U.S. History Trivia Question and Answers
1.
Who was the first man to break the sound barrier?
Answer:
Chuck Yeager
2.
What kind of plane was the Memphis Belle?
Answer:
B-17
3.
Which first lady had the honor of being both the wife of a President, and the mother of a President?
Answer:
Abigail Adams
4.
Who was the running mate with Walter Mondale in the election he ran against Ronald Reagan?
Answer:
Geraldine Ferraro
5.
In what war were ironclad battleships the Monitor and the Merrimac involved?
Answer:
Civil War
6.
Which U.S. President ordered that an atomic bomb be dropped on Japan?
Answer:
Harry S. Truman
7.
Who mortally wounded Alexander Hamilton in a duel?
Answer:
Aaron Burr
8.
Who served as governor of both Tennessee and Texas?
Answer:
Sam Houston
9.
What did the CCC stand for in the 1930's?
Answer:
Civilian Conservation Corps
10.
Who was the first U.S. Secretary of State?
Answer:
Thomas Jefferson
11.
Who was the first child born in the United States?
Answer:
Virginia Dare
12.
What ship was nicknamed "Old Ironsides"?
Answer:
The Constitution
13.
What was the only state that was formerly a kingdom with a ruling monarch?
Answer:
Hawaii
14.
Who was the first Republican President?
Answer:
Abraham Lincoln
15.
What was responsible for the "Whiskey Rebellion"?
Answer:
Increase In Taxes On Whiskey
16.
What breed of dog did Lyndon Johnson have at his ranch?
Answer:
Beagles
17.
Who recovered the North-West Passage for America/U.S.?
Answer:
Lewis & Clark
18.
Which was never declared a war but, rather, was considered only a conflict?
Answer:
Vietnam War
19.
In what city was Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated?
Answer:
Memphis, Tennessee
20.
Who was the U.S. President during the Gulf of Tonkin Incident?
Answer:
Lyndon Johnson
21.
Who wrote a majority of the Bill of Rights?
Answer:
James Madison
22.
What was Jimmy Carter's occupation before entering politics?
Answer:
Peanut Farmer
23.
What U.S. General was known as "Old Hickory"?
Answer:
Andrew Jackson
24.
What famous battle happened just south of the Adirondack Park in New York?
Answer:
Battle Of Saratoga
25.
What does traditional dancing originally mean to Native Americans?
Answer:
To Dance In Prayer
26.
What plant was used as a natural shampoo for Native Americans?
Answer:
Yucca Plant
27.
What was smoked in the ceremonial North American Indian peace pipe?
Answer:
Red Willow
28.
What were the flags of Native American tribes most often made out of originally?
Answer:
Feathers
29.
What were Chief Joseph's famous words?
Answer:
I Will Fight No More Forever!
30.
Which tribe of Native Americans walked the now-famous Trail of Tears?
Answer:
Cherokee
31.
Where would one go to contact a service who offers Native American Tribal information?
Answer:
The Bureau Of Indian Affairs
32.
What does a totem pole mean to the Northwest Indians?
Answer:
It Means Many Generations Of History, Medicine And Status
33.
Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin started their own political group named?
Answer:
Yippies
34.
What detective agency went after Jesse James & Gang?
Answer:
Pinkerton
35.
Who did Herbert Hoover label "Public Enemy No. 1"?
Answer:
John Dillinger
36.
Who killed actress Sharon Tate?
Answer:
Charles Manson's Followers
37.
Which politician promised to stand in the schoolhouse door to halt integration?
Answer:
George Wallace
38.
Which Senator was one of the first to come out against the Vietnam war and later run for President in the 60's?
Answer:
Eugene McCarthy
39.
Who was the first African-American appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court?
Answer:
Thurgood Marshall
40.
Who led the American troops in the Vietnam War?
Answer:
General Westmoreland
41.
What was the gift generally given to an Indian bride's father when asked by the groom for her hand in marriage?
Answer:
A Horse
42.
What was the name of Chief "Crazy Horse" before he got his nickname?
Answer:
Curly
43.
Who was the last Comanche war chief to lead his people onto the reservation?
Answer:
Quannah Parker
44.
What President of the U.S. served the shortest term?
Answer:
William Henry Harrison
45.
In what state did the "Incident at Oglala" take place?
Answer:
South Dakota
46.
In what city can the Ben Franklin National Monument be found?
Answer:
Philadelphia
47.
From what tribe was Sacagawea?
Answer:
Shoshone
48.
What are the "Three Fires" in Michigan?
Answer:
Ottawa Patawatomi Chippewa
49.
What year did U.S. President Clinton get impeached?
Answer:
1998
50.
Who was the heaviest President in the first 200 years of U.S. history?
Answer:
William Howard Taft
51.
What was the principal motivation for drafting the Bill of Rights?
