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American history: key dates quiz — History

The “American history: key dates” quiz — History. It has 25 questions in five categories: Founding Moments, Land and Landmarks, Rights and Freedom, War and Peace, Life and Invention. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.

  • 25 questions · 5 categories

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Buzzo quiz: American history: key dates

A peek at the questions

The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.

Founding Moments

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    Who is this leader, inaugurated as the first president of the United States in 1789?

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    In which year did the American colonies adopt the Declaration of Independence?

  3. 300

    In 1783, a peace…

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  4. 400

    Which tax law, passed…

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  5. 500

    In which year was…

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Land and Landmarks

  1. 100Picture for the question

    The Statue of Liberty was dedicated in 1886. Which city's harbor is its home?

  2. 200Picture for the question

    The Gold Rush of 1849 drew prospectors to which present-day state?

  3. 300

    In 1867, the United…

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  4. 400

    In 1803, the Louisiana…

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  5. 500

    In 1869, railroad crews…

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Rights and Freedom

  1. 100Picture for the question

    Which president, pictured here, issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863?

  2. 200

    Who delivered the 'I Have a Dream' speech at the March on Washington in 1963?

  3. 300

    Which landmark law of…

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  4. 400

    In which year was…

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  5. 500

    Which amendment, ratified in…

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War and Peace

  1. 100

    Which naval base in Hawaii was attacked on December 7, 1941?

  2. 200

    In which year did American and other Allied troops land in Normandy on D-Day?

  3. 300

    In which year did…

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  4. 400

    In which year did…

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  5. 500

    Which plan, announced in…

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Life and Invention

  1. 100Picture for the question

    In which year did Apollo 11 land astronauts on the Moon?

  2. 200

    The Wall Street crash of 1929 became a symbol of which long economic crisis?

  3. 300

    Which Ford car, introduced…

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  4. 400

    In 1903, the Wright…

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  5. 500

    In which year did…

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