to vote in federal elections?
Answer:
1920
11.
Which U.S. president issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
Answer:
Abraham Lincoln
12.
What document established the framework for the United States government?
Answer:
The Constitution
13.
Who was the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court?
Answer:
Sandra Day O'Connor
14.
Which event sparked the start of the American Revolutionary War?
Answer:
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
15.
Which President is known for the New Deal?
Answer:
Franklin D. Roosevelt
16.
What was the name of the economic crisis in 1929?
Answer:
The Great Depression
17.
Where was the first capital of the United States located?
Answer:
Philadelphia
18.
Which amendment granted women the right to vote?
Answer:
The 19th Amendment
19.
Who was president during the Louisiana Purchase?
Answer:
Thomas Jefferson
20.
What was the primary goal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
Answer:
To explore and map the newly acquired territory of the Louisiana Purchase
21.
Who was known as the "Father of the Constitution"?
Answer:
James Madison
22.
What famous speech did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver in 1963?
Answer:
"I Have a Dream"
23.
Who led the Confederate army during the Civil War?
Answer:
General Robert E. Lee
24.
What year did the United States land its first astronauts on the moon?
Answer:
1969
25.
Which treaty ended the Mexican-American War?
Answer:
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
26.
Who was the 16th President of the United States?
Answer:
Abraham Lincoln
27.
Which U.S. territory was purchased from Russia in 1867?
Answer:
Alaska
28.
Who was the U.S. ambassador who helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris in 1783?
Answer:
Benjamin Franklin
29.
Who discovered the Americas in 1492?
Answer:
Christopher Columbus
30.
What landmark Supreme Court case established the principle of "judicial review"?
Answer:
Marbury v. Madison
31.
What was the main objective of the Suffragette Movement?
Answer:
Women's right to vote
32.
In what year did the United States celebrate its bicentennial?
Answer:
1976
33.
Who was the leader of the Civil Rights Movement known for his nonviolent protests?
Answer:
Martin Luther King Jr.
34.
Who was the first African American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court?
Answer:
Thurgood Marshall
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