9179 America's 250th Anniversary (America250) Trivia Questions with Answers
9179 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
What was the 200th anniversary celebration that preceded America250?
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United States Bicentennial
What anniversary will follow the America250 Semiquincentennial in 2076?
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Tricentennial
Which congressional commission organized the official America250 commemoration?
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United States Semiquincentennial Commission
Which founding document is the central anniversary of America250?
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Declaration of Independence
What is the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence, celebrated by America250 in 2026, called?
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Semiquincentennial
Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation during the American Civil War?
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Abraham Lincoln
What was the name of the 1803 U.S. acquisition of a vast territory from France?
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Louisiana Purchase
Which amendment lowered the minimum voting age in the United States to 18?
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Twenty-sixth Amendment
Which U.S. constitutional amendment, ratified in 1920, recognized women's voting rights nationwide?
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Nineteenth Amendment
Who designed the Statue of Liberty, the French-American landmark unveiled in New York Harbor in 1886?
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Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
Which founding document begins with the words “We the People,” a cornerstone of the United States’ 250-year story?
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United States Constitution
Which battle is generally considered the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War?
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Siege of Yorktown
In which city was the United States Constitution signed in 1787?
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Philadelphia
What is the formal name of the congressional body behind America250?
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United States Semiquincentennial Commission
Which battle became a major turning point that helped bring France into the American Revolutionary War?
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Battles of Saratoga
What was the common nickname of the Continental Union Flag, used by the colonies from 1775?
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Grand Union Flag
On what date was the Battle of Bunker Hill fought during the American Revolution?
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June 17, 1775
Which document replaced the Articles of Confederation as the U.S. governing framework, shaping the nation remembered by America250?
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United States Constitution
For America’s 250th anniversary, which 1776 document is commemorated by the America250 initiative?
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Declaration of Independence
What was the name of Philadelphia’s 1926 exposition celebrating the 150th anniversary of American independence?
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Sesquicentennial Exposition
Which federal body was created in 2016 to coordinate the United States’ America250 celebrations?
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United States Semiquincentennial Commission