AMERICA’S 250TH BIRTHDAY QUIZ, PART 2

In celebration of America’s 250th birthday I am posting a series of three quizzes. Part 1 covered the Revolutionary War. Below please find Part 2, which covers the 19th century.

1. Which president prosecuted the wars against the Barbary Pirates? (a) John Adams, (b) Thomas Jefferson, (c) James Monroe, (d) Andrew Jackson.
2. The land acquired by the Louisiana Purchase included each of the following present-day states except (a) Iowa, (b) Kansas, (c) Wisconsin, (d) Nebraska
3. The massive Louis and Clarke expedition covered sixteen present day states including each of the following except (a) Oklahoma, (b) Montana, (c) Iowa, (d) Oregon.
4. Which state was admitted with Missouri as part of the “Missouri Compromise” of 1820? (a) Michigan, (b) Tennessee, (c) Maine, (d) New Hampshire?
5. Which president was captured and detained by the British during the RW as a young boy? (a) James Madison, (b) James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, (d) Andrew Jackson.
6. Harriet Tubman was famous for (a) being the first women to attend Harvard University, (b) being a famous “conductor” on the Underground Railroad, (c) writing poetry depicting slavery, (d) being the first female member of Congress.
7. Who was the first president to serve two nonconsecutive terms? (a) Franklyn Pierce; (b) James Buchanaan; (c) Abraham Lincoln, (d) Grover Cleveland
8. “Custer’s Last Stand” was fought in which present day state? (a) North Dakota, (b) South Dakota, (c) Montana, (d) Wyoming?
9. Each of the following presidents was assassinated except (a) James A Garfield, (b) John Tyler, (c) William McKinley, (d) Abraham Lincoln.
10. Which famous frontiersman perished at the Alamo? (a) Jim Bridger, (b) Davy Crockett, (c) Daniel Boone, (d) Sam Houston?
11. Susan B. Anthony was known for (a) women’s suffrage, (b) founding the Red Cross, (c) pioneer surgeon, (d) politics.
12. Who was president during the purchase of Alaska (aka “Seward’s Folly)? (a) Abraham Lincoln; (b) Grover Cleveland; (c) Samuel Tildden, (d) Andrew Johnson.
13. The “Golden Spike,” which symbolized the union of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads, is located in which state? (a) Utah; (b) California, (c) Wyoming; (d) Colorado.
14. Who is widely credited with inventing the original, commercially successful electric telegraph? (a) Guglielmo Marconi; (b) Alexander Graham Bell; (c) Samuel Morse; (d) Eli Whitney
15. When did the “Pony Express” commence operation? (a) 1850, (b) 1860, (c) 1870, (d) 1880.
16. Who was the first American woman to earn a medical degree? (a) Elizabeth Cady Stanton, (b) Mary Smith, (c) Elizabeth Blackwell, (d) Lucretia Mott
17. In what city was Francis Scott Key when he wrote the “Star Spangled Banner?” (a) Washington, DC; (b) NYC; (c) Baltimore; (d) Charleston
18. Which Native American tribe never surrendered to the US? (a) Seminole; (b) Apache; (c) Sioux; (d) Comanche
19. The Battle (Massacre) of Wounded Knee took place in which present day state? (a) Texas; (b) Colorado; (c) Montana; (d) South Dakota
20. Who founded the American Red Cross? (a) Florence Nightingale; (b) Clara Barton; (c) Wilma Rogers; (d) Josie Wales
21. Prior to the Civil War which was the first state to secede from the Union? (a) Alabama; (b) Mississippi; (c) Virginia; (d) South Carolina
22. Pike’s peak is located in which state? (a) Wyoming, (b) California, (c) Arizona, (d) Colorado.
23. Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin? (a) Louisa May Alcott, (b) Susan Allen, (c) Harriett Beecher Stowe, (d) Veronica Lake
24. This president had the shortest tenure in office. (a) Zachary Taylor, (b) Chester A. Arthur, (c) William Henry Harrison, (d) William Jennings Bryan.
25. Which territory was the last to gain statehood during the 19th century? (a) Utah 1896, (b) Arizona, (c) Alaska, (d) New Mexico.
26. Each of the following was infamously known as a “robber baron” except (a) Andrew Carnegie, (b) Jay Gould, (c) Samuel Gompers, Leland Stanford

Answers

1. (b); 2. (c); 3. (a); 4. (c); 5. (d); 6. (b); 7. (d); 8. (c); 9. (b); 10. (b); 11. (a); 12. (d); 13. (a); 14. (c); (15) (b); 16. (c); 17. (c); 18. (a); 19. (d); 20. (b), 21. (d); 22. (d); 23. (c); 24. (c) (31 days); 25. (b); 26. (c)