History Trivia

170+ US History Trivia Quiz Questions with Answers

• March 30, 2022

A fun history trivia game is the best way to learn about the great and illustrious history of the United States of America. The healthy and perfect activity for your family's post-dinner chill session. Tell your children about the incredible historical events of the US. Also, put your knowledge to the test with this trivia quiz.

1. When was America discovered?

2. Who discovered America?

3. Name the US president who did not die in office?

4. In which year was America recognized as a country?

5. Which country recognized America as a country?

6. Which year did Texas become a state?

7. Which year did California become a state?

8. Who was the first president to live in the White House?

9. Which was an important document signed in 1776?

10. Between which years was the Civil War fought?

11. Which battle was the turning point of the American Revolution?

12. On which Peninsula of Washington is the Olympic Mountains?

13. Name the campaign against the sale or drinking of Alcohol.

14. Which year did the US Stock Market face Black Monday?

15. Name the tax imposed on the goods in the country?

16. John Lennon murder in Which year?

17. Name the first cash crop of America.

18. Name the first US president to appear on television?

19. In 1863, which state succeeded Virginia?

20. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

21. Name the President of the Confederacy during the Civil War?

22. When did New York become a state?

23. What is the original name of Uncle Sam?

24. Name the 16th president of the United States?

25. In which year was Steve Rogers born?

26. Which state of America firstly ratified the Constitution?

27. Which invention revolutionized the trade in America?

28. Who is the best-known Abolitionist of the United States?

29. Which year does America get the Veto Power?

30. Who designed the Statue of Liberty?

31. When did America attack Japan?

32. When did the Boston Tea party occur?

33. Which year was CNN established?

34. Name the US president elected in 1796?

35. In which War did Americans battle against England?

36. 50-star American Flag designed in which year?

37. Where did the Molasses Disaster of 1919 occur?

38. Name the dog of Abraham Lincoln?

39. When did George Washington die?

40. When did George Washington born?

41. When was Louisiana Territory purchased?

42. Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?

