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The Ultimate Year Quiz - 1917

See what you know about the year 1917

Quiz created by: Mr. Badger Hawkeye

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1. What current U.S. territory was sold to the United States for $25 million on January 25, 1917?

Guam
Puerto Rico
American Samoa
U.S. Virgin Islands

2. Who abdicated his throne on March 15, 1917?

King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia
Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary

3. What country severed relations with Germany on April 11, 1917?

Mexico
Brazil
Japan
United States

4. In what European country did three peasant children claim to see the Virgin Mary on May 13, 1917?

Portugal
Bulgaria
France
Italy

5. Who became premier of the Russian Provisional Government on July 7, 1917?

Prince Georgy Lvov
Leon Trotsky
Vladimir Lenin
Alexander Kerensky

6. In what state did the Green Corn Rebellion take place in August of 1917?

Kansas
Iowa
Missouri
Oklahoma

7. In what major American city were 9 policemen killed by a bomb on November 24, 1917?

San Francisco, California
Chicago, Illinois
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
New York, New York

8. What team won the 1917 World Series?

New York Giants
Boston Red Sox
Brooklyn Dodgers
Chicago White Sox

9. Who became the first woman to serve in the United States House of Representatives on March 4, 1917?

Hattie Caraway
Jeannette Rankin
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Margaret Chase Smith

10. The Jones-Shafroth Act, which was signed into law on March 2, 1917, granted U.S. citizenship to citizens of what island?

Hawaii
Cuba
the Philippines
Puerto Rico

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<h1>The Ultimate Year Quiz - 1917</h1><p>See what you know about the year 1917</p>
<p>Quiz created by: <a href="http://www.amiwrong.com/authors/mrbadgerhawkeye.shtml">Mr. Badger Hawkeye</a></p><br>1. What current U.S. territory was sold to the United States for $25 million on January 25, 1917?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Guam</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Puerto Rico</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) American Samoa</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) U.S. Virgin Islands</div>
<br>2. Who abdicated his throne on March 15, 1917?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Tsar Nicholas II of Russia</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary</div>
<br>3. What country severed relations with Germany on April 11, 1917?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Mexico</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Brazil</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Japan</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) United States</div>
<br>4. In what European country did three peasant children claim to see the Virgin Mary on May 13, 1917?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Portugal</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Bulgaria</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) France</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Italy</div>
<br>5. Who became premier of the Russian Provisional Government on July 7, 1917?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Prince Georgy Lvov</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Leon Trotsky</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Vladimir Lenin</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Alexander Kerensky</div>
<br>6. In what state did the Green Corn Rebellion take place in August of 1917?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Kansas</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Iowa</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Missouri</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Oklahoma</div>
<br>7. In what major American city were 9 policemen killed by a bomb on November 24, 1917?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) San Francisco, California</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Chicago, Illinois</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Milwaukee, Wisconsin</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) New York, New York</div>
<br>8. What team won the 1917 World Series?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) New York Giants</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Boston Red Sox</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Brooklyn Dodgers</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Chicago White Sox</div>
<br>9. Who became the first woman to serve in the United States House of Representatives on March 4, 1917?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Hattie Caraway</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Jeannette Rankin</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Elizabeth Cady Stanton</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Margaret Chase Smith</div>
<br>10. The Jones-Shafroth Act, which was signed into law on March 2, 1917, granted U.S. citizenship to citizens of what island?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Hawaii</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Cuba</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) the Philippines</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Puerto Rico</div>
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