300 Years of U.S. History! Trivia Quiz

Answer: George Washington

The first U.S. presidential election took place in the years 1788 and 1789. George Washington was the only candidate, running as an Independent or Non-partisan. He won the election, receiving 100 percent of all votes cast.

Answer: John Adams

John Adams was chosen as Vice President in the 1788-1789 election for President by a group of electors who also chose the President at that time. George Washington and John Adams were both re-elected as President and Vice President in the 1792 Presidential election.

Answer: 18 June 1812

The War of 1812 began when America declared war against Britain for multiple reasons. The key reasons for declaring war, though, were trade restrictions brought about by the Napoleonic Wars, the British support of American Indian tribes against American expansion, and the British forcing American sailors to join the Royal Navy.

Answer: Yes

James Madison (a member of the Democratic-Republican party) was elected President in the 1808 Presidential elections. He won with 122 Electoral Votes (64.7 percent of the votes cast). Madison was reelected in 1812 and left office in 1817.

Answer: 1854

The Kansas-Nebraska Act created the U.S. territories of Kansas and Nebraska. The Act also repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820 by allowing white male settlers there to determine whether they should allow slavery or not in the new territories.

Answer: Late 1865

The 13th amendment to the U.S Constitution, officially adopted on 6 December 1865, abolished slavery and involuntary servitude throughout the country, except as punishment for a crime. It was first passed by the Senate on 8 April 1864, the House on 31 January 1865, and finally adopted on 6 December 1865.

Answer: 6 September 1901

U.S. President William McKinley was shot by a man named Leon Czolgosz (Czolgosz believed in a philosophy called Anarchism) on 6 September 1901 while attending the Pan- American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, U.S.A. McKinley's health started to fail and he developed gangrene. McKinley eventually died on 14 September 1901.

Answer: 7 December 1941

The Imperial Japanese Army attacked Pearl Harbour, Hawaii by surprise on the 7 December 1941. The United States entered World War II by formally declaring war against the Empire of Japan the next day, 8 December 1941. The U.S also declared war against Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy on 11 December 1941.

Answer: 1960

John F. Kennedy contested Republican Vice President Richard Nixon (who later became President in 1969) in the 1960 Presidential Election. Kennedy narrowly won the election by receiving 49.7 percent of the votes. Nixon, however, received 49.6 percent of the votes cast.

Answer: Barack Obama

In the 2008 Presidential Election, Democrat Barack Obama contested Republican John McCain. Obama, who was one of two senators from Illinois at the time, won the election with 52.9 percent of the votes. McCain and his running mate, Sarah Palin, received 45.7 percent of the votes.