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Trivia Questions

This general addressed a joint session of Congress April 19, 1951

In 1858 it was "Pikes Peak or Bust!" for gold miners who rushed to this state to find their fortune

In 1890 William Kemmler was in the hot seat as he became the first criminal to die by this method

On Sept. 17, 1796 he issued his farewell address

Built to replace the Challenger, this space shuttle made its maiden voyage in May of '92

John Sevier was the first governor of Tennessee & the first & only governor of this short-lived state

In 1779 this Pennsylvania city was a state capital as well as the national capital

In the Kennedy assassination, a bullet struck John Connally, the governor of this state

This president who vetoed the bill to establish the Second Bank of the U.S. is on the $20 bill today

This gift from France was officially unveiled October 28, 1886 on Bedloe's Island