9179 America's 250th Anniversary (America250) Trivia Questions with Answers
9179 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Where was UFC Freedom 250, an America250 event, scheduled to take place?
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South Lawn of the White House
Who won the America250 Freedom 250 Grand Prix of Washington, D.C.?
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Kyle Kirkwood
Which vessel was designated the flagship of America250's Sail250 fleet?
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USCGC Eagle
What name was given to the first printed copies of the United States Declaration of Independence?
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Dunlap broadsides
Who drafted most of the United States Declaration of Independence?
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Thomas Jefferson
Which building, now called Independence Hall, hosted the Second Continental Congress in 1776?
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Pennsylvania State House
What anniversary did the United States Bicentennial in 1976 celebrate?
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The 200th anniversary
What was Philadelphia’s 1926 world’s fair called, marking 150 years before America250?
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Sesquicentennial Exposition
What was the 1876 Philadelphia world’s fair called, in the centennial tradition preceding America250?
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Centennial Exposition
Which governing body approved the Declaration of Independence commemorated by America250?
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Second Continental Congress
What is the standard name for a 250th anniversary, such as America250?
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Semiquincentennial
Which document does the United States Semiquincentennial, America250, commemorate?
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Declaration of Independence
Which state was first to ratify the Articles of Confederation?
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Virginia
What was New York City called when it was a Dutch settlement before English control?
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New Amsterdam
Which original U.S. state was the last to ratify the Constitution?
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Rhode Island
Which U.S. president became the first to live in the White House?
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John Adams
Which document begins with the words “We the People”?
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United States Constitution
Which city became the first U.S. capital under the Constitution in 1789?
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New York City
Which 1803 acquisition from France added a vast central region to the United States?
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Louisiana Purchase
Which city hosted the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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Philadelphia
Which treaty signed in 1783 recognized American independence from Great Britain?
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Treaty of Paris
Which amendment to the United States Constitution prohibited denying the vote on account of sex?
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Nineteenth Amendment
On what date did the Articles of Confederation become effective?
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March 1, 1781
On what date did delegates sign the United States Constitution?
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September 17, 1787
Who became the first president of the United States?
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George Washington
What opening phrase begins the Preamble to the United States Constitution?
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We the People
Which U.S. newspaper began publication as the Connecticut Courant in 1764?
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Hartford Courant
Which U.S. constitutional amendment abolished slavery nationwide in 1865?
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Thirteenth Amendment
What 1803 land deal nearly doubled the size of the United States?
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Louisiana Purchase
What was the name of the army created by the Second Continental Congress in 1775?
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Continental Army
Who wrote the final wording of the United States Constitution in 1787?
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Gouverneur Morris