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American History Trivia Questions

Expand Your Knowledge With Intriguing Historical Facts

American history is full of compelling events, renowned individuals, and pivotal moments that shaped the United States. Engaging trivia questions offer an enjoyable way to explore and understand these influential episodes from the nation's past, from early colonial settlements to modern-day milestones.

Explore various topics including the American Revolution, Civil War, prominent presidents and diplomatic breakthroughs. Each question is carefully designed to encourage reflection on significant people and transformative periods in U.S. history.

By discovering the diverse tapestry of historical trivia, one gains deeper insight and appreciation for America's evolving identity and achievements.

Who invented the telephone?
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Who was the first President of the United States?
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During which war was the Battle of Gettysburg fought?
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Who was president of the Confederate States during the American Civil War?
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In which year did the American Revolutionary War begin?
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
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What was the first permanent English settlement in America?
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The attack on Pearl Harbor took place in which year?
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Who led the Confederate Army during the American Civil War?
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Where did the Wright brothers conduct their first flight?
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When was Abraham Lincoln assassinated?
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What movement aimed at abolishing slavery in the United States?
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Which U.S. President authorized the Louisiana Purchase?
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Who invented the cotton gin?
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In which state was gold discovered in 1848, leading to a gold rush?
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Which amendment granted women the right to vote?
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Who became president after John F. Kennedy was assassinated?
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Who was the main author of the U.S. Constitution?
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Which war did the Treaty of Paris of 1783 formally end?
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Which American city famously had a tea party protest in 1773?
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What event caused the United States to enter World War I?
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What year did America enter World War II?
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Who was the U.S. president during most of the Great Depression and World War II?
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In which city was Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated?
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Who was the first U.S. President to resign from office?
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Which President issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
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Which explorers led an expedition to map out the Louisiana Purchase territory?
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Who was the first American astronaut in space?
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What landmark Supreme Court case declared segregation unconstitutional?
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Which Native American guided Lewis and Clark on their expedition?
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Which ship did the Pilgrims sail on to reach America in 1620?
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Which President authorized dropping atomic bombs on Japan?
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What was the name given to the period shortly after the Civil War ended?
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What day is Independence Day celebrated annually in the United States?
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Who famously said 'Give me liberty or give me death'?
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Which U.S. state was the last to join the union?
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Which invention by Samuel Morse revolutionized communication?
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What was the name of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel that impacted American views on slavery?
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Who was the only President unanimously elected by the Electoral College?
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Which President purchased Alaska from Russia?
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Who was president during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
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In what year did the stock market crash triggering the Great Depression?
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What was the first battle of the American Revolutionary War?
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Who was the civil rights icon who refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama?
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Who became president after Richard Nixon resigned?
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What was the main reason for the War of 1812?
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Which U.S. President served the shortest term?
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Which President established the National Park system?
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Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice?
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Which Acts were passed by British Parliament in response to the Boston Tea Party?
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Who was known as the 'Father of Texas'?
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What U.S. President is featured on the $20 bill?
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In which city was the Declaration of Independence signed?
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Who was the famous American frontiersman who died at the Alamo?
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What is the oldest university in the United States?
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Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
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Which city was the first capital of the United States under the Constitution?
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Who founded Pennsylvania?
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Where was the first battle of the Civil War fought?
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In which state did the Salem Witch Trials occur?
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Who developed the polio vaccine?
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What event does Juneteenth commemorate?
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Who wrote 'Common Sense'?
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Which state was the first to secede from the Union?
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What act did President Thomas Jefferson enact in 1807 to ban American trade with Europe?
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Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
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Who led the march from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights in 1965?
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Which American industrialist famously used the assembly line method for manufacturing automobiles?
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What Supreme Court case established judicial review?
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Which Native American tribe was forcibly moved westward in the Trail of Tears?
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Who founded the American Red Cross?
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Who proposed the New Deal policies in the 1930s?
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In which state was the Battle of Little Bighorn fought?
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Who was the famous conductor of the Underground Railroad?
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What did the Homestead Act of 1862 simulate?
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Who was the first Secretary of the Treasury?
