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Challenge your friends on American history, or test your own knowledge. Find Out How Much You Really Know With These *150* U.S. History Trivia Questions Skip to main content
Question: Which president oversaw the move of the United States embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem? Answer: Donald Trump Question: Who was the first president to live in the White House?
The first college chartered in the United States was done so in 1782, with 50 guineas (a type of coin) donated by George Washington toward its founding. Washington College is still open today.
January 11 – The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China. January 14 The Casablanca Conference, where Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first president of the United States to travel by airplane while in office (Miami, Florida to Morocco to meet with Winston Churchill to discuss World War II).
March 1 – The United States Continental Congress implements the Articles of Confederation, forming its Perpetual Union as the United States in Congress Assembled. March 8 – American Revolution – Skirmish at Waters Creek; March 15 – American Revolution – Battle of Guilford Court House: American General Nathanael Greene loses to the ...
August 9 – The Arikara War breaks out between the Arikara nation and the United States, the first American military conflict with the Plains Indians. August 23 – Hugh Glass is attacked and mauled by a sow grizzly bear and left for dead in the Missouri Territory. He crawls 200 miles before reaching help, events depicted in The Revenant.
The average cloud weighs over one million pounds. Wearing a necktie could reduce blood flow to your brain by up to 7.5 percent. Animals can also be allergic to humans.
May 8 – Harry S. Truman, 33rd president of the United States from 1945 to 1953, 34th vice president of the United States from January to April 1945 (died 1972) May 26 – Charles Winninger, stage and film actor (died 1969) June 21 Cack Henley, baseball player (died 1929) Garrett L. Withers, U.S. senator from Kentucky from 1949 to 1950 (died 1953)