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Test yourself! Take this Assorted American History Quiz | U.S. History

A brief selection of random questions from throughout American history, from the Federalist Era all the way to the 1980s.

A multiple-choice quiz by Helena411. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Helena411

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
59,458

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
8 / 15

Plays
2543

Last 3 plays: Guest 216 (8/15), Guest 47 (8/15), Stonecreek (12/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. Who was President during the XYZ affair? Hint

Thomas Jefferson

James Monroe

George Washington

John Adams

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Question 2 of 15

2. What was the seventh state admitted to the Union? Hint

New Hampshire

Massachusetts

Maryland

South Carolina

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Question 3 of 15

3. Who was President Reagan's Vice-President? Hint

George H. W. Bush

Al Gore

Dan Quayle

Gerald R. Ford

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Question 4 of 15

4. Which President introduced the spoils system into national politics? Hint

Andrew Jackson

John Tyler

William Henry Harrison

Zachary Taylor

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Question 5 of 15

5. Who was our first Attorney-General? Hint

John Hancock

Henry Knox

Samuel Osgood

Edmund Randolph

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Question 6 of 15

6. What year did a big fire destroy Chicago,IL? Hint

1857

1871

1874

1826

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Question 7 of 15

7. What year was gold found in Klondike? Hint

1849

1897

1822

1947

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Question 8 of 15

8. Which one of the following people was not President during a war that America was involved in? Hint

Lyndon B. Johnson

James Madison

James K. Polk

Rutherford B. Hayes

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Question 9 of 15

9. Who was the first President to die in office? Hint

William Henry Harrison

Zachary Taylor

John Tyler

Abraham Lincoln

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Question 10 of 15

10. Which of the following became the first national radio network in 1927? Hint

NBC

CBS

ABC

FOX

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Question 11 of 15

11. Robert Peary and Matthew Henson were the first men widely thought to have reached the North Pole.

True

False

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Question 12 of 15

12. Who founded the NAACP? Hint

Booker T. Washington

W.E.B. Du Bois

William Lloyd Garrison

Frederick Douglass

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Question 13 of 15

13. Who won the Election of 1844? Hint

James K. Polk

Millard Filmore

Martin Van Buren

Franklin Pierce

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Question 14 of 15

14. Whose campaign slogan was 'I like Ike'? Hint

Richard M. Nixon

John F. Kennedy

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Lyndon B. Johnson

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Question 15 of 15

15. What year did the United Nations come into operation? Hint

1948

1945

1925

1954

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was President during the XYZ affair?

Answer: John Adams

2. What was the seventh state admitted to the Union?

Answer: Maryland

Maryland was admitted to the Union in 1788.

3. Who was President Reagan's Vice-President?

Answer: George H. W. Bush

George H. W. Bush later became President, with Dan Quayle as his Vice-President.

4. Which President introduced the spoils system into national politics?

Answer: Andrew Jackson

5. Who was our first Attorney-General?

Answer: Edmund Randolph

Our current Attorney General is John Ashcroft, under President George W. Bush.

6. What year did a big fire destroy Chicago,IL?

Answer: 1871

The legend is that the fire started because the O'Learys' cow knocked over a gas lamp.

7. What year was gold found in Klondike?

Answer: 1897

A famous book written about what it was like to be a dog during the Klondike is 'The Call of the Wild', by Jack London.

8. Which one of the following people was not President during a war that America was involved in?

Answer: Rutherford B. Hayes

James Madison was President during the War of 1812, James K. Polk was President during the Mexican War, and Lyndon B. Johnson was President during the Vietnam War.

9. Who was the first President to die in office?

Answer: William Henry Harrison

President William Henry Harrison died of pneumonia.

10. Which of the following became the first national radio network in 1927?

Answer: NBC

NBC is now a successful television broadcasting company.

11. Robert Peary and Matthew Henson were the first men widely thought to have reached the North Pole.

Answer: True

They claimed to have reached the North Pole on April 6, 1909, but there is ongoing controversy about the claim. They were accompanied by three Inuit: Ootah, Egigingwah, Seegloo and Ooqueah.

12. Who founded the NAACP?

Answer: W.E.B. Du Bois

The NAACP stands for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

13. Who won the Election of 1844?

Answer: James K. Polk

He beat Whig candidate, Henry Clay in the Election of 1844.

14. Whose campaign slogan was 'I like Ike'?

Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight "Ike" D. Eisenhower was the supreme allied commander during WWII.

15. What year did the United Nations come into operation?

Answer: 1945

The United Nations officially came into existence on 24 October 1945.

Source: Author Helena411

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