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What was the Oklahoma Land Rush?
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What was the primary crop cultivated in Jamestown colony?
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What was the major benefit of the Panama Canal to the U.S.?
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What conflict was fought between the U.S. and Spain in 1898?
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What was the significance of the Battle of Saratoga?
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Who broke baseball's color barrier in 1947?
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Which President initiated the Interstate Highway System?
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Which religious group founded the colony of Maryland?
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In what battle did the famous phrase 'Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes' originate?
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Who was president during the Iran Hostage Crisis?
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Which 1848 event is considered the start of the women's suffrage movement?
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Who was the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court?
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Who led the Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War?
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What invention helped settlers farm the plains of the American West?
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What were the young women who advocated equal rights during the Jazz Age called?
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Who was the U.S. general who accepted the British surrender at Yorktown in 1781?
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What was President Theodore Roosevelt's domestic policy nicknamed?
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What piece of legislation provided returning World War II soldiers with education and housing assistance?
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What was Prohibition intended to accomplish in America?
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Who was the leader of the Mormon migration to Utah?
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Which President gave the Gettysburg Address?
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What was America's first successful manned moon mission called?
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Which policy toward Latin America was associated with Theodore Roosevelt?
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Which event triggered the California Gold Rush?
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Who was the first female Secretary of State?
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What was the Monroe Doctrine intended to prevent?
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What was the last major Native American resistance battle in 1890?
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Who served as President of the Confederacy during the Civil War?
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Which western territory was purchased from France in 1803?
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Who led the Pueblo Revolt against Spanish colonization in 1680?
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What is the oldest continuously inhabited settlement in the U.S. founded by Europeans?
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What New York structure was completed in 1825 dramatically boosting trade?
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Who was known as the 'Great Compromiser'?
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Who was America's most famous traitor during the Revolutionary War?
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Which region of the U.S. experienced severe drought during the 1930s, causing widespread migration?
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Who led American troops at the Battle of New Orleans?
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Which President established the Peace Corps?
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What policy allowed President Andrew Jackson to forcibly relocate Native Americans?
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What meeting drafted the Declaration of Sentiments for women's rights?
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Who invented bifocal glasses and the lightning rod?
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Which President oversaw the completion of the transcontinental railroad?
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What battle effectively ended Texas' war for independence from Mexico?
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Who was the first African American U.S. Senator?
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What legislation banned discrimination in public accommodations in 1964?
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What was the purpose of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
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Where was General George Custer defeated by Native Americans?
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Which President declared war on poverty in the 1960s?
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Which amendment abolished slavery?
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What was America's policy at the beginning of World War II?
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What historical period is known for post-Civil War industrial growth and wealth disparity?
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Who was the legendary American sharpshooter of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show?
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Which incident sparked the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War?
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Who founded Hull House in Chicago to aid immigrants and the poor?
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What was the goal of the Manhattan Project?
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Which explorer is credited with being the first European to see the Pacific Ocean from the American continent?
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In which year was America's centennial celebrated?
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Which event prompted the creation of NASA?
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What nickname was given to the mid-19th century belief that the U.S. was destined to expand westward?
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Who was the famous journalist that authored 'The Jungle,' exposing conditions in meatpacking factories?
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What major financial policy issue divided American politics during the 1896 presidential campaign?
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Which war concluded with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
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What ideological conflict dominated American foreign policy from roughly 1947 to 1991?
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Who established Standard Oil Company in 1870?
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What was the secret network called that helped fugitive slaves escape to free states and Canada?
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What major environmental disaster occurred off Alaska's shore in 1989?
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What was the nickname for the economic programs of President Lyndon B. Johnson aiming to eliminate poverty and injustice?
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Which famous Cold War standoff occurred in Germany's capital in the early 1960s?
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Who is considered the creator of the American Navy?
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Which famous rodeo and Wild West performer was originally named William Cody?
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What major infrastructure project connected New York State waterways to Lake Erie in 1825?
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Which battle is known as 'Custer's Last Stand'?
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Which U.S. President won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 for mediating the end of the Russo-Japanese War?
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Which activist led farm-worker boycotts for better conditions in California in the 1960s and 1970s?
