1 History Questions ( Just for fun ) Thu Jan 20, 2011 4:12 am
DJ Fresh
Master
Okay, i am going to ask a series of history questions and i want to see if anyone can answer them correctly good luck .
1) Who was the eleventh president? What was the most notable thing he did? (2 points)
2) On what piece of territory was the Battle of Bunker Hill fought? Be specific. (1 point)
3) The Emancipation Proclamation did not free all of the slaves. Which ones were not freed? (1 point)
4) During the Gilded Age, where was "Millionaire's Row"? (1 point)
5) In what year did Richard Nixon resign from the presidency? (1 point)
6) What institution did Senator Joe McCarthy attack which finally led to the downfall of his own campaign of Communist hysteria? (1 point)
7) In what year was the first Thanksgiving meal (that is, the meal of the Plymouth Pilgrims and their Wampanoag neighbors)? (1 point)
What large French fortress in Canada was besieged and captured by New Englanders in 1745? (1 point)
9) In what decade did the song "Yes, We Have No Bananas" become a national obsession in America? (1 point)
10) What did President Woodrow Wilson do for Franklin Delano Roosevelt in return for Roosevelt's key support of Wilson at the 1912 Democratic National Convention? (1 point)
11) What distinguished George Bush's enlistment in the U.S. Navy when he joined in 1942? (1 point)
12) In what year did the initial colonists arrive at Jamestowne? What three ships brought them? (2 points)
13) When Union troops defeated Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg (July 3, 1863), what did they shout at the fleeing rebels? Why? (2 points)
14) What was undoubtedly the most important thing that ever happened on Max Yasgur's farm, and in what year did it happen? (1 point)
15) Who was the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs from 1985 to 1989 who allegedly solicited $10 million from the Sultan of Brunei to purchase arms for the Contras? (1 point)
16) Give the popular names for the four scandals that rocked the Grant presidency (for instance, one from Ronald Reagan's presidency is known as "Iran/Contra"). Score a half-point for each right answer.
17) Americans participated in the largest naval battle in history. What is it's name? (1 point) Give yourself a bonus point if you can name both U.S. fleets involved, no mean feat.
18) What was the Trail of Tears? (1 point)
19) What action, meant to alleviate the effects of the Great Depression, did the U.S. Congress take in 1930 which actually made matters worse and completed the ruin of the U.S. economy? Why did it backfire? (2 points)
20) In 1895 William Randolph Hearst bought his first New York newspaper. What was it's name? (1 point)
1) Who was the eleventh president? What was the most notable thing he did? (2 points)
2) On what piece of territory was the Battle of Bunker Hill fought? Be specific. (1 point)
3) The Emancipation Proclamation did not free all of the slaves. Which ones were not freed? (1 point)
4) During the Gilded Age, where was "Millionaire's Row"? (1 point)
5) In what year did Richard Nixon resign from the presidency? (1 point)
6) What institution did Senator Joe McCarthy attack which finally led to the downfall of his own campaign of Communist hysteria? (1 point)
7) In what year was the first Thanksgiving meal (that is, the meal of the Plymouth Pilgrims and their Wampanoag neighbors)? (1 point)
What large French fortress in Canada was besieged and captured by New Englanders in 1745? (1 point)
9) In what decade did the song "Yes, We Have No Bananas" become a national obsession in America? (1 point)
10) What did President Woodrow Wilson do for Franklin Delano Roosevelt in return for Roosevelt's key support of Wilson at the 1912 Democratic National Convention? (1 point)
11) What distinguished George Bush's enlistment in the U.S. Navy when he joined in 1942? (1 point)
12) In what year did the initial colonists arrive at Jamestowne? What three ships brought them? (2 points)
13) When Union troops defeated Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg (July 3, 1863), what did they shout at the fleeing rebels? Why? (2 points)
14) What was undoubtedly the most important thing that ever happened on Max Yasgur's farm, and in what year did it happen? (1 point)
15) Who was the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs from 1985 to 1989 who allegedly solicited $10 million from the Sultan of Brunei to purchase arms for the Contras? (1 point)
16) Give the popular names for the four scandals that rocked the Grant presidency (for instance, one from Ronald Reagan's presidency is known as "Iran/Contra"). Score a half-point for each right answer.
17) Americans participated in the largest naval battle in history. What is it's name? (1 point) Give yourself a bonus point if you can name both U.S. fleets involved, no mean feat.
18) What was the Trail of Tears? (1 point)
19) What action, meant to alleviate the effects of the Great Depression, did the U.S. Congress take in 1930 which actually made matters worse and completed the ruin of the U.S. economy? Why did it backfire? (2 points)
20) In 1895 William Randolph Hearst bought his first New York newspaper. What was it's name? (1 point)