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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?
George Washington
John Adams
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
2. What city was heavily flooded by Hurricane Katrina?
New Orleans
Houston
Atlanta
Miami
3. What was the first state added to the Union after the thirteen colonies?
Vermont
Ohio
Maine
Florida
4. Which of these states was NOT part of the confederacy?
Texas
Virginia
Kentucky
North Carolina
5. Who famously lived in Menlo Park?
Robert Oppenheimer
Nikola Tesla
Albert Einstein
Thomas Edison
6. How many presidents have been assassinated?
4
2
3
1
7. When were African Americans given the right to vote?
1920s
1960s
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
Seven Years War
Vietnam War
Crimean War
9. What instrument is Louis Armstrong most known for playing?
Trumpet
Saxophone
Piano
Trombone
10. What company was owned by John. D. Rockefeller?
General Motors
Standard Oil
General Electric
U.S Steel
11. Which of these territories was NOT given to the U.S after the Spanish-American War?
Puerto Rico
U.S Virgin Islands
Philippines
Guam
12. Where did the Battle of Yorktown occur?
Maryland
Virginia
Massachusetts
New York
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?
Slavery
Alcohol
Discrimination based on Gender
Cruel and Unusual Punishment
15. What was the first place in the U.S where women could vote?
Hawaii
Wyoming
Puerto Rico
Washington D.C
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