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What was the name of Franklin Roosevelt's radio programs intended to reassure the public during the Great Depression?
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Which president initiated 'ping-pong diplomacy,' opening relations with China?
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Which military conflict was Operation Desert Storm associated with?
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What was the first state admitted into the United States after the original thirteen colonies?
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Who founded Rhode Island in the 17th century after being expelled from Massachusetts?
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Which journalist and abolitionist published 'The Liberator' newspaper?
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In what state did the Battle of Antietam take place?
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Who was president during the signing of the Camp David Accords?
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What rebellion challenged the Articles of Confederation's weaknesses in 1786-1787?
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What disease epidemic devastated Philadelphia in 1793?
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Which major dam was constructed on the Colorado River during the Great Depression?
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Who explored Kentucky and blazed a trail known as the Wilderness Road?
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Which scandal during Warren G. Harding's presidency involved government-leased oil reserves?
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The 'Midnight Ride' was famously ridden by which American revolutionary?
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Which famous American woman advocated for reform of mental institutions in the mid-1800s?
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Who was the leader of Jamestown Colony credited with imposing discipline among its inhabitants?
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Which group of pioneers resorted to cannibalism after being trapped in the Sierra Nevada mountains?
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What was the name of the failed invasion of Cuba in 1961?
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What military tactic did William T. Sherman famously employ in his march to the sea?
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Who delivered the famous 'Cross of Gold' speech in 1896?
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Which major treaty ended World War I for the United States?
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What was the group of American writers disillusioned after World War I known as?
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What riot in 1969 marked the beginning of the LGBTQ rights movement?
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Who led the first successful American colony to cultivate tobacco commercially?
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Which American revolutionary spy was executed and said, 'I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country'?
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What Act in 1862 provided federal land to states for the establishment of colleges?
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What agreement of 1820 admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state?
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Who founded the colony of Georgia as a haven for debtors?
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What was the first major battle of the Revolutionary War following the Declaration of Independence?
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Who was the American President during the War of 1812?
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Which economic plan sought to rebuild the South and integrate freed slaves into society after the Civil War?
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Which Native American chief led Sioux and Cheyenne warriors at the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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Who developed the assembly-line method which revolutionized American manufacturing?
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What was the U.S. naval base established in Cuba under the Platt Amendment of 1901?
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What was a key turning point battle fought in June 1942 in the Pacific during World War II?
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Which movement banned alcohol consumption and sales through the 18th amendment?
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What name was given to the scandal involving President Nixon's administration and a break-in at the Democratic Headquarters in 1972?
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Who founded the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)?
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Which group of laws enforced racial segregation and discrimination in the southern U.S. after Reconstruction?
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Who was the American president during the Mexican-American War?
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Which President's administration coined the term "Manifest Destiny"?
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What historical journey westward was marked by encounters, challenges, and survival struggles for settlers in covered wagons?
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Which American abolitionist led a failed raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859?
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Who designed and built America's first successful steamboat called "Clermont"?
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What nickname was given to Americans who supported Britain's cause during the Revolutionary War?
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What did the 19th-century term "Bleeding Kansas" refer to?
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Which U.S. Secretary of State proposed the "Open Door Policy" in regard to China?
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What was the forced relocation of Japanese-Americans during World War II called?
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Which act passed in 1941 allowed the U.S. to supply war goods to Allied nations during WWII?
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Who succeeded Franklin D. Roosevelt as president in 1945?
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What treaty ended the Mexican-American War?
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Under which treaty did Florida become a U.S. territory in 1819?
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Which journalist led the exposure of corruption of the Standard Oil monopoly in the early 1900s?
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What natural disaster devastated San Francisco in 1906?
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What did the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911 highlight in U.S. labor history?
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Which American general served as Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during WWII?
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What controversial policy excluded Chinese immigration to America from 1882?
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What was the slogan used to remember the Battle of the Alamo?
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Which amendment repealed prohibition in America?
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Who commanded the Confederate surrender to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House?
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Who established the first public lending library in America?
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What term was given to American colonists supporting independence from Britain?
