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1) Who was the first president of the United States? John F. Kennedy George Washington Abraham Lincoln Theodore Roosevelt 2) What year did the American Revolutionary War end? 1781 1776 1861 1865 3) What Amendment to the Constitution abolished slavery in the United States? 20th Amendment 14th Amendment 21st Amendment 15th Amendment 4) During which war was the Battle of Gettysburg fought? War of 1812 American Revolution World War I Civil War 5) When did the United States enter World War II? 1942 1941 1940 1939 6) What geopolitical event took place in 1949? US annexation of Cuba Soviet Union launches first satellite Formation of the United Nations Start of the Korean War 7) When was the Declaration of Independence signed? September 17, 1789 June 28, 1776 July 4, 1776 April 24, 1812 8) Who was the author of the Star-Spangled Banner? Francis Scott Key Benjamin Franklin Thomas Jefferson John Adams 9) What event prompted the US's entry in World War I? Sinking of US cargo ship SS Lusitania Attack on Pearl Harbor Outbreak of the Spanish Flu Discovery of the atomic bomb 10) Who wrote the Federalist Papers? John Adams James Madison Thomas Jefferson Alexander Hamilton 11) What was the first successful flight by airplane? Wright Brothers in 1903 Henry Ford in 1912 Orville Wright in 1909 Howard Hughes in 1937 12) What event triggered the American Civil War? Attack on Pearl Harbor Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation Outbreak of the Spanish Flu Fort Sumter Surrender 13) What event occurred on September 11, 2001? Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima Outbreak of the Spanish Flu 9/11 Terrorist Attacks D-Day 14) Who was the first woman elected to Congress? Shirley Chisholm Hillary Clinton Ruth Bader Ginsburg Nancy Pelosi 15) What year did the US acquire the Louisiana Territory? 1783 1803 1863 1776 16) When was the first Moon Landing? 1967 1969 1972 1975 17) Who wrote the words of the Pledge of Allegiance? Abraham Lincoln George Washington Francis Bellamy Thomas Jefferson 18) What was the name of the US space mission that first put a man on the Moon? Apollo 11 Apollo 12 Gemini 8 Apollo 9 19) What year was the US Declaration of Independence adopted? 1775 1776 1783 1789 20) What year did World War I officially begin? 1914 1916 1918 1920

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