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German dictator during WWII

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Adolf Hitler

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event when British soldiers opened fire on unarmed colonists

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Boston Massacre

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European credited with the discovery of America

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Christopher Columbus

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longstanding conflict against the spread of communism

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Cold War

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government established by secede states

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Confederacy

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commander of the Allied forces who organized D-Day

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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archduke of Austria-Hungary killed by Serbian revolutionary

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Franze Ferdinand

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first president of the United States

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George Washington

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the systematic massacre of European Jews by the Nazis

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Holocaust

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Father of the Constitution

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James Madison

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first lasting English colony in America

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Jamestown

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laws that enforced the segregation of races

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Jim Crow Laws

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president who put U.S. ahead in the “Space