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Quiz about Hashtags in American History
Quiz about Hashtags in American History

Hashtags in American History Trivia Quiz


Imagine a United States that had access to Twitter from before its inception. I have created ten tweets that could have existed had Twitter been around. Select the answer that properly completes each tweet. #goodluck

A multiple-choice quiz by Joepetz. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Joepetz
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
367,966
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
823
Last 3 plays: Liz5050 (9/10), joseslaughter (7/10), Guest 107 (8/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Date: December 16, 1773
@Thebeerpatriot tweeted: 2nite at the #OldSouthMeetingHall _________ meeting 2 discuss @GovHutchinson and his tea tirade. Further action may be taken!
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Question 2 of 10
2. Date: November 24, 1832
@VPJCC tweeted: @OldHickory has done it again! He is defending #TariffofAbominations. I stand with SC and call on all states to _______ it.
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Question 3 of 10
3. Date: January 11, 1845
@YoungHickory tweeted: I firmly support the nation's right to #manifestdestiny and stretch from sea 2 sea. _______ or fight!
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Question 4 of 10
4. Date: March 6, 1857
@CJRTaney tweeted: my #DredScott ruling is in: #Africans not protected by #Constitution; _________ unconstitutional.
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Question 5 of 10
5. Date: September 17, 1862
@MarbleMan tweeted: I see @CautiousGeorge approaching ________. I bet that #Union sissy will cower when he sees me. Hope it doesnt get 2 bloody tho

@CautiousGeorge replied: @MarbleMan, sorry 4 the 10000+ loss. #VictoryforUnion. I think
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Question 6 of 10
6. Date: April 14, 1865
@HonestAbe tweeted: Taking @MsMaryTodd to see __________ at #Ford'sTheatre. She is very excited but I have a bad feeling.

@JWBooth1838 replied: have fun @HonestAbe & @MsMaryTodd. I hear the show is #arealblast
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Question 7 of 10
7. Date: September 17, 1898
@POTUS25 tweeted: A day full of sorrow for America. A national tragedy will not go unpunished. #Spain will pay __________
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Question 8 of 10
8. Date: November 19, 1919
@TheProfPrez tweeted: Disappointed in Senate refusal to join _______. We must do what we can to prevent war. #14points #ratifyit
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Question 9 of 10
9. Date: September 1, 1939
@POTUSFDR tweeted: Disgusted with @MOUSTACHEFUHRER invasion of #Sudetenland and now ______. US is committed 2 peace and will remain #neutral
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Question 10 of 10
10. Date: June 26, 1963
@JackieFitz tweeted: I just to clarify something. I am not now nor have I ever been a_________ #westberlin #berliner
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Date: December 16, 1773 @Thebeerpatriot tweeted: 2nite at the #OldSouthMeetingHall _________ meeting 2 discuss @GovHutchinson and his tea tirade. Further action may be taken!

Answer: #SonsofLiberty

@thebeerpatriot is Samuel Adams who, depending on which historical account you read, either helped plan the Boston Tea Party with the other Sons of Liberty or tried to stop it from happening. Either way, it happened and around 300 men dressed as Mohawk Indians dumped 90,000 pound of tea into the harbor.
2. Date: November 24, 1832 @VPJCC tweeted: @OldHickory has done it again! He is defending #TariffofAbominations. I stand with SC and call on all states to _______ it.

Answer: #nullify

John C. Calhoun's support of South Carolina's nullification of the Tariff of Abominations and the Tariff of 1832 caused significant strife within Andrew Jackson's administration until Calhoun resign the Vice Presidency. He later formed the Nullifer Party in South Carolina.
3. Date: January 11, 1845 @YoungHickory tweeted: I firmly support the nation's right to #manifestdestiny and stretch from sea 2 sea. _______ or fight!

Answer: #5440

Fifty-Four Forty or Fight was a slogan used by President Polk and others to describe how the country should stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific and as far north at the 54'40 ' parallel.
4. Date: March 6, 1857 @CJRTaney tweeted: my #DredScott ruling is in: #Africans not protected by #Constitution; _________ unconstitutional.

Answer: #MOCompromise

Chief Justice Taney wrote the decision in the Dred Scott case that said Dred Scott could did not have standing to sue in the courts because the U.S. Constitution did not protect those of African descent. He also declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional because he believed Congress could only create territories from the former Northwest territories and not the Louisiana territories because the latter did not belong to the U.S. at the time of the Constitution's signing.
5. Date: September 17, 1862 @MarbleMan tweeted: I see @CautiousGeorge approaching ________. I bet that #Union sissy will cower when he sees me. Hope it doesnt get 2 bloody tho @CautiousGeorge replied: @MarbleMan, sorry 4 the 10000+ loss. #VictoryforUnion. I think

Answer: #Sharpsburg

Sharpsburg, or Antietam in the North, was a Civil War battle. The Union was led by George McClellan, a.k.a. @CautiousGeorge and the Confederacy led by Robert E. Lee, a.k.a. @MarbleMan. It was the bloodiest day ever in U.S. history with over 22,000 casualties on both sides combined.

The Union felt confident despite the losses and President Lincoln delivered the Emancipation Proclamation shortly afterward.
6. Date: April 14, 1865 @HonestAbe tweeted: Taking @MsMaryTodd to see __________ at #Ford'sTheatre. She is very excited but I have a bad feeling. @JWBooth1838 replied: have fun @HonestAbe & @MsMaryTodd. I hear the show is #arealblast

Answer: #OurAmericanCousin

John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abe Lincoln while he was watching the play "Our American Cousin". Booth purposely waited until the funniest part of the play to do so because he knew the laughter would disguise the gunshot.
7. Date: September 17, 1898 @POTUS25 tweeted: A day full of sorrow for America. A national tragedy will not go unpunished. #Spain will pay __________

Answer: #RemembertheMaine

The USS Maine exploded in Havana Harbor in 1898. Spain was blamed almost immediately and this, and other factors, led to the Spanish-American War under the presidency of @POTUS25, William McKinley.
8. Date: November 19, 1919 @TheProfPrez tweeted: Disappointed in Senate refusal to join _______. We must do what we can to prevent war. #14points #ratifyit

Answer: #LeagueofNations

Woodrow Wilson developed the idea to form the League of Nations, but the U.S. Senate refused to join because Wilson would not compromise on his 14 points. The U.S. joined the United Nations decades later.
9. Date: September 1, 1939 @POTUSFDR tweeted: Disgusted with @MOUSTACHEFUHRER invasion of #Sudetenland and now ______. US is committed 2 peace and will remain #neutral

Answer: #Poland

Adolf Hitler invaded Poland on Sept. 1, 1939 and this is commonly regarded as the event that spark WWII. FDR would only get involved after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.
10. Date: June 26, 1963 @JackieFitz tweeted: I just to clarify something. I am not now nor have I ever been a_________ #westberlin #berliner

Answer: #jellydonut

There is a claim that JFK made a blunder when he gave his famous speech in Berlin. German language experts, however, believe that the president did not misspeak.

The claim that Kennedy unintentionally said he was "jelly donut" does not predate 1983 - and the speech was made twenty years earlier! What's more the claim is confined to the English-speaking countries.
Source: Author Joepetz

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