Interesting American History

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

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

2. Who is credited as being the discoverer of the Mississippi River? Champlain DeSoto Cartier 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? Massachusetts Ohio New York Virginia

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 Purchase of Alaska by the US The Civil War Custer's defeat at Little Big Horn The OK Corral shootout

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

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

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

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