9179 America's 250th Anniversary (America250) Trivia Questions with Answers
9179 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which document became the first effective constitution of the United States on March 1, 1781?
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Articles of Confederation
Which document does America250 commemorate as adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776?
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United States Declaration of Independence
What is the famous nickname of the bell at Independence Hall in Philadelphia?
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Liberty Bell
Which city served as the temporary U.S. capital from 1790 to 1800?
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Philadelphia
In which building was the Declaration of Independence adopted, the central document of America’s 250th anniversary?
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Pennsylvania State House
What is the 250-year anniversary term used for America’s 2026 observance?
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Semiquincentennial
What was the 200th anniversary called that preceded America’s 250th anniversary in 2026?
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United States Bicentennial
Where is the signed parchment Declaration of Independence displayed, a document central to America250?
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National Archives Building
What is the formal historical name for America’s 250th-anniversary observance?
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United States Semiquincentennial
Which document created the U.S. federal government that replaced the Articles of Confederation?
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United States Constitution
What name is given to the 1867 U.S. purchase of Alaska from the Russian Empire?
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Alaska Purchase
What was the 1803 U.S. purchase from France that doubled the nation's territory?
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Louisiana Purchase
On what date did Lord Cornwallis’s army surrender at Yorktown during the American Revolution?
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October 19, 1781
On what date did the Boston Tea Party take place, a major prelude to America’s founding?
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December 16, 1773
Which 1775 battle is widely regarded as the first major battle of the American Revolutionary War?
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Battle of Bunker Hill
Which 1776 document became the first U.S. national constitution before the Constitution of 1787?
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Articles of Confederation
What was the five-member group that drafted the 1776 Declaration of Independence called?
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Committee of Five