9179 America's 250th Anniversary (America250) Trivia Questions with Answers
9179 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Who drafted the principal first draft of the United States Declaration of Independence?
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Thomas Jefferson
Which body approved the Declaration of Independence in 1776, the founding document honored by America250?
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Second Continental Congress
What was the first U.S. national park, established in 1872 and celebrated as part of America250’s public-land legacy?
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Yellowstone National Park
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery nationwide, a legacy remembered during America250?
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Thirteenth Amendment
Which 1863 speech by Abraham Lincoln honored the Union dead at a Pennsylvania battlefield?
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Gettysburg Address
What document became the supreme law of the United States after ratification in 1788, a foundation celebrated by America250?
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Constitution of the United States
Which 1775 battle is generally considered the first military engagement of the American Revolutionary War, central to America250 history?
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Battles of Lexington and Concord
What is the formal name for America250’s 250th-anniversary commemoration?
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United States Semiquincentennial
Who was the first president of the First Continental Congress?
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Peyton Randolph
Who was the primary drafter of the United States Declaration of Independence?
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Thomas Jefferson
Which document did Abraham Lincoln issue on January 1, 1863, during the Civil War?
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Emancipation Proclamation
Which battle ended with Cornwallis’s British army surrendering to George Washington in 1781?
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Siege of Yorktown
On what date was the Lincoln Memorial dedicated in Washington, D.C.?
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May 30, 1922
For America250, on what date was the Statue of Liberty officially dedicated in New York Harbor?
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October 28, 1886