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Medium US History Trivia Questions
The medium questions from our us history set, 14 of them, each with the answer and an explanation below the game.
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The medium questions move into dates and amendments — the Louisiana Purchase, the 13th and 19th, the Boston Tea Party, the president who won four terms. These are the ones people half-remember and get wrong by a decade.
14 medium us history trivia questions with answers
The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 bought territory from which country?
Answer: France Napoleon sold it cheaply to fund his wars, doubling the size of the country.
Which amendment to the Constitution abolished slavery?
Answer: The 13th It was ratified in December 1865, months after the war ended.
In which year did the Boston Tea Party take place?
Answer: 1773 Protesters dumped 342 chests of East India Company tea into the harbour.
Who was president when the Wall Street Crash hit in 1929?
Answer: Herbert Hoover He had been in office barely seven months.
Which president was elected to four terms?
Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt The 22nd Amendment later capped presidents at two terms.
The Emancipation Proclamation took effect in which year?
Answer: 1863 It declared enslaved people in rebelling states free from January 1, 1863.
Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address in which state?
Answer: Pennsylvania The speech lasted about two minutes at the dedication of a soldiers' cemetery.
The 19th Amendment, ratified in 1920, guaranteed women the right to do what?
Answer: Vote It barred states from denying the vote on the basis of sex.
The 1836 siege of the Alamo took place in which future state?
Answer: Texas The mission is in San Antonio, and the defeat became a rallying cry.
Pearl Harbor was attacked in which year?
Answer: 1941 The attack on December 7 brought the United States into the Second World War.
Which president resigned from office?
Answer: Richard Nixon He stepped down in August 1974 over the Watergate scandal.
Nineteenth-century settlers heading west followed which famous overland route?
Answer: The Oregon Trail It ran roughly 2,000 miles from Missouri to the Willamette Valley.
Which president commissioned the Lewis and Clark expedition?
Answer: Thomas Jefferson He sent them to map the land bought in the Louisiana Purchase.
Which was the last of the contiguous 48 states admitted to the Union?
Answer: Arizona Arizona joined in February 1912, weeks after New Mexico.
Answer key
- France
- The 13th
- 1773
- Herbert Hoover
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 1863
- Pennsylvania
- Vote
- Texas
- 1941
- Richard Nixon
- The Oregon Trail
- Thomas Jefferson
- Arizona
How to play
- Pick a mode: multiple choice, true or false, a 60-second sprint, or the daily quiz.
- Answer with a tap, or press 1 to 4 on a keyboard. The right answer appears straight away with a line explaining it.
- Finish the round to see your score, copy the result grid, and step up a difficulty.
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