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US History True/False Quiz
Take this true/false quiz to see how well you know your American History.
Quiz ID:
#21565
Fun:
(2.1)
Difficulty:
(2.25)
Category:
History
>
United States
Created By:
whsprec
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#1 Christopher Columbus sailed west from Spain to prove that the earth was round.
True
False
#2 Paul Revere rode from Boston to Concord warning the people that "The British are coming".
True
False
#3 The Liberty Bell was rung on July 4th, 1776 when independence was declared.
True
False
#4 When John Hancock signed his name to the Declaration of Independence, he said, "King George will be able to read that with his spectacles".
True
False
#5 George Washington cut down a cherry tree and then told his father that he "could never tell a lie".
True
False
#6 Betsy Ross invented and designed the first American Flag.
True
False
#7 The men fighting at the Alamo all fought to the death.
True
False
#8 Abraham Lincoln wrote a letter to Mrs. Lydia Bixby, who lost her five sons during the Civil War.
True
False
#9 When Confederate President Jefferson Davis was arrested after the Civil War, he was wearing his wife's clothing as a disguise in hopes of avoiding capture.
True
False
#10 During the 1880s, Tombstone, the site of the OK Corral shoot-out, averaged more than 100 murders a year.
True
False
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