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General History Trivia
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Basic general history questions to asses knowledge.
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1
Who is the only President to serve MORE than 2 terms?
Barack Obama
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
2
America won their independence from what country?
France
England
Lithuania
Germany
3
How many colonies were in the United States originally?
50
13
9
17
4
How many judges are there in the United States Supreme Court?
4
10
9
5
5
What Civil Rights group was initially created to protect citizens and feed children?
NAACP
Black Panthers
SNIC
KKK
6
What year did the USA land the first human on the Moon?
1945
1984
1965
1969
7
Where is the White House located at?
New York, NY
Atlanta, GA
Washington D.C.
Los Angeles, CA
8
What President issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, which freed slaves?
Thomas Jefferson
Richard Nixon
George Bush
Abraham Lincoln
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What organization tries to find solutions to world problems and disputes?
USA
United Nations
FEMA
NATO
10
Who is credited with discovering America?
John F. Kennedy
Marco Polo
Big Horn
Christopher Columbus
11
Who were the first people to fly a plane in Kitty Hawk, NC?
Ford Brothers
Blues Brothers
Dodge Brothers
Wright Brothers
12
Who invented the electric light bulb?
Andrew Jackson
Shirley Chisholm
Bob Barker
Thomas Edison
13
Which Civil Rights leader used nonviolence as a strategy?
W.E.B. DuBois
Malcolm X
Marcus Garvey
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
14
What country did the USA purchase Louisiana from?
China
France
Germany
England
15
The deadliest war in American history was?
Persian Gulf War
World War II
Civil War
Vietnam War
16
What was the period that was called "Prohibition?"
Time when women weren't allowed to drive cars
Late 1700s when Native Americans were stripped of land
Time in the 1800s when it was illegal for blacks to vote
Early 20th Century when it was illegal to buy & sell alcohol
17
The USA has 2 major political parties. Republican is one, who is the other?
Democrats
Independent
Federalist
Progressive
18
Who is NOT a famous inventor?
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
Samuel Morse
Albert Einstein
19
What country is responsible for bombing Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941?
China
Japan
Russia
Germany
