Interesting American History

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Which individual did NOT sign the Constitution? John Adams Alexander Hamilton James Madison Benjamin Franklin

2. Who is credited as being the discoverer of the Mississippi River? DeSoto Cartier Champlain La Salle

3. This general was nicknamed 'Blackjack' John Pershing Philip Sheridan William Sherman Theodore Roosevelt

4. James Fenimore Cooper wrote 'Last of the Mohicans'. What region did the Mohicans inhabit? Ohio Massachusetts Virginia New York

5. Which president used his status as a hero in the Mexican War to propel him to the White House? Franklin Pierce James Garfield Martin Van Buren Zachary Taylor

6. Which event occurred EARLIEST in time? The OK Corral shootout The Purchase of Alaska by the US The Civil War Custer's defeat at Little Big Horn

7. Lindbergh became an instant hero when he crossed the Atlantic. He departed from New York; where did he land? Glasgow Rome Paris London

8. Which judge handed down the Dred Scott Decision? Roscoe Pound John Jay Roger Taney John Marshall

9. Everyone knows what happened to the ill-fated Donner party as they went west. Where is Donner Pass? Rocky Mountains Northern California Arizona and New Mexico Wyoming and Montana

10. Which was one of the original 13 colonies? Ohio Indiana Illinois Maryland