US History trivia questions
1. What colony was founded by James Oglethorpe as a place for British citizens who were in debtors’ prisons?
a. Pennsylvania
b. Virginia
c. Georgia
d. Maryland
2. Which famous play depicts the Salem Witch Trials?
a. Trouble in Salem
b. The Crucible
c. Witches on Trial
d. The Devil in Salem
3. Who founded the city of Philadelphia, also known as the “city of brotherly love”?
a. William Philadelphia
b. James I
c. Sir Walter Raleigh
d. William Penn
4. Which famous explorer landed near the present-day city of St. Augustine, Florida in 1513?
a. Christopher Columbus
b. John Cabot
c. John Smith
d. Juan Ponce de León
5. In December 1773, the Sons of Liberty dressed up as Indians and threw 342 chests of what into the Boston Harbor to protest taxes?
a. Tobacco
b. Gin
c. Cash
d. Tea
6. On what holiday did George Washington famously cross the icy Delaware River to New Jersey to surprise the enemy forces?
a. Christmas
b. Halloween
c. Thanksgiving
d. The 4th of July
7. Which side was referred to as the Redcoats during the American Revolutionary War?
a. The British
b. The Colonists
c. The Spanish
d. The French
8. What was the name of the Native American woman who met the explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, and became the translator for their famous voyage across the United States?
a. Pocahontas
b. Little Feather
c. Sacagawea
d. Pine Leaf
9. Which famous document, signed by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, declared that “All persons held as slaves within any State…in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free…”?
a. The Declaration of Independence
b. The Constitution
c. The Emancipation Proclamation
d. The Declaration of Rights and Sentiments
10. Who was the famous nurse during the Civil War, nicknamed the “Angel of the Battlefields.” After the Civil War, she founded the Red Cross.
a. Mary Todd Lincoln
b. Virginia Lee
c. Clara Barton
d. Harriet Beecher Stowe
11. Who served as the President of the Confederate States of America throughout the Civil War?
a. Abraham Lincoln
b. Jefferson Davis
c. Robert E. Lee
d. Stonewall Jackson
12. Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865, in Washington, D.C.?
a. Robert E. Lee
b. John Jones
c. John Wilkes Booth
d. Lee Harvey Oswald
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