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In what year did the stock market crash that triggered the Great Depression?

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1929

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What Union general led a famous March to the Sea during the Civil War?

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Sherman

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What ended the Great Depression?

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War World II

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Whose face is on a 50 dollar bill?

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Ulysses Grant

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What was the name of the first English child born in the New World?

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Virginia Dare

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What do we call the system that makes sure that no branch of the government overpowers another branch?

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checks and balances

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Who was the first person to walk on the moon?

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Neil Armstrong

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What play was Abraham Lincoln watching when he was assassinated?

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Our American Cousin

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The word AMERICA was taken from what person’s name?

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Amerigo Vespucci

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Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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What was the nickname for the Confederate soldiers during the Civil War?

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Rebels

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What color uniform was worn by the Confederate soldiers during the Civil War?

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gray

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Which U.S. President’s picture appears on $20 bills?

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Andrew Jackson

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What was the nickname for the Union soldiers during the Civil War?

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Yankees

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What city did General Grant “present” to Lincoln as a “Christmas gift” in 1864?

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Savannah, Georgia

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Who is believed to be the first Viking to reach America?

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Leif Erikson

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What was the first southern state to secede from the Union?

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South Carolina

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How many Great Lakes are there?

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5

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In what year did the Pilgrims settle in America?

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1620

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During the Great Depression, what notorious gangster opened a soup kitchen in Chicago, Illinois?

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Al Capone

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How many states seceded from the Union?

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11

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How many branches are in the U.S. government?

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3

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What color uniform was worn by the Union soldiers during the Civil War?

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blue

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Who served as the commanding general of the army of the confederate States of America?

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Robert E. Lee

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Who was the youngest U.S. President to die while in office?

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John F. Kennedy

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What was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War?

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Battle of Antietam

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Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?

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Francis Scott Key

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What country gave the U.S. the Statue of Liberty?

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France

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In what theatre was ABraham Lincoln sitting when he was assassinated?

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Ford’s Theatre

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Who patented the design for the telephone?

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Alexander Graham Bell

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Where id the U.S. explode the first atomic bomb?

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Hiroshima, Japan

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In what city was the Declaration of Independence signed?

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Philadelphia

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In what year did the Civil War end?

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1865

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Where is the oldest permanent settlement in America?

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St. Augustin, Florida

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Which branch of government actually writes the laws?

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legislative

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Where did Lee surrender to Grant?

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Appomattox Courthouse, VA

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What do we call the region of the Rocky Mountains that separates the rivers flowing in to the Atlantic Ocean from the rivers flowing in to the Pacific Ocean?

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Continental Divide

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According to the Declaration of Independence, what are the three unalienable rights?

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life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

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What female sharpshooter did Sitting Bull call “Little Sure Shot”?

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Annie Oakley

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Who was the first U.S. president to resign while in office?

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Richard M. Nixon

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Finish this saying that expressed the American colonists anger against the English government: “No taxation without______”

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representation

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What town in Michigan is the biggest center for the manufacture of motor cars in the world?

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Detroit

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What kind of animal is the emblem of the U.S. Republican Party?

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elephant

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In which state is the Grand Canyon located?

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Arizona

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In the U.S., where was gold discovered in 1849?

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Sutter’s Mill, CA

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Which brothers made the first powered plan flight?

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Wright

Wilbur & Orville

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What branch of government is led by the president of the U.S.?

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executive

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In what building in Memphis, Tn was Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated?

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the Lorraine Motel

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What kind of animal is the emblem of the U.S. Democratic Party?

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donkey

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What amendment in the U.S. Bill of Rights guarantees freedom of religion, speech and the press?

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First Amendment

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In 1979, where was the U.S.’s worst nuclear disaster?

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Three Mile Island

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What word has appeared on every coin struck in the U.S. since 1792?

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liberty

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What is the largest city in the United States?

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New York, New York

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What is the only state to have an X in its capital?

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Arizona

Phoenix

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What type of American television ads were banned in 1971?

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cigarette

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What is the northeastern most state in the U.S.?

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Maine

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What state in the U.S. grows peanuts as an important crop?

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Georgia

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What is the only U.S. state to be an independent republic?

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Texas

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How many U.S. states are named after a president?

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one

Washington

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What are the oldest mountains in North America?

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Appalachian Mountains

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In what month is Labor Day a national holiday?

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September

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What river forms a natural border between the U.S. and MExico?

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the Rio Grande

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What U.S. city is the home of the music know as jazz?

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New Orleans

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In what city is the Liberty Bell located?

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Philadelphia

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What do we call money that is paid to the government to help support services?

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tax

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What man is know as the “Father of the Constitution”?

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James Madison

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In what state does the Mississippi River originate?

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Minnesota

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what state has the smallest area in the U.S.?

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Rhode Island

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What did John F. Kennedy refer to when he said, “this is a new ocean, and I believe the U.S. should sail it.”?

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space

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More than one hundred and ten thousand men, women, and children of a specific heritage were placed in interment camps after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. What heritage were they?

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Japanese American

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In 1963, during the Cuvanmissile crisis, who was the leader of Cuba?

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Fidel Castro

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What does the acronym NASA stand for?

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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In what war did we hear “the shot heard ‘round the world”?

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American Revolution

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What character was the symbol of working women during and after WWII?

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rosie the Riveter

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In 1968, Americans proudly gathered around their TV sets to watch what major event?

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the moon landing

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How many justices are on the Supreme Court?

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9

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Who was the first African American baseball player to play in the major leagues?

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Jackie Robinson

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By the mid-1950s, two-thirds of American families spent their evenings gathered around what?

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television set

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In 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr., led a campaign to end segregation in what Alabama city?

