US History Quiz | 40 hard trivia questions and answers about the US. Are you good enough?
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It's quiz trivia time! Can you answer these 40 hard trivia quiz questions covering the history of the United States of America.
Know your Presidents and key events in history then try answering these 40 questions on the history of the U.S. Try to answer the questions within 10 seconds. Test your knowledge of American history.
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40 out 40 right!!! All I had to do is rewind the video and watch it again! 🏆🇺🇸🗽
I got 31 right. I'm impressed by the variety of questions. Some were middle-school easy, others were only-buffs-know-this hard, and they weren't arranged in order of difficulty. Fun stuff! More of this, please!
QUIT YR BRAGGING!
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I scored 17 out of 40. That looks pathetic but BUT I am British (living in London most of my 75 years of life) so I am pleased that I knew ANY of the correct answers
20 out of 40
If you cant answer these simple questions - THANK A TEACHER
Your question about the oldest continuously inhabited street needs further research. Philadelphia was founded in 1682. Hampton VA was established in July 1610. Further, St Augustine FL was founded in 1565. There are many more much older streets in the U.S.
Yep, I guessed St Augustine since it's our oldest city.
While it’s true those cities are older than Philadelphia, Elfreths alley is billed as the oldest continually occupied street in America. Since the street was built there has always been residents living there. Just a little clarification.
@@bunnyskinner8094 brown noser
Saint Augustine is the most likely.
Continuously inhabited are the key words.
I like that this was not multiple choice. Thank you.
Buchanan's niece, Harriet Lane, was official White House hostess.
I only got 14 but I took the test while somehow a little inebriated and confused... it hit me with hard questions, still ashamed of myself but at least learned something.
24 of 40. Thank you for posting.
Literally just had my history finals today, studied hard so a lot of these questions came easy and were almost exactly the same as the test
got A? Congratulations
Like the quiz because it wasn’t one of the easy/stupid multiple choice quizzes where the answer is very obvious.
I got 38 out of the 40 correct, I had no idea what street was inhabited, and I had forgotten about Tubman, but not bad.
Hard but interesting.
You'd think I was born and raised in Mars answering these questions. Quite embarrassing actually.😟
I thought I would do great, and got 24 right. In all honesty, though, some are really too picky.
Me too 🫢
I’m 75 and got 25 out of 40 correct…was a lotta fun…thank you…
I paid attention in school and got 36 right. Can't believe I choked on the D-Day question.
Good quiz I missed one. The Harriet Tubman as the first woman to lead troops was a shocker. I had no clue on that one. I have studied a lot of history.
you're brilliant!
Harriett Tubman founder of the Underground Railroad,,also known as the. “Tubway” (nyuk nyuk)🥸
Wow! I only got 24 right! I need to brush up on my U.S. history!😁
I knew most of them but I had a hard time focusing because I love Stars and Stripes Forever so much.
Missed 5 but 2 I questioned as correct answers. Overall, proved to myself I REALLY DID PAY ATTENTION IN ALL MY HISTORY CLASSES! Am into my 80's and fast approaching the "age of DIRT"!!! 😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄 To everyone: Enjoy the day and "keep your 'CHINS UP"!!
I had lots of history courses and only got about 30 right answers. A terrific quiz due to it not being one of those idiotic easy quizzes!
40 / 40 It helped being a U.S. History major in school.
Super information. What we have forgotten comes to our mind. Thanks a lot for ur good deeds
So nice of you
Missed one question. I truly love history!🏕️💣⚔️🇺🇸🛢️🎯🥿🧞♀️🥶😍
That's weird that Jimmy Carter would be the first president to recognize China when Nixon went over there and had meetings with them like they were besties
Yeah, I said Nixon.
Me too
@@dandifabio7689 me three
Okay, that was hard. I missed 8. The Harriet Tubman question was true trivia. Yes, I am in my 70s. And, agreed, I doubt most college grads could get 50% correct. Judging by man-on-the-street interviews, my guess is most Millennials and Gen Z could only get 0 to 5 answers.
“Man-on-the-street interviews” almost always show people who do comically badly on purpose to make people like you watch them and are completely unrelated to reality
Me Too ....oh wait I only got 8 Right ! 😂 , it's ok I'm a musician !
As a Gen Xer, I would say the same about you boomers too.
You only missed 8. You're a genius. I only got 15 right. Some were pretty obscure questions, but it was fun and I enjoyed learning. I'll keep trying.
