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Important American History Dates
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Settlement of Jamestown
1921
1607
May 1787
April 1775
2. Harvard Founded
April 14 1865
1877
1636
Feb 1913
3. Interstate Comerce Act
1963
April 14 1865
April 14 1865
1887
4. Jackson Vetoes Bank Bill
April 14 1865
1832
1927
April 1775
5. Half-Way Covenant
1662
1958
1619
May 1787
6. Waco Disasters
1993
1970
1958
December 1913
7. Great Awakening
8. Georgia Settled
1898
1927
1619
1732
9. Stock Market Crash
Oct 1929
1804
1915
December 7 1941
10. Prohibitory Act
1965
December 1775
May 1787
1607
11. Calling of Legislative Assembly of Virginia
October 1777
1662
1887
1619
12. Terrorist Attack
1662
April 9th 1865
September 11 - 2001
1869
13. Haymarket Riot
1970
1886
December 1913
March 1770
14. Scopes trial
December 1775
Jan 1848
1915
1921
15. Pearl Harbor
1732
1869
December 7 1941
1927
16. Kent state riots
Oct 1929
1927
1970
1993
17. Bessemer Process of Making Steel Introduced
September 11 - 2001
December 1913
1607
1856
18. John Browns Raid
1730's
1859
1804
1970
19. Prohibitory Act
December 1775
1963
Feb 1913
August 14 1945
20. Stock Market Crash
July 1-3 1863
August 14 1945
Oct 1929
May 1787
21. Lewis and Clark Expedition
April 14 1865
December 1791
1993
1804
22. Half-Way Covenant
1662
Jan 1815
1754
April 9th 1865
23. Constitutional Convention Begins
1781
August 14 1945
1993
May 1787
24. End of Millitary Reconstruction
1993
1917
1954
1877
25. Adoption of 16th Amendment
1965
1832
Feb 1913
April 9th 1865
26. Harvard Founded
1636
Jan 1848
1619
December 7 1941
27. British Surrender at Yorktown
600
1856
December 1933
1781
28. Prohibition Repealed by 21st Amendment
July 1-3 1863
December 1933
August 6 1945
April 1775
29. CSA Takes Sumter
December 1791
April 1861
1856
1963
30. Battle of Saratoga
December 7 1941
1993
October 1777
August 14 1945
31. French and Indian War
1915
1958
Jan 1848
1754
32. Lewis and Clark Expedition
1958
1856
1804
1915
33. Waco Disasters
December 7 1941
Jan 1815
1993
May 1787
34. Bill of RIghts Ratified
1955
December 1791
1804
1859
35. Battle of Saratoga
1856
1662
October 1777
April 9th 1865
36. Japan Surrenders
April 9th 1865
1963
August 14 1945
600
37. Japan Surrenders
August 14 1945
September 11 - 2001
1970
Jan 1815
38. Terrorist Attack
December 1933
1958
September 11 - 2001
1898
39. Lindberghs solo flight across the Atlantic
1927
1963
April 1861
December 1791
40. Sinking of the lusitania
1921
1886
April 9th 1865
1915
41. Bolshevik Revolution
August 6 1945
Jan 1815
1917
1887
42. Organization of John Birch Society
1877
1915
1993
1958
43. Watts Riot
600
1965
1954
1886
44. National Review Begun
1819
1754
1955
September 1796
45. Boston Massacre
1927
March 1770
1955
1754
46. Brown V Board of Ed
1917
1886
December 1775
1954
47. French and Indian War
1754
April 1775
1927
1921
48. Restoration of British Monarchy
1754
April 9th 1865
600
1921
49. Washington's Farewell address
1636
1859
September 1796
1877
50. Lindberghs solo flight across the Atlantic
1993
1732
1970
1927