Answer:
Protect Rights Not Specified In The Constitution
52.
Which U.S. President drafted the "Fourteen Points"?
Answer:
Woodrow Wilson
53.
What is Mount Vernon?
Answer:
One Of George Washington's Homes
54.
The "Trail of Tears" is to the Cherokees as the "Trail of" what is to the Pottawatomies?
Answer:
Death
55.
Which U.S. President appeared on a Coca-Cola can?
Answer:
Jimmy Carter
56.
Who, in 1968, assassinated Robert Kennedy?
Answer:
Sirhan Sirhan
57.
Which military bomber has 8 engines?
Answer:
B-52
58.
The acronym NAFTA stand for North American what?
Answer:
Free Trade Agreement
59.
What was the most famous dance club of the 70's?
Answer:
Studio 54
60.
What was known as "Seward's Folly"?
Answer:
The Purchase Of Alaska By The United States From Russia
61.
What college did President William McKinley attend?
Answer:
Allegheny College
62.
Who was the first U.S. President actually born in the United States?
Answer:
Martin Van Buren
63.
Who invented the first shell which could explode in mid-air?
Answer:
Henry Shrapnel
64.
Who was the leader of the "Green Mountain Boys" who pushed for American independence?
Answer:
Ethan Allen
65.
Whose advertisement is "Be All You Can Be"?
Answer:
Army
66.
What caused Lyndon Johnson to get the most mail?
Answer:
Grabbing His Dog By The Ears.
67.
Which President served on the Warren Commission?
Answer:
Gerald Ford
68.
What President was married to Abigail Smith?
Answer:
John Adams
69.
Which U.S. President helped frame "The Bill of Rights" while serving in the House of Representatives?
Answer:
James Madison
70.
What President's administration was known as the "Era of Good Feeling"?
Answer:
James Monroe
71.
What President was known as "The Little Magician"?
Answer:
Martin Van Buren
72.
Who was the 10th President of the United States?
Answer:
John Tyler
73.
What President was once Governor of Tennessee?
Answer:
James Polk
74.
Rutherford B. Hayes was once governor of which state?
Answer:
Ohio
75.
President Grover Cleveland was once mayor of what New York city?
Answer:
Buffalo
76.
President Woodrow Wilson was governor of what state?
Answer:
New Jersey
77.
Who was the U.S. pilot shot down over Russia in 1960?
Answer:
Francis Gary Powers
78.
What female Senator represented Maine during the 60's?
Answer:
Margaret Chase Smith
79.
Charles Whitman killed 13 people from atop what school's tower in 1966?
Answer:
Texas
80.
When eluding the U.S. Cavalry, where did Apache warrior Geronimo and his people hide?
Answer:
Chiruchua Mountains
81.
Who got control over the Gambino crime family when he shot Paul Castellano, Gambino boss?
Answer:
John Gotti
82.
What was the charge they sent Al Capone to jail on?
Answer:
Tax Fraud
83.
What famous woman died of a pill overdose on August 4 or 5, 1962?
Answer:
Marilyn Monroe
84.
Who was the Supreme Commander of the European Theatre of Operations in World War II for the Allies?
Answer:
Dwight Eisenhower
85.
Annie Oakley was famous for always shooting animals in what body part?
Answer:
The Head, Just Below The Eye
86.
In the Sioux Sun Dance Ceremony, who does the woman accompanying the tree felling party represent?
Answer:
White Buffalo Calf Woman
87.
Which President was prematurely declared the loser of an election?
Answer:
Harry S. Truman
88.
What U.S. President organized the unsuccessful "Bull Moose Party"?
Answer:
Theodore Roosevelt
89.
What U.S. President's daughter is the Baby Ruth candy bar named after?
Answer:
Grover Cleveland
90.
President Harry Truman ordered the atomic bombing of which two Japanese cities?
Answer:
Hiroshima And Nagasaki
91.
In what year was Robert Kennedy shot?
Answer:
1968
92.
Ira Hayes distinguished himself at what battle?
Answer:
Iwo Jima
93.
Which two First Ladies never lived in the White House?
Answer:
Martha Washington, Anna Harrison
94.
The Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon went to Florida seeking what?
Answer:
The Fountain Of Youth
95.
What U.S. General had the middle name Tecumseh?
Answer:
William Sherman
96.
What was the name of President George Bush's failed nominee for secretary of defense?
Answer:
John Tower
97.
President Jimmy Carter once told Playboy magazine that he had what in his heart?
Answer:
Lust
98.
Which President served a term of just about a month?
Answer:
William H. Harrison
99.
The Sioux Nation is a collection of what 3 tribes?
Answer:
Lakota, Dakota, Nakota
100.
How quickly did the "Smoking Gun Tape" force President Nixon to resign?
Answer:
3 Days
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