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History Trivia questions, page 1

1. Which British monarch reigned for most of the 1800s?

   1. Queen Victoria
   2. Queen Anne
   3. Queen Elizabeth I
   4. Queen Mary II

2. In which present-day state was the golden spike driven to finish the first transcontinental railroad?

   1. Utah
   2. Nevada
   3. Wyoming
   4. Nebraska

3. Nelson Mandela became president of which country in 1994?

   1. Kenya
   2. Nigeria
   3. Zimbabwe
   4. South Africa

4. Mahatma Gandhi led a peaceful movement for which country's independence?

   1. Nepal
   2. India
   3. Pakistan
   4. Sri Lanka

5. Who wrote "Common Sense," the 1776 pamphlet urging independence?

   1. Samuel Adams
   2. Patrick Henry
   3. Benjamin Franklin
   4. Thomas Paine

6. Who was the US president for most of World War II?

   1. Herbert Hoover
   2. Harry S. Truman
   3. Franklin D. Roosevelt
   4. Dwight D. Eisenhower

7. In 1773, protesting colonists dumped chests of tea into which city's harbor?

   1. Charleston
   2. New York
   3. Philadelphia
   4. Boston

8. Which Union general accepted Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox?

   1. Philip Sheridan
   2. Ulysses S. Grant
   3. William T. Sherman
   4. George McClellan

9. Which future US state did the United States buy from Russia in 1867?

   1. Alaska
   2. Hawaii
   3. Washington
   4. Oregon

10. Which city was the capital of the Confederacy for most of the Civil War?

    1. Nashville, Tennessee
    2. Atlanta, Georgia
    3. Richmond, Virginia
    4. Charleston, South Carolina

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History Trivia questions, page 2

11. Who was the first president to live in the White House?

    1. James Madison
    2. George Washington
    3. John Adams
    4. Thomas Jefferson

12. Who was the first Englishman to sail all the way around the world, from 1577 to 1580?

    1. Walter Raleigh
    2. Henry Hudson
    3. Francis Drake
    4. James Cook

13. Which treaty, signed in 1992, created the European Union?

    1. Treaty of Lisbon
    2. Treaty of Rome
    3. Treaty of Versailles
    4. Maastricht Treaty

14. What are the first ten amendments to the US Constitution called?

    1. The Articles of Confederation
    2. The Bill of Rights
    3. The Mayflower Compact
    4. The Federalist Papers

15. Which founding document begins with the words "We the People"?

    1. The Emancipation Proclamation
    2. The US Constitution
    3. The Gettysburg Address
    4. The Declaration of Independence

16. In what year did the Continental Congress adopt the Declaration of Independence?

    1. 1776
    2. 1774
    3. 1781
    4. 1789

17. In what year did an armistice end the fighting in World War I?

    1. 1915
    2. 1917
    3. 1918
    4. 1920

18. Who founded the American Red Cross in 1881?

    1. Jane Addams
    2. Dorothea Dix
    3. Clara Barton
    4. Florence Nightingale

19. Who was Britain's prime minister for most of World War II?

    1. Winston Churchill
    2. Neville Chamberlain
    3. Anthony Eden
    4. Clement Attlee

20. Which Union ironclad fought the Confederate CSS Virginia at Hampton Roads in 1862?

    1. USS Maine
    2. USS Monitor
    3. USS Constitution
    4. USS Kearsarge

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Answers

1. A. Queen Victoria
2. A. Utah
3. D. South Africa
4. B. India
5. D. Thomas Paine
6. C. Franklin D. Roosevelt
7. D. Boston
8. B. Ulysses S. Grant
9. A. Alaska
10. C. Richmond, Virginia
11. C. John Adams
12. C. Francis Drake
13. D. Maastricht Treaty
14. B. The Bill of Rights
15. B. The US Constitution
16. A. 1776
17. C. 1918
18. C. Clara Barton
19. A. Winston Churchill
20. B. USS Monitor

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