What date was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?
January 1, 1863
January 1, 1963
January 1, 1865
January 1, 1861
Question 2
In what year did Mark Twain publish his famous, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"?
1865
1879
1880
1864
Question 3
In 1871, this famous American city was almost completely destroyed by a fire:
Atlanta
Richmond
New York
Chicago
Question 4
On April 18th, a San Francisco earthquake kills an estimated 500 people, and fire destroys much of the city. This happens in what year?
1906
1900
1905
1902
Question 5
One of America's most famous and endearing poets died in the year 1892. This great American was:
Walt Whitman
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Emily Dickinson
Robert Frost
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