Quiz Bowl: American History vol. 3

Question 1

Which modern states does the Natchez Trace join?

Accepted Answer

Mississippi and Tennessee

Question 2

What is the capital of Illinois?

Accepted Answer

Springfield

Question 3

Which of these men was shot on live television?

Accepted Answer

Lee Harvey Oswald

Question 4

For whom was the colony of Virginia named?

Accepted Answer

The queen at the time

Question 5

Who preceeded Ronald Reagan as president?

Accepted Answer

Jimmy Carter

Question 6

Who was the first president to live in the White House?

Accepted Answer

John Adams

Question 7

John Davidson Rockefeller got rich in what industry?

Accepted Answer

oil

Question 8

What automobile was named after Henry Ford’s only son?

Accepted Answer

Edsel

Question 9

In what year did Texas become a state?

Accepted Answer

1835

Question 10

Who provided instrumental help to Lewis and Clark's expedition?

Accepted Answer

Sacagawea

Question 11

Who was the first U.S. president to hold the first presidential news conference on March 15, 1913?

Accepted Answer

Woodrow Wilson

Question 12

Independence Day was first established as a holiday by Congress in what year?

Accepted Answer

1870

Question 13

Which US Armed Force did John Fitzgerald Kennedy serve in?

Accepted Answer

Navy

Question 14

What was the first capital of the United States?

Accepted Answer

New York City

Question 15

Which of the following people reached North America first?

Accepted Answer

the Vikings

Question 16

What was the deadliest single-day battle in American history?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Antietam

Question 17

Which state seceded from Virginia in 1863?

Accepted Answer

West Virginia

Question 18

How were most of the "witches" of Salem executed?

Accepted Answer

Hanging

Questions 18