I’m a millennial and got 22 correct. So ten less than what you got, but I did get over 50%.
interesting quiz I knew alot of these already but some i didn't know much.
Not from the US, but managed 32 correct answers anyway. Okay, some were good guesses!
36/40. Probably because I'm so damn old! Cabin boy on the Mayflower...............
Older people will get more than kids today .They don't even tech history anymore !
Missed 2: "Saratoga" as turning point of the Revolutionary War - was taught it was Bunker Hill - then the Sister/First Lady. Thought it might have been Cleveland since he was a bachelor when he started his first term and married while serving as President. It's easy to forget James Buchanan in the greater scheme of things.
Since he was our first Gay President, it’s understandable.
According to the NPS the turning point was the Battle of Yorktown.
Yorktown was what basically ended it..Saratoga got the French to support us...hence the turning point.
I love quizzes on American history! It's a fun way to learn about this fascinating country's past.
Enjoyable quiz! Got 30/40....love the background music! ❤ 😊
Twenty-nine correct, eleven wrong. James Buchanan's niece was his First Lady. I got the prohibition question wrong because of the word "introduced." The Eighteenth Amendment was signed in 1919, but did not kick in until 1920.
Same here. I missed the Eighteenth Amendment because I went for passage, not enforcement. I couldn't think of the President and went with Millard Fillmore. I did pull the Columbia out of my rear-end and I got lucky with Tubman as combat assignments aren't given to women, so it had to be Civil War related. I missed three and the Third one, Philadelphia, was just plain stupid. I went for George Washington's presidential address
I guessed 1919 too. I was also off 1 year on the Boston Massacre. 32/40 right total.
I couldn't remenber his name, but James Buchanan was supposedly gay
Missed 6. Thought I'd ace it.
That's a good store ,some history teaches wouldn't get that many !
30/40..quite pleased with that as an Englishman. Forgot the marshal plan and couldn't remember Urah as the other beach. Pearl Harbour I should have known but had a mental block. There are questions that only Americans that studied history would get so possible 33 but 30 is respectable
I,as a fellow Englishman,really should have got Utah beach landing too,kicked myself over that one. Got the Marshall Plan and Pearl Harbour right but only 19 in total - after I got 13 of the first 17 questions right. Had a little brain freeze over a couple as the time ticked away.
Utah
Chicken dinner, gotem all, plus the ending, cheese or meat slicer.
Actually, Sitting Bull remained in his tepee during the skirmish, the Indian that really turned the tide and blocked any retreat was Gall.
But Crazy Horse led the battle!
Got 10 questions wrong, but had a lot of fun.
Got 35 right. The American Civil War made fall in love with history, since I grew up in Virginia, but for the life of me I can't remember it's dates.
I’m 54 and got 31 out of 40. I’m an Army veteran and proud to be an American!
Easy if you turn a blind eye to our history…from inception. I, too, wanted to believe until I couldn’t hide from our truth any longer. We’ve never lived up to our true potential. 1970 history grad from University of Oregon.
Hi! I'm from Sweden and i got 27 right which i think is rather good. Some i had no clue on and others i just missed. But all in all i think i did good. Good quiz btw!
I got about half right. Some I missed slightly, others I had no idea at all. LOL
Missed slightly eh ?
@@dcasper8514 Yeah, some the dates I got wrong by only a year or two.
I'm a Catholic-schooled Canadian...I thought 28/40 was respectable...thanks! (Awesome quiz!)
I only got 7! But I’m from Quebec, lol
@@JLvatron I'm from Newfoundland...you must be ''one of them Protestants'' Jeez, even the Yanks scored better than seven!
@@geoffreygushue2280 How racist!
A few issues I noticed that may result in falsely wrong answers. #19- The question did not specify AFTER the Constitution was ratified. Other cities such as Baltimore, MD and York, PA also claim to have been the first US capital. #20- Some members of congress did sign the Declaration of Independence on July 4th. Others signed on August 2nd (or even later). #32- James Buchanan's first Lady was actually his niece, not his sister. #33- There were more than two beaches involved on D-Day. Juno, Sword, and Gold are also acceptable answers.
Omaha and Utah were the beaches where U.S. forces landed on D-Day, so the quiz was correct for that one. Sword, Gold, and Juno were also beaches on D-Day, but they were British and Canadian forces.
I agree with John, while there were more beaches the U S. was only responsible for 2.
