Revolution
Historic American Events
American Inventions
American History 4
American History 5
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What was the first battle of the American Revolution?
The Battle of Lexington and Concord, in April 1775
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What is the name of the presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War?
Emancipation Proclamation
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This is the name of the first automobile model that the average American family could own.
The Model T
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What is the name of the 2 sides which fought each other in WW2?
The Axis and Allied powers.
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Who was the first president to live in the White House?
John Adams
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What year was the Declaration of Independence created?
1776
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What is the name of the event in which farmers leached all the nutrients out of the soil in the prairie lands and caused a natural disaster?
The Dust Bowl
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What invention is Thomas Edison famous for?
Lightbulb 💡
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This event caused the United States to join WWII.
Pearl Harbor
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What is the name of the president that was forced to resign due to the Watergate scandal?
Richard Nixon 
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Where was the Declaration of Independence signed?
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania inside Independence Hall (the former state house).
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What is the name of the act, enacted in 1862, which opened western lands for free settlement and gave each homesteader 160 acres?
The Homestead Act
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What is the name of the famed inventors of the modern aircraft, having designed and piloted the world’s first successful engine-powered plane?
The Wright Brothers
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What are the 3 branches of government?
Legislative, Executive, Judicial
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Who was the youngest president elected into office?
John F. Kennedy at age 43
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What are the names of the men that drafted the Declaration of Independence?
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Robert Livingston
Roger Sherman
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This was the term for the result of the catastrophic event of 1929 where America's money system crashed.
The Great Depression
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Who invented the telephone??
Alexander Graham Bell in 1876
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What is the name of the speech Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered on August 28, 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.
I Have a Dream
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What is the name of the island where immigrants arrived in America for processing?
Ellis Island
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What is the name of the Philadelphia seamstress who created the first official US flag, adopted in 1777?
Betsy Ross
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This was Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan to create programs to "jump start" the economy after the economic crash of 1929.
The New Deal
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Who is known for developing and perfecting the "Assembly Line" in manufacturing?
Henry Ford - in 1913
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How many original colonies were there?
13
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What is the name of the famous statue that greets those who arrive in New York's harbor?
The Statue of Liberty