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Americana Volume 2

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : U.S.A. Specific : Americana Volume 2

Introduction:
"This is a sequel to my earlier 'Americana' quiz."


1. One of the most famous American paintings is 'An American Gothic'. Who is the painter?
    Grant Wood
    Winslow Homer
    Fredric Remington
    Matthew Brady


2. Who wrote the familiar poem that is inscribed at the Statue of Liberty?
    Grover Cleveland
    Emma Lazarus
    Horace Greeley
    Mary Cassatt


3. 'Dixie' is a classic American song. Who is the composer?
    Julia Ward Howe
    Scott Joplin
    Stephen Foster
    Daniel Decatur Emmett


4. Bruce Catton, Shelby Foote and Allen Nevins are all historians who have written extensively about what period in American History?
    Western Expansion
    Colonial Period
    American Revolution
    Civil War


5. 'The Death of Wolfe' is a famous painting that has significance for American History. Who is the painter?
    Benjamin West
    Emmanuel Leutze
    John Trumbull
    Gilbert Stuart


6. Who made the observation that there are men of principle in every political party, but there are no parties of principle?
    Alexis De Tocqueville
    Samuel Adams
    Tom Paine
    Ben Franklin


7. Who wrote that the precious right of free speech does not extend to yelling 'fire' in a crowded movie theater?
    Alexander Hamilton
    Stephen Douglas
    John Jay
    Oliver Wendell Holmes


8. What song includes these lyrics: 'Then conquer we must, When our cause, it is just, And this be our motto: 'In God is our trust'?
    Star Spangled Banner
    God Bless America
    America, the Beautiful
    Battle Hymn of the Republic


9. Who said 'Ask not what your country can do for you ... ask what you can do for your country' in his inaugural address?
    George Washington
    JFK
    FDR
    Thomas Jefferson


10. Lewis and Clark opened the doors to the American West, but the taming of the west involved conflicts with American Indians. Which future president fought in the Blackhawk War?
    William Henry Harrison
    Abraham Lincoln
    Ulysses Grant
    Andrew Jackson


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