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100

Who did Pocahontas marry?

John Rolfe

100

How many original British colonies existed in America?

13


100

Who was the first president to be impeached?

President Andrew Johnson in 1868.

100

What was the last state to be admitted into the union?

Hawaii

100

Who was the first African American president?

Barack Obama.

200

What tribe was Pocahontas from?

The Powhatan tribal nation

200

Who was the first president to live in the White House?

John Adams

200

What country gifted the United States with the Statue of Liberty?

France

200

Which branch of the military did President John F. Kennedy serve in?

The United States Navy

200

What type of exercise area did President Barack Obama have installed in the White House?

a basketball court

300

What was the name of the first (permanent English) American colony?

Jamestown
300

What city was the first capital of the United States?

New York City

300

What state seceded from Virginia in 1863?

West Virginia

300

Who refused to give up her bus seat, sparking national civil rights protests?

Rosa Parks

300

What was the name of the hurricane that devastated New Orleans in 2005?

Hurricane Katrina.

400

What was the name of the Pilgrims’ ship?

the Mayflower

400

what was the first American state?

Delaware

400

What started the great Chicago fire?

It’s unknown, although rumors at the time involved a cow knocking over a lantern in a barn.

400

When did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?

* if you know the whole date perfectly, if not; just know the month and year

Dec. 7, 1941.

400

What was the name of the space shuttle that exploded on re-entry over Texas, killing all seven astronauts aboard?

Columbia

500

What year were the first enslaved Africans brought to American colonies?

1619

500

When was the Declaration of Independence signed?

August 2, 1776 (The final draft was completed July 4, but it wasn’t actually signed until nearly a month later).

500

What is the name of the theater where President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth?

Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C.

500

Which four presidents have been assassinated while in office?

Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley and John F. Kennedy.

500

What year did Apple Computer introduce the first iPod?

2001