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1
Who was its author?
John Locke
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
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Which space mission successfully sent the first humans to the moon in 1969?
Apollo 13
Apollo 11
Sputnik 1
Apollo 8
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When was racial segragation officially abolished?
With the 21st Amendment in 1933
With the Civil Rights Act in 1964
With the Declaration of Independence in 1776
With the Bill of Rights in 1891
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How many people gathered at the Woodstock Festival in Bethel in 1969?
about 30,000
about 100,000
about 500,000
about 1 million
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Which event is referred to as "D-Day"?
The dropping of the first atom bomb on Hiroshima in 1945
The start of the Cold War
The landing of US and Canadian troops in Europe in 1944
The end of World War II
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What was the average age of soldiers killed in the Vietnam war?
19,5 years
23,1 years
21,3 years
29,7 years
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When was the Declaration of Independence signed?
December 6, 1865
December 15, 1891
July 4, 1667
July 4, 1776
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Which president was in office when the World Trade Center was attacked in 2001?
Bill Clinton
George Bush sen.
Barack Obama
George W. Bush
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When was the Thirteenth Amendment to the constitution ratified that freed all slaves?
1891
1862
1776
1865
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Which event led to American involvement in WWII?
The Japanese attack on Australia
The German attack on Poland
The German attack on London
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
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Which US state was an independent republic from 1836-1846?
Alabama
Texas
New York
California
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What do the stripes in the US-American flag stand for?
The founding states/colonies
The member states
The states of the Northern Union
The founding fathers
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What was the “Bloodstained Banner”?
The flag of the "Deep South" of 1955
The last flag of the Confederate States of America of 1865
The Colonial flag of the first colonies of 1620
The US flag of 1776
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What led to the weather phenomenon called the “Dust Bowl” in the 1930s?
floods
sandstorms
severe droughts
experiments on nuclear weapons
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Who was the first US president?
George Washinton
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Samuel Adams
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When did the USA actively join the Vietnam War?
1971
1955
1961
1965
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Why did you take this quiz?
I'm hoping for extra credit
My teacher told me to
I wanted to
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When was the great Gold Rush in California?
1914/15
1492/1493
1865/66
1848/1849
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What was the last state to enter the Union in 1959?
Hawaii
Florida
Arizona
Alaska
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Who was the active protagonist in the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955?
Rosa Luxemburg
Rosa Parks
Dr. Martin Luther King
Bernard Montgomery