Question 19 was referring to the first capital of the USA as a sovereign state. The USA as a sovereign state did not exist until 4 March 1789.
@@John-yv7dc Huh, that distinction was never really made in any of the school lessons or videos I've seen. They always just kind of generally say "allied forces landed at these following beaches" without specifying further. Good to know though.
@@marioricco9128 Duh, I already demonstrated in my initial comment that I see what they were trying to ask. Again, the problem is that the question was not clear enough. You can still have an independent country with a capital city before the final constitution is ratified though.
Got only 30 right answer, I love it, THANKS, starting reviewing our history again.
36 of 40...not bad for a canadian.....sometimes I worry that other countries citizens know more about the US than many of its own people.....
So true. Too busy with their noses in their phones.
Probably because teachers are too busy trying to push transgender crap instead of history.
You may be correct. Education in America has degraded for decades.
Sitting Bull was not the War leader, he was the religious leader, the "Medicine Man", it was Crazy Horse who was the War Leader
*32 correct, a few near misses.*
25/40 and I’m British.
There was numerous beach landing on D Day. Utah the most forward, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword.
Omaha and Utah were US troops Gold Juno and Sword were British.
@@glenpekin6410 Gold Juno and Sword were British and Canadian
@@42rufe True. A bit of laziness on my part.
Right - Utah and Omaha were the only US landings. Gold and Sword beaches were British and Juno was Canadian (that's why the Canadian music awards are called the Junos)
The Juno Awards are named in honour of Pierre Juneau, the first president of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission - wikipedia
30 correct...I wanted to quibble about some like Crazy Horse vs Sitting Bull, but I really had no idea about who was the first woman to lead US troops or the sister/niece 1st lady (I guessed Cleveland). 10 Seconds is also tough, I found myself wanting to pause so I could think. Thanks for the lesson in humility!
I got the Buchanan question correct, only because I remembered he was a lifelong bachelor and was rumored to have been...ahem...a bit light in the loafers
I did thought the same with the big horn one...
same with me on the big horn - the way they worded the question, I would have considered either answer correct
Technically how can you have a war chief on the side of a battle, where one side was not planing on having a battle? The Indian side was chilling out along a river with their family's. making preparations for winter. Where they were taken by surprise. Are you saying Sitting Bulls, battle plan was, lets not have any look outs, & lets wait till some old woman mistakes the US Cavalry, for a herd of buffalo come by. Then in small unorganized groups, we'll swarm out, attack & kill them all. There were many great Chiefs at that battle but, I'd call it more of a wild melee with no chief in charge at the time.
I agree with you about the Sitting Bull question.
33/40. It was mix of easy, medium and hard.
An interesting quiz. I tried it on my kids, all of whom attended schools in E Africa and the UK and they averaged 30/40 (range 24-35). Questions about issues just eight to 20 years ago are hardly history. Of the 40 questions, 10 are about things during my lifetime to date. Does this make me an historic person?
Quite good!
what happened in the last election IS history. Just recent history. In your lifetime just doesn't make it so.
History is right up to the present day. When Niel Armstrong landed on the moon, he made history on that day.
26 out of 40. The first 20 were easy, though.
#16 is incorrect! The answer is Crazy Horse!
I love all your quizzes
I think I got 33. I lost count toward the end. Some were super easy but, I am not up on alot of the more modern day trivia of US history. I am better at the stuff that took place 1950s and earlier. I am a history buff but, the newer stuff was something that got me. I think I need to bone up on those.
I got 31. Graduated 33 years ago and some of these I was yelling out the answer as time was running out.
Also from Canada, got 20.
I’m so thankful that TEACHERS taught me these answers and many more. I should say anger theses thing into my head
35 correct
I guess I need to study more. Only 19 correct. But a few of them were close, just not getting the exact year correct.
I think Crazy Horse had as much or more to do with the Sioux and Cheyenne victory against Custer. I missed about 10 so I'll take it again.
Chief Waccapeepee
That's correct! Crazy Horse led the battle while Sitting Bull remained behind to guard their encampment!
Nolan, I agree with you. Isn't that why there is a monument under construction in South Dakota?
@@Padraig656 true: Sitting Bull was unable to go into battle, having pierced his arms as a sacrifice during a Sun Dance some weeks earlier, so he was healing
There was also native leading the braves name Gaul
20/40 and from the UK
24/40 - Not bad for a Canadian I guess. Got hammered in the end with the last 4 wrong. Good quiz. White house got burned in War of 1812 so I guessed 1813. 1814 was the answer. I should've known that...now I do. Even the Capitol was burned.
rprimici. i got 31. combined indian, canadian and british forces burned the white house and they painted it white to cover the scorch marks, therefore the white house.
