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1.

Who was the first President of the United States?

Answer: George Washington
2.

What year did the Declaration of Independence get signed?

Answer: 1776
3.

Which war was fought to secure American independence from Britain?

Answer: The American Revolutionary War
4.

What document abolished slavery in the United States?

Answer: The 13th Amendment
5.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Answer: Thomas Jefferson
6.

Which state was the last to join the United States?

Answer: Hawaii
7.

What was the primary cause of the Civil War?

Answer: Slavery
8.

Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?

Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt
9.

What was the name of the first English settlement in America?

Answer: Jamestown
10.

In what year did women gain the right to vote in federal elections?

Answer: 1920
11.

Which U.S. president issued the Emancipation Proclamation?

Answer: Abraham Lincoln
12.

What document established the framework for the United States government?

Answer: The Constitution
13.

Who was the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court?

Answer: Sandra Day O'Connor
14.

Which event sparked the start of the American Revolutionary War?

Answer: The Battles of Lexington and Concord
15.

Which President is known for the New Deal?

Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt
16.

What was the name of the economic crisis in 1929?

Answer: The Great Depression
17.

Where was the first capital of the United States located?

Answer: Philadelphia
18.

Which amendment granted women the right to vote?

Answer: The 19th Amendment
19.

Who was president during the Louisiana Purchase?

Answer: Thomas Jefferson
20.

What was the primary goal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?

Answer: To explore and map the newly acquired territory of the Louisiana Purchase
21.

Who was known as the "Father of the Constitution"?

Answer: James Madison
22.

What famous speech did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver in 1963?

Answer: "I Have a Dream"
23.

Who led the Confederate army during the Civil War?

Answer: General Robert E. Lee
24.

What year did the United States land its first astronauts on the moon?

Answer: 1969
25.

Which treaty ended the Mexican-American War?

Answer: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
26.

Who was the 16th President of the United States?

Answer: Abraham Lincoln
27.

Which U.S. territory was purchased from Russia in 1867?

Answer: Alaska
28.

Who was the U.S. ambassador who helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris in 1783?

Answer: Benjamin Franklin
29.

Who discovered the Americas in 1492?

Answer: Christopher Columbus
30.

What landmark Supreme Court case established the principle of "judicial review"?

Answer: Marbury v. Madison
31.

What was the main objective of the Suffragette Movement?

Answer: Women's right to vote
32.

In what year did the United States celebrate its bicentennial?

Answer: 1976
33.

Who was the leader of the Civil Rights Movement known for his nonviolent protests?

Answer: Martin Luther King Jr.
34.

Who was the first African American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court?

Answer: Thurgood Marshall
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