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Birmingham

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What do we call June 6, 1944, when the Allied troops stormed the beaches at Normandy?

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D-Day

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During the War of 1812, what was the nickname of the battleship Constitution?

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Old Ironsides

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Most of the houses build after WWII were built in suburbs surrounding large cities. This required that homeowners purchase _____ in order to work.

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automobiles

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What do we call the long, tense period of hostility between the U.S. and the Soviet Union?

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the Cold War

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Who was the first African-American justice of the Supreme Court?

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Thurgood Marshall

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Who “supposedly” assassinated John F. Kennedy?

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Lee Harvey Oswald

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What landmark legal case decideed tha discrimination in schooling was unconstitutional?

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Brown versus the (Topeka) Board of Education

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What american President is know for saying, “The buck stops here.”?

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Harry Truman

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What woman could be considered the “mother” of civil rights?

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Rosa Parks

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In 1851, what AFrican American abolitionist and women’s rights activist wrote Ain’t I a Woman?

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Sojourner Truth

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What does the acronym NAACP stand for?

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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In the middle 1800s, what woman gave her name to the loose-fitting, comfortable pants that she urged women to wear under their dresses?

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Amelia Bloomer

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during the 1830s and 1840s, what two word term meant that it was obvious that the U.S. would expand until it covered the North American continent?

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Manifest Destiny

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What signer of the Declaration of Independence is know for founding the University of Virginia?

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Thomas Jefferson

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What state is known as the Volunteer State?

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Tennessee

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What do we call the time period in American when African-American artists, writers and scholars were especially brilliant and creative?

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Harlem Renaissance

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Who founded Hull House, a settlement house that provided for the poor in Chicago?

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Jane Addams

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Who is the current vice president of the U.S.?

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Joseph Biden

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In 1899, what African American woman from Mississippi started a Memphis newspaper called Free Speech?

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Ida B. Wells

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What was the nickname given to the 1920s in America because they were such exciting, fast-paced times?

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Roaring Twenties

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Who led the Mexican army that defeated the American forces at the Alamo?

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Santa Anna

100
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What amendment to the Constitution outlawed slavery?

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13th

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What amendment to the Constitution guarantees due process of law?

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14th

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One of the hydroelectric power plants is located on a dam across the Colorado River. Name the dam.

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Hoover Dam

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What do we call the time period after WWI when many African-Americans headed for Chicago and New York City?

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Great Migration

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What American landmark contains the inscription, “I lift my lamp beside the golden door.”?

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the Statue of Liberty

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What American compser wrote so many band pieces that he became know as the “March King”?

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John Philip Sousa

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To the Great Plains Indians, what was the most important animal to be hunted?

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buffalo

107
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Who founded the first public library in the U.S.?

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Benjamin Franklin

108
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Who is the current governor of Mississippi?

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Phil Bryant

109
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After the Great Depression, what animal was known as the Hoover Hog or the Poor Man’s Pig?

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the armadillo

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One of the programs set up under Roosevelt’s New Deal was the CCC. What did the CCC stand for?

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Civilian Conservation Corps

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What do we call the time period from 1920 to 1933 when there was a ban on the making and selling of beer, wine and alcohol everywhere in the U.S.?

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prohibition

112
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What American general was defeated at the Battle of Little Big Horn?

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George Custer

113
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What state is split into two parts by one the the Great Lakes?

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Michigan

114
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What state in the continental U.S. has an active volcano?

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Washington

115
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What mail transport service lasted from 1860 to 1861?

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Pony Express

116
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Who wrote: “Early to bed and early to rise,

Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”?

A

Benjamin Franklin

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What famous speech did Lincoln give at the dedication of a cemetery on a Civil War battlefield?

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Gettysburg Address

118
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What state has the armadillo as its small state mammal?

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Texas

119
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What capital of the Confederacy fell on April 3, 1865?

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Richmond

120
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What battleship was sunk during the bombing of Pearl Harbor, killing more than 1,000 American sailors?

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the Arizona

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After the Civil War, what was the name of the organization that helped to build schools and colleges for African Americans?

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Freemen’s Bureau

122
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What country borders the U.S. on the south?

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Mexico

123
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What Supreme Court decision, stating that Congress could not exclude slavery from any territory, pushed the North and South closer to the Civil War?

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Dred Scott Decision

124
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In 1868, what U.S. president was impeached for trying to block plans for rebuilding the South?

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Andrew Johnson

125
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One of the programs set up under Roosevelt’s New Deal was the TVA. What does TVA stand for?

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Tennessee Valley Authority

126
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What songs, often sung by African slaves, blended the old music of Africa and the newly learned Christian religion?

A

spirituals

127
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In 1799, what ruler gave France the legal system they use to this day?

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Napoleon I

128
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Prior to the Civil War, what imaginary line was the unofficial boundary between the NOrth and the South?

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Mason-Dixon line

129
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What American first lady became the “eyes and ears” for her husband, who could not travel because of his paralysis due to polio?

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Eleanor Roosevelt

130
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In what climate zone is the U.S. located?

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the temperate zone

131
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After the Civil War, what was the name given to the greedy Northerners who came South to “get rich quick”?

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carpetbaggers

132
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What was the name given tot he time period during which the eleven Confederate states were brought back into the Union?

A

Reconstruction

133
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In 1935 Congress passed an act that said most workers had to pay a small part of their income into a special government fund to provide services after retirement. What do we call that fund?

A

Social Security

134
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What was ABraham Lincoln’s nickname?

A

Honest Abe

135
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During WWII, the U.S. was allies was Great Britain, China, and what country?

A

the Soviet Union

136
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What country borders the U.S. on the north?

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Canada

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