43. Where is the Appomattox Court House situated?

44. When did the Industrial Revolution occur in America?

45. In which state did Thomas Edison die?

46. Who coined the word New England?

47. Which US president gave the shortest inaugural speech?

48. On which date did Thomas Jefferson write the last letter?

49. Where did the first submarine attack occur?

50. When did the first Submarine attack occur?

51. Name the oldest city in the United States.

52. Who founded the city, St. Augustine?

53. In which year did Boston face a Molasses disaster?

54. When was the last California Grizzly Bear killed?

55. Name the oldest elected President of America?

56. What was the original name of Martin Luther King, Jr.?

57. Name the first president of American history born in a hospital.

58. What was the name of Atlanta in 1837?

59. What was the name of Atlanta in 1843?

60. Name the President who first presented the National Budget.

61. Who was the first president born in the United States?

62. Name the first American poet to achieve any notoriety?

63. At what age did the American poet Phillis Wheatly die?

64. Where was Charles Lindbergh buried?

65. Who was the first American to cross the Atlantic alone?

66. Which American President did not have a college education?

67. When was the first lighthouse built on West Coast?

68. When was the first Mcdonald's established?

69. When was the city hall built?

70. When did Red Cross get a Congress Charter?

71. Who discovered the Poinsettia plant in Mexico?

72. When was the first national holiday celebrated?

73. When was Cleopatra's Needle brought to the US?

74. Which Treat ended the French and Indian War?

75. Who installed the first elevator in America?

76. When was the first elevator installed?

77. In which year was the Republican Party formed?

78. Where was the Republican Party founded?

79. In which year was the first edition of the New York Post published?

80. Name the first lady of America.

81. Who proved that tomatoes are not poisonous?

82. In which year was Adams-Onis Treaty ratified?

83. Who patents the internal combustion Engine?

84. When did the American Novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne die?

85. When was the deadliest single-battle day fought in America?

86. At what date did The Great Chicago fire begin?

87. Who tested the first cable car system in America?

88. In which year did Colorado become the 38th state?

89. Who founded Salt Lake City?

90. Name the first Daily College Newspaper in the United States.

91. Which year was President William McKinley shot?

92. When did the first silent film debut in America?

93. Name the first silent film in the US?

94. On which date did the (Great San Francisco Earthquake) stroke?

95. Which area was hit by the deadliest hurricane in the US?

96. Which year did the first gold rush happen in America?

97. Where did the first gold rush happen in America?

98. In 1909, what was introduced by the US Mint?

99. Which year was the Iced Tea first served in America?

100. When and where was the London Bridge transplanted in America?

101. Name the first known carrier of Typhoid in the United States.

102. Which year the Reader's Digest published?

103. Name the first motion picture with sound the audience saw?

104. Who defeated the Republican Herbert Hoover?

105. When was the Hoover dam construction completed?

106. In which year did Superman debut in Action Comics?

107. When was Captain America introduced in the country?

108. Name the first program broadcasted by NBC?

109.In 1959, which two places recognize as states?

110. Name the oldest Capital city in the US.

111. When was the first US Navy created?

112. Who was the 33rd President of America?

113. In 1918, which disease killed 548,000 people in America?

114. When did the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade arrive in Vietnam?

115. When were the American Indians recognized as US Citizens?

116. When did the last passenger pigeon die in the US?

117. Name the African-American person who invented Peanut Butter.

118. Name the first American Space Station.

119. Which year is known as the year without summer?

120. When was the first rocket deployed in America?

121. Which year did the United States capture Mexico City?

122. Who was elected as the 12th president of the United States?

123. How many American Presidents were single children?

124. Which US President had his sister as the First Lady?

125.The false teeth of Abraham Lincoln made of what?

126. Which US president was polyglot and ambidextrous?

127. Which US president had fake dentures made from the teeth of Slaves?

128. Who is the only US president to have a Ph.D.?

129. Which US president has two Grammy awards?

130. How did Richard Nixon fund his political campaign?

131. How many languages are spoken in the city of New York?

132. Which state has the densest population in the US?

133. Which city is home to the most billionaires in the world?

134. Which state forgot to ratify itself as an official state?

135. Which is the largest state in America?

136. Which is the smallest state in America?

137. Where is Mount Rushmore located?

138. The US shares national borders with which two countries?

139. Which is the second-largest city in the US?

140. Which state is the least populated in the country?

141. Name the highest mountain in the US?

142. Which river flows through seven states in the country?

143. Who was the first American to win a Nobel Prize?

144. When did the Great Chicago Fire take place?

145. Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States?

146. Which city is called the Windy City?

147. When did the Great Depression officially end?

148. How many were US Presidents assassinated?

149. Which Founding Father inspired a blockbuster Broadway show?

150. Who is the first person to appear on US currency?

151. For how much money did Russia sell Alaska to the United States?

152. Which two states do not practice Daylight Savings?

153. When did the Centralia Mine Fires start burning?

154. Which is the only state in which it is illegal for children to smoke?

155. Where is the town of Hell, located in the US?

156. Who was the first Black president?

157. What year began the worst economic recession since the Great Depression?

158. Who was the first woman to hold federal executive office in the United States?

159. What was the first state to legalize marijuana for medicinal use?

160. When did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?

161. Who was the first United States president to appear on television?

162. How many Americans were killed in World War II?

163. When was the first US dollar printed?

164. What state seceded from Virginia in 1863?

165.About how many slaves were freed at the conclusion of the Civil War?

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166. Who was responsible for the Boston Marathon bombings?

167. What was the first United States national monument?

168. What year did the United States enter World War I?

169. What was the first United States commercial radio station?

170. Who refused to give up her bus seat, sparking national civil rights protests?

171. What was the last state to be admitted into the union?

172. Which system allows each branch of the US Government to have its own powers?

173. Name the bill which became the basis for the rights of the Americans?

174. Through which state the continental divide does not pass?

175. Which automobile was named after the only son of Henry Ford?