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  1. According to most historians, who was the first Jew to set foot in the New World?

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  2. The gold rush in California in 1849 is well known, but substantial gold deposits were discovered EARLIER in which US state or territory)?

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  3. When Steve Jobs introduced the Macintosh computer at Apple's Annual Shareholders Meeting on January 24, 1984, what words did the computer FIRST say (with the aid of a voice synthesizer)?

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  4. The "Four Corners" is the only location in the United States where four states meet. Which of these is NOT one of the four states?

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  5. After US president Abraham Lincoln (16th US president) was shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater in Washington on Good Friday 1865, he was carried across the street to what building?

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  6. Who was the US president who had a vice-president who co-wrote a number-one hit song?

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  7. Which choice is the connection between the poem "The Defense of Fort McHenry" and US Civil War General Dan Sickles?

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  8. Abraham Lincoln is well known as the US president during the US Civil War (16th US president), but parts of his earlier life are not as well known. Which of these is NOT true about the younger Lincoln?

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  9. Key West, FL briefly seceded from the US in 1982, in response to the US Border Patrol setting up roadblocks on all roads leading into and out of the Florida Keys. What did the new country call itself?

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  10. A conflict between the US and the United Kingdom in 1859 in the Pacific Northwest US almost resulted in a shooting war. This conflict started over what?

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  11. In which city did the Constitutional Convention take place?

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  12. Which men does NOT have an article or essay written by them in the Federalist Papers?

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  13. What was the Annapolis Convention about initially?

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  14. In which state did Shays' Rebellion take place?

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  15. What issue caused the creation of the Newburgh Conspiracy?

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  16. The peace treaty that ended the American Revolutionary War was signed in which city?

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  17. At Yorktown, the Americans and the French forced which general to surrender, effectively ending the war in North America?

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  18. When were the Articles of Confederation ratified by the Continental Congress?

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  19. During his betrayal, Benedict Arnold tried to surrender which location to the British?

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  20. What battle practically ended Horatio Gates's military career?

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  21. Who said, "I have not yet begun to fight!"?

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  22. Who was the highest ranking officer fighting the British in the Northwest Territory?

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  23. If successful, the Conway Cabal might have replaced Washington's position as commander of the Continental Army with whom?

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  24. Who led the American diplomatic effort to secure an alliance with France?

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  25. Which disease did NOT ravage the soldiers at Valley Forge?

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  26. Who was the British commander at the Battle of Saratoga?

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  27. Which battles precipitated the capture of Philadelphia?

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  28. Which men was NOT a foreign military officer who assisted in the training/leading the Continental Army?

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  29. What river did George Washington and the Continental Army cross before the Battle of Trenton?

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  30. Which military commander did NOT take part in the Battle of Long Island?

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  31. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

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  32. Which German state fought on the side of the British?

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  33. Which Native American tribe aligned themselves with the Americans during the revolution?

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  34. Where was the first successful settlement by Englishmen in the United States?

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  35. What was the name of Benjamin Franklin's magazine?

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