Q 01/05

The 13 stripes on the flag of the United States stand for what?

A) The thirteen original colonies

B) The thirteen signers of the Declaration

C) The first thirteen presidents

D) Thirteen battles of the Revolution

Answer · why

A) The thirteen original colonies

The fifty stars represent the states; the stripes represent the British colonies that won independence in the Revolutionary War.

Q 02/05

The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the United States from the people of which country?

A) Britain

B) France

C) Spain

D) Italy

Answer · why

B) France

The copper-clad statue was designed by sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, its metal framework built by Gustave Eiffel, and it was dedicated on 28 Oc...

Q 03/05

In which year did the United States complete the Louisiana Purchase?

A) 1803

B) 1812

C) 1819

D) 1848

Answer · why

A) 1803

France controlled only a small fraction of the enormous area it sold; for most of it, the United States was buying the exclusive right to acquire land...

Q 04/05

Who was the first president to live in the White House?

A) George Washington

B) John Adams

C) Thomas Jefferson

D) James Madison

Answer · why

B) John Adams

He did not live there long: he lost his bid for reelection in 1800 to his own vice president, Thomas Jefferson.

Q 05/05

Francis Scott Key wrote The Star-Spangled Banner in 1814 after watching the British bombard which Baltimore fort?

A) Fort Sumter

B) Fort Ticonderoga

C) Fort McHenry

D) Fort Knox

Answer · why

C) Fort McHenry

Key wrote the poem Defence of Fort M'Henry on 14 September 1814, after the Royal Navy shelled the fort during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 18...