Given are the set of hard questions regarding the history of the US. This is the perfect one to examine the knowledge level of the person who shows interest in history.

17. Question: What was the first major land battle of the U.S. Civil War?

• Answer: First Bull Run

18. Question: Which now-US state had an attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 and the overthrowing of a queen in 1893?

• Answer: Hawaii

19. Question: In 1620 these people came to the United States from England and later celebrated the first Thanksgiving?

• Answer: The Pilgrims

20. Question: Who was the Continental Army's main general?

• Answer: George Washington

21. Question: In 1789, George Washington became the first President of the United States. At the same time, who became the first Vice-President?

• Answer: John Adams

22. Question: What battle of the U.S. Civil War is known as the bloodiest day in American history?

• Answer: Antietam

23. Question: In which US state was gold discovered at Shutter's Mill in 1848 and experienced a devastating earthquake in 1906?

• Answer: California

24. Question: Which U.S. president spent the longest time in office? This man served in the office until his death at age 63.

• Answer: Franklin Delano Roosevelt

25. Question: Who was the only U.S. president to have a Ph.D. in political science? 

• Answer: Woodrow Wilson. He earned it from Johns Hopkins University in 1886.

26. Question: What agreement among the original 13 states was ratified in 1777, and was replaced by the United States Constitution on March 4, 1789?

• Answer: Articles of Confederation

27. Question: What was the name of the hurricane that devasted New Orleans in 2005?

• Answer: Hurricane Katrina

28. Question: What was the first state to legalize marijuana for medical use?

• Answer: California, in 1996

29.  Question: In which year Abraham Lincoln was assassinated?

• Answer: 1865

30. Question: Which European language was first spoken in the United States?

• Answer: Spanish

31. Question: Which year did California become a State?

• Answer: 1850

32. Question: Who installed the first elevator in America?

• Answer: Elisha Otis

33. Question: In which year Cigarettes were banned on US Television?

• Answer: 1971

34. Who was elected U.S. President in 1980?

• Answer: Ronald Reagan

35. Question: Which country did not send explorers to America before it became the United States?

• Answer: Bulgaria