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Which scandal involved fraudulent railroad construction contracts during the administration of President Ulysses S. Grant?
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Who was known as "The Wizard of Menlo Park" for numerous inventions including the phonograph and the incandescent light bulb?
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Which treaty officially ended the Spanish-American War in 1898?
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Who famously said, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" regarding international policy?
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What economic and social plan sought to counteract the Great Depression in America?
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Which amendment lowered the voting age to 18 in the United States?
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Who led a rebellion in 1831 against slavery in Virginia?
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What state did the United States purchase from Spain in 1819 that became a state in 1845?
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Who famously delivered the speech, "I Have a Dream"?
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Who coined the term "Gilded Age" to describe post-Civil War America?
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In which year did the Salem Witch Trials take place?
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What Native American is credited with aiding the Pilgrims during their first winter in America?
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Which U.S. state was admitted to the Union during the American Civil War in 1863?
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Who was president during the Lewis and Clark expedition?
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What crisis involved a standoff between federal authorities and armed farmers refusing excise taxes on whiskey in the 1790s?
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What famous protest to promote Native American rights began at Wounded Knee in 1973?
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Who served as president during America's Bicentennial celebration in 1976?
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Which created structure symbolized American engineering during the Great Depression and is located on the border of Arizona and Nevada?
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Who painted the famous portrait of George Washington saved from fire during the War of 1812?
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Which conflict is often called "America’s forgotten war"?
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What conflict involved American colonists fighting against French Canadians and Native Americans in the mid 18th century?
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Who was famously known as "The Great Commoner" due to his appeal to ordinary citizens in 19th-century America?
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What Supreme Court case upheld internment of Japanese-Americans in wartime?
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What battle became famous for "Pickett’s Charge"?
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What did the XYZ Affair involve diplomatic tensions with in the late 18th century?
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What was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s occupation aside from his activism?
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Who founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?
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What major epidemic killed thousands of Native Americans after the arrival of Europeans?
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In which American war was chemical warfare first used extensively?
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Which American inventor created the first practical incandescent electric light bulb?
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What act, passed in 1887, aimed to assimilate Native Americans by dividing tribal lands?
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Who was known as the American 'March King', famous for composing marches?
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What 19th-century American circus impresario was known for promoting extravagant shows?
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What was the first U.S. state to ratify the Constitution?
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What early American rebellion in 1794 protested against excise taxes primarily on whiskey?
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Who authored the influential essay 'Civil Disobedience', advocating nonviolent resistance to injustice?
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What 20th-century medical breakthrough was pioneered by Jonas Salk?
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Which U.S. president orchestrated the annexation of Hawaii in 1898?
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Which major WWII battle in 1945 was fought on the volcanic island famous for the raising of the U.S. flag?
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Who became the first African-American U.S. Secretary of State in 2001?
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Which U.S. President famously spoke about the 'Four Freedoms' in 1941?
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What explorer claimed Florida for Spain in 1513?
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Who was the first female Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives?
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What 19th-century U.S. political party opposed immigration, particularly Catholics?
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What was the largest battle fought during World War I involving U.S. troops?
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Which American woman was accused of being a Confederate spy during the Civil War?
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What peace negotiation officially concluded the War of 1812?
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What 1930 tariff law deepened the Great Depression by restricting international trade?
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Who was the influential Chief Justice presiding over the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision?
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Which President signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830, displacing thousands of Native Americans?
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Who was the first President born in the United States after independence was declared?
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Who led the
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What infamous massacre took place in 1968 during the Vietnam War, drawing worldwide condemnation?
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Who wrote the patriotic tune 'America the Beautiful'?
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The Scopes Trial in 1925 addressed the teaching of which controversial topic in Tennessee schools?
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Who was known as the 'Angel of the Battlefield' during the U.S. Civil War?
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Which amendment established income tax in the United States?
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What was the term for southern laws designed to control freed slaves after the Civil War?
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Who was the president of the United Mine Workers union who led several significant labor strikes in the early 20th-century?
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Who resigned as Vice President over a tax evasion scandal during Nixon's presidency?
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Who was the first African-American athlete to win four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin?