Sorry about York ONT though.😉
@@jamesharms748 Haha. Most Torontonians don't even know their city got ransacked back then. Just like most Americans don't know the WH and Capitol got burned back then...
@@jamesharms748 sorry about the white house as well.
The British probably would have won if they weren't fighting Napoleon. Of course, it wouldn't have begun if it wasn't for the Napoleonic War. If they had won, slavery would have been abolished.
30 right. I thought I'd do better. That was a good mix of questions.
Missed the Boston Massacre and the Columbia. I like that these are "fill in the blank" and not multiple choice.
as an old brit oxygen thief with a low grade education i managed 31 which i thought was pretty good
33/40. Proud of myself 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
This was a tough quiz. I only got 25 correct.
32 and most of the ones that I got wrong I was very close. It helps to have read O'Reiley's "Killing Books, and "Grant."
Don't put too much stock in all of O'Riley's books as he had some false info/statistics in "Killing Crazy Horse!" He had Texas Rangers armed with Colt Peacemakers a full 13 years before they were available and he stated that the Henry Rifle was "ubiquitous" in the Civil War when only about 250,000 saw action out of the millions of long guns used!
Grover Cleveland's sister, Rose, served as his hostess while he was unmarried. He later married Frances Folsom, who served as First Lady
31 of 40. Knew 4 I missed but ran out of time. Missed 2 by 1 year. Had no idea about NBA or Harriet Tubman
39 of 40!
I got seven of them right!
18 right. Not so bad as a German, i think.
I got about 2/3 correct. A few that I got wrong I couldn’t remember the correct answer, but a few questions including the last one were things I never knew.
Got 32/40
32/40 Not to shabby for a European
Excellent quiz. I didn't keep count but think I fell in the 60-65% area. I'm 83 and all my life I've been plagued with a selective memory. As hard as I tried in college I could only maintain 3.5 GPA.
Superb
Thanks 🤗
35-40 sitting bull was a holy man not a warrior leader
34/40 ..... but I am from Scotland lol
35 of 40. Thought I would do better.
4:00 Try "organization". 7:56 Secuirty?
I did really well but my problem is I'm 80 and cant get answers in my mind in 10 seconds
33/40. Some of these questions were much easier than others
I got 21 right, but I knew 9 of the ones I got wrong, just couldn't think of the exact answer
Well chosen questions covering a wide range of US history, except # 20 (re. Declaration of Independence) and 23 (re. "formally" recognizing China) are really deceptive, akin to the fine print on a contract - I got almost all of the first 20 and then the last half were much harder, so my fns score was 25/40. All in all it was good brain exercise - thanks!
Tricky Dick Nixon's diplomatic efforts in China were much better publicized so that question tricked me.
@@usafvet100 Me to. Thought it was Nixon.
@@3trilogy The Key was recognition, not going there which is why it couldn't be Nixon. Ford's time was short thus it had to be Carter. When I don't know the answer I use process of elimination
@@usafvet100 Same here.
Missed 6. Good Quiz.
29/40. Some answers were on the tip of my tongue, but I could not retrieve them in time. Missed a couple of dates by 1 year and slavery amendment by 1 and signing of DOI by 1 month. Good quiz.
It was James Buchanan's niece, not his sister, who served in the capacity as "First Lady," or the hostess of the house, since Buchanan was a bachelor. The quiz is wrong.
That's what I thought too. So I looked it up, and yes, it was his niece, Harriet Lane.
I got 21 out of 40 correct, but i'm Canadian. Agree wth other posters, at least it was not multiple guess with two obviously wrong answers.
6/40 right Mayflower,Massachusetts,New York,nba,13th amendment,and Philadelphia
I didn't keep score, but I'll admit I missed more than I thought I would.
Not to bad only 4 that I didn’t know
Not too bad.
Great Music, Great Quiz
30 correct & I have to take exception to Sitting Bull. He actually didn't want to lead, so the positionsupposedly went to Crazy Horse.
Was Massachusetts a state in 1620?
I'm from the UK and got about half right, very close on a few others.
I got 3/40
I missed one out of fourty...I didn't know that Buchanan had his sister as first lady of the White House.