Questions on 'united states of america(usa)' tag

  1. Who commissioned Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in 1804 to explore the newly purchased American west and discover a route to the Pacific Ocean?

    Aarohi Misra Asked by Aarohi Misra 8 years ago 436
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  2. From which country did the United States buy the Louisiana Territory in 1803?

    Sharon Parkar Asked by Sharon Parkar 8 years ago 1011
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  3. IS it true? George Washington believed political policies to be harmful to the health and prosperity of the United States.

    Sharon Parkar Asked by Sharon Parkar 8 years ago 402
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  4. How many stars were on the original American Flag?

    Aarohi Misra Asked by Aarohi Misra 8 years ago 612
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  5. What city was the first Capital of the United States?

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  6. Today in the United States government there are two major political parties. The Republicans are one of the parties who is the other party?

    Asked by Anonymous User 8 years ago 774
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  7. Who was the only president to serve two separate terms in office?

    Aarohi Misra Asked by Aarohi Misra 8 years ago 1003
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  8. What formal treaty officially recognized the United States as a sovereign nation, separate from Britain?

    Ronan Jone Asked by Ronan Jone 8 years ago 1066
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  9. Why is Canadian Thanksgiving different than US Thanksgiving?

    Asked by Anonymous User 8 years ago 905
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  10. Some businessmen in Holland paid for the Pilgrims to come to America. What did the Pilgrims have to do in return?

    Asked by Anonymous User 8 years ago 511
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  11. Which American President bought the Louisiana Territory from France?

    Asked by Anonymous User 8 years ago 933
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  12. Which country did NOT send explorers to America before it became the United States?

    Asked by Anonymous User 8 years ago 489
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  13. The first English settlement in the New World failed miserably. What was the colony that they set up called?

    Asked by Anonymous User 8 years ago 690
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  14. By the 1770s, America had had enough of British rule. They wanted freedom, and so wrote the Declaration of Independence. Who was the author?

    Asked by Anonymous User 8 years ago 641
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  15. In which US state was gold discovered at Sutter's Mill in 1848 and experienced a devastating earthquake in 1906?

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  16. Which famous American is on the $1 bill?

    Samuel Fernandes Asked by Samuel Fernandes 8 years ago 764
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  17. Before America was apparently discovered by Columbus who lived there?

    Asked by Anonymous User 8 years ago 699
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  18. What is a pilgrim?

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  19. What was the first major battle of the Civil War?

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  20. Whose raid on Harper's Ferry led to further tensions before the war?

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  21. Who won the Revolutionary War?

    Asked by Anonymous User 8 years ago 723
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  22. What president succeeded Abraham Lincoln when he was assassinated?

    Asked by Anonymous User 8 years ago 665
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  23. What state should I visit to see a place where people lived inside cliffs?

    Asked by Anonymous User 8 years ago 661
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  24. In the early stages of the American Revolutionary War, who was fighting against whom?

    Asked by Anonymous User 8 years ago 593
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  25. Before there was the United States of America, there were colonies owned by Great Britain. How many of these Were colonies there?

    Asked by Anonymous User 8 years ago 573
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  26. When what we know of today as the United States first came into existence, it was not independent. Instead, Did it consist of 13 colonies, ruled by which country?

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  27. Which now-US state saw an attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 and the overthrowing of a queen in 1893?

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  28. Who is the first African American president?

    Asked by Anonymous User 8 years ago 721
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  29. How many Senators are in the US congress?

    Asked by Anonymous User 8 years ago 807
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  30. Who was the president from 1933 to 1945, the only president to serve more than 8 years in office?

    Asked by Anonymous User 8 years ago 751
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  31. How many judges are there in the United States Supreme Court?

    Asked by Anonymous User 8 years ago 727
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  32. Who was the only president to serve two separate terms in office?

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  33. Who was the 16th president of the US?

    Asked by Anonymous User 8 years ago 779
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  34. What war was fought on American soil from 1861 to 1865?

    Asked by Anonymous User 8 years ago 629
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  35. How many colonies were the United States originally?

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