Which United States president issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863?
Answer
Abraham Lincoln
9179 America's 250th Anniversary (America250) Trivia Questions with Answers
9179 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
In which document did the name “United States of America” first appear?
Answer
Declaration of Independence
Where did the first public readings of the United States Declaration of Independence occur?
Answer
Trenton, Easton, and Philadelphia
Which resolution formally declared the Thirteen Colonies independent from Great Britain?
Answer
Lee Resolution
What was the name of Philadelphia’s 1876 exhibition marking the centennial of American independence?
Answer
Centennial Exposition
What name is given to the United States’ 250th anniversary celebrated by America250?
Answer
Semiquincentennial
Which 1777 campaign helped bring France openly into the Revolutionary War remembered by America250?
Answer
Saratoga campaign
Where did the First Continental Congress meet, an event remembered during America250?
Answer
Carpenters' Hall
What Boston landmark became a symbol of colonial resistance to the Stamp Act?
Answer
Liberty Tree
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted women the right to vote nationwide?
Answer
Nineteenth Amendment
On what date was Thomas Paine’s Common Sense first published in Philadelphia?
Answer
January 10, 1776
Which 1976 milestone preceded America’s 250th anniversary by 50 years?
Answer
United States Bicentennial
Which document’s 250th anniversary is celebrated by America250 in 2026?
Answer
Declaration of Independence
What is the formal anniversary term used for America’s 250th birthday in 2026?
Answer
Semiquincentennial
What phrase is inscribed on the Liberty Bell?
Answer
Proclaim LIBERTY Throughout all the Land unto all the Inhabitants Thereof
Which 1789 U.S. law established the first federal court system?
Answer
Judiciary Act of 1789
Which U.S. document, signed in 1787, begins with the words “We the People”?
Answer
Constitution of the United States
Who became the first woman to serve as a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court?
Answer
Sandra Day O’Connor
Which U.S. census recorded a national population of 3,929,214 in 1790?
Answer
First census
Which site became the world’s first national park in 1872, part of the American story celebrated by America250?
Answer
Yellowstone National Park
Which U.S. constitutional amendment abolished slavery after the Civil War?
Answer
Thirteenth Amendment
Which 1863 speech by Abraham Lincoln begins “Four score and seven years ago”?
Answer
Gettysburg Address
For America250 history, who designed the 50-star U.S. flag as a high-school project?
Answer
Robert G. Heft
For America250 history, which treaty ended the American Revolutionary War with Britain?
Answer
Treaty of Paris
For America250 history, which 1777 campaign became a major turning point in the American Revolution?
Answer
Saratoga campaign
For America250 history, which city hosted the 1787 Constitutional Convention?
Answer
Philadelphia