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Which abolitionist newspaper editor was murdered by a pro-slavery mob in Illinois in 1837?
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What controversial law passed in 1850 required citizens to assist in capturing runaway slaves?
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What massive infrastructure project was completed in 1914, greatly facilitating ocean trade between the Atlantic and Pacific?
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Who was the African-American inventor famous for his numerous agricultural innovations involving peanuts and sweet potatoes?
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Who first established an American colony specifically as a Quaker haven?
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Which Native American leader united tribes against U.S. expansion in the early 19th century leading up to the War of 1812?
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Who assassinated Robert F. Kennedy in 1968?
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What important historic route connected Independence, Missouri, to the Oregon Territory?
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In 1927, who became the first person to fly nonstop solo across the Atlantic?
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What scandal involving French demands for bribes from American diplomats sparked outrage in 1797-1798?
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What colonial war was a North American extension of the European Seven Years' War?
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Who was the first President elected from the Republican Party?
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Which American activist became famous for improving working conditions for coal miners and child laborers in the early 1900s, earning the nickname 'Mother'?
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Who led an unsuccessful slave revolt in Richmond, Virginia, in 1800 that resulted in severe crackdowns on enslaved populations?
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Who founded the famous Tuskegee Institute, advocating vocational education for African Americans?
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What famous American military leader later became the 18th President of the U.S.?
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Who was the first U.S. Secretary of War?
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Who assassinated President James A. Garfield in 1881?
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The 'Lost Colony' of Roanoke was situated in what present-day state?
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Who created the famous 'Uncle Sam' character symbolizing the U.S. government?
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Which US President was known as 'Old Hickory'?
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Which tribes made up the Five Civilized Tribes?
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Who was the first American to orbit the earth?
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What movement in the early 1900s aimed at improving social conditions for urban poor?
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Who was the youngest elected President of the United States?
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Which city was severely damaged by a massive earthquake in 1906?
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Who was known as the 'Boss' of Tammany Hall?
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Which President was in office during the first Gulf War?
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Which parallel divided North and South Korea after the Korean War?
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Who founded the colony of Connecticut?
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Which event caused mass Irish immigration to America in the mid-1840s?
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Who was the first American woman astronaut in space?
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What name was given to journalists exposing corruption during the Progressive Era?
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Which Native American leader surrendered at Bear Paw Mountain, declaring he would fight no more forever?
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What was the largest land acquisition in US history from another country after the Louisiana Purchase?
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Who built the first mechanical reaper speeding up grain harvesting?
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Who composed 'The Star-Spangled Banner,' the US national anthem?
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Who earned fame as the 'Swamp Fox' during the American Revolution?
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Which internal rebellion during George Washington's presidency tested federal authority in western Pennsylvania?
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Who was shot while making an assassination attempt on President Gerald Ford?
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Which President's era was known as the 'Era of Good Feelings'?
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Who was the US general who led the invasion forces in the Battle of Inchon during the Korean War?
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Who formed the first women's rights convention at Seneca Falls with Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
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Who became President after William Henry Harrison died in office?
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Which policy, signed by Chester A. Arthur, required merit-based selection for government jobs?
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Which act provided free land to settlers who agreed to cultivate it for at least five years?
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What speech by Abraham Lincoln stated 'a government of the people, by the people, for the people'?
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Which U.S. President established the Federal Reserve System?
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What notorious prison was located in San Francisco Bay?
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Who was assassinated by Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition?
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What Maryland battle inspired the poem that became the U.S. anthem?
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Who established the Hull House settlement in Chicago?
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What ancient Native American city near present-day St. Louis was the largest pre-Columbian settlement north of Mexico?
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Who wrote the influential history textbook 'A People's History of the United States'?
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What agreement ended America's involvement in the Vietnam War?
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Who was known as 'Black Moses' for leading hundreds of enslaved people to freedom?
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Which American president helped negotiate the Treaty of Portsmouth, ending a war between Russia and Japan?
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Who developed the first commercially successful steamboat?
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Which U.S. president first occupied the reconstructed White House after the War of 1812?
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What was the main trade commodity that brought economic prosperity to colonial South Carolina?
