Copie de Basic American History (Part 2)

Question 1

This Florida city is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the continental USA.

Accepted Answer

St. Augustine

Question 2

This was the first man on the moon.

Accepted Answer

Neil Armstrong

Question 3

The hit broadway musical Hamilton is based on founding father Alexander Hamilton who was the first what?

Accepted Answer

Secretary of the Treasury

Question 4

In 1906, a great earthquake decimated what US city?

Accepted Answer

San Francisco

Question 5

Mark Zuckerberg is an entrepreneur who launched this social media site.

Accepted Answer

Facebook

Question 6

This great American writer wrote classic novels such as Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.

Accepted Answer

Mark Twain

Question 7

President Nixon's association with the break-in of this hotel led to a national scandal in 1972.

Accepted Answer

Watergate

Question 8

Before becoming President, Barack Obama served as senator for what US state?

Accepted Answer

Illinois

Question 9

Shots fired at this South Carolina fort began the American Civil War in 1861.

Accepted Answer

Fort Sumter

Question 10

In 1800, Washington became the US capital. Prior to that, New York and what other city served as national capitals?

Accepted Answer

Philadelphia

Question 11

This activist helped women get the right to vote with the 19th Amendment in 1920.

Accepted Answer

Susan B. Anthony

Question 12

The first Latin woman to take a seat on the Supreme Court was

Accepted Answer

Sonia Sotomayor

Question 13

The US elected the first female Vice President in 2020. What is her name?

Accepted Answer

Kamala Harris

Question 14

This female pioneer of aviation disappeared while flying across the Pacific in 1937.

Accepted Answer

Amelia Earhart

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