History Can you make the trip back to the correct city in this history trivia? Test your knowledge of the past here! Published 3 years ago on April 20, 2023 By Mike Peck /5 History Vol. 17.1 The Louisiana Purchase was a deal between the United States and which country? England Spain Mexico France Next Question Wrong! Correct! In 1803, the United States purchased the western half of the Mississippi River basin from France at less than three cents per acre for 828,000 square miles. Who served as both the 22nd and 24th U.S. President? Benjamin Harrison Grover Cleveland Zachary Taylor Martin Van Buren Next Question Wrong! Correct! Grover Cleveland was both the 22nd and 24th U.S. President. He is the only man to have been elected to non-consecutive presidential terms. Which U.S. mail service started in 1860? Informed Delivery Pony Express Priority Mail P.O. Box Next Question Wrong! Correct! The Pony Express system of U.S. mail delivery ran from April 1860-October 1861. What original document of the newly created U.S. was later replaced by the Constitution? The Magna Carta The Bill of Rights The Articles of Confederation The Federalist Papers Next Question Wrong! Correct! The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was an agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America that served as its first constitution. It was approved after much debate by the Second Continental Congress on November 15, 1777, and sent to the states for ratification. What is the oldest city in the United States? Boston, Massachusetts St. Augustine, Florida Charleston, South Carolina Jamestown, Virginia Wrong! Correct! Many people assume Jamestown, Virginia is the oldest city in the United States, but the reality is Jamestown is merely the oldest English settlement. St. Augustine, founded in September 1565 by Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles of Spain, is the longest continually inhabited European-founded city in the United States – more commonly called the "Nation's Oldest City." Next Trivia Did You Know? The phrase “United States of America” was first published anonymously in the Virginia Gazette newspaper in Williamsburg, Virginia, on April 6, 1776. Related Topics: Advertisement