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Who captured Fort Ticonderoga early in the Revolutionary War alongside Benedict Arnold?
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Who was known as the 'Little Giant' and debated Abraham Lincoln in Illinois Senate races?
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Which President advocated 'Dollar Diplomacy,' investing in foreign economies?
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Who founded the colony for Catholics at Maryland?
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What was the economic decline called from 1929 until World War II began?
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Who penned the influential Negro National Anthem, 'Lift Every Voice and Sing'?
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Who was the leader of the revolt in Massachusetts challenging taxes and foreclosures in 1786?
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Which President first televised his presidential debates?
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Who was the Union spy posing as a slave who gathered intelligence during the Civil War?
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What term described the political dominance of Democratic politicians who characterized southern politics post-Reconstruction?
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Who was the author of 'Silent Spring,' sparking environmental activism?
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Which famous naval battle during the Spanish-American War was led by Commodore George Dewey?
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Who was the first director of the FBI, serving nearly half a century?
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What infamous duel in 1804 left Alexander Hamilton dead?
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What conflict between the United States and Native American tribes occurred in Florida from 1817-1858?
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Which President directed U.S. involvement in the conflict in Somalia during the early 1990s?
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Which explorer first led an expedition down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon in 1869?
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Who was the first American woman in space?
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What ideology of the 1840s and 1850s heavily opposed the immigration of Catholics and Irish into the United States?
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Which 20th-century law granted Native Americans citizenship in the United States?
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What agency was created in 1947 to coordinate American intelligence activities abroad?
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Who was the U.S. president during the beginning of the Korean War?
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Which famous American lawyer defended John Scopes in the 1925 trial on evolution?
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What 1941 act required American males ages 21-36 to register for the draft?
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Who discovered the area known today as New York for the Dutch in the early 1600s?
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What was the name of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s plan to overhaul and expand the U.S. Supreme Court?
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What program, launched during Lyndon B. Johnson’s presidency, offered early educational services for low-income preschool children?
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In which state was the Battle of Shiloh fought during the American Civil War?
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Who became the first president of Texas after it gained independence?
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What Native American leader famously resisted U.S. control and was killed in 1890 leading up to Wounded Knee?
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What is the name of the event in the 1830s when tension among settlers wanting silver and gold land claims led to forced relocation of Cherokee peoples?
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Who was the first Secretary of State under President George Washington?
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Which 19th-century reform effort aimed at reducing consumption of alcohol through moral persuasion and law?
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Who was the leader of American forces at the Battle of San Jacinto, decisively defeating Santa Anna’s army?
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Which event was triggered by farmers refusing to pay excise taxes in Massachusetts in the 1780s?
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Who opened the nation’s first birth control clinic in Brooklyn in 1916?
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Which U.S. President created the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)?
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What federal holiday was officially declared by President Ronald Reagan in 1983 honoring a slain civil rights leader?
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What was the name of the plane Charles Lindbergh flew solo across the Atlantic?
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What year saw the first televised American presidential debate?
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Which pairs of immigrant anarchists were controversially executed in Massachusetts in 1927?
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Who was president during the failed rescue mission to free hostages held in Iran in 1980?
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Which 1969 music festival became a symbol of the American counterculture?
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Who was the author of the famous slave narrative about his own life published in 1845?
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Which Native American woman married the English colonist John Rolfe?
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The Pentagon Papers revealed government secrets about which conflict?
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Which Supreme Court decision legalized abortion nationwide in 1973?
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What 1803 court case defined the idea of judicial review?
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What Mongol empire facilitated European exploration indirectly, helping inspire Columbus?
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Which document during the 1820s warned Europe not to colonize further in the Americas, pledging U.S. neutrality?
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What is the term for Massachusetts militiamen ready for immediate combat during the Revolution?
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Who established the first major financial empire built on steel in America?
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Which event in Massachusetts led to the red scare due to accusations of anarchism and socialism in the early 1920s?
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Who became the first African American Major League Baseball manager?
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What event marked a riot after the police raid on a gay bar in New York in 1969?
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In what year did Alaska become a U.S. state?
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Who assassinated civil rights activist Malcolm X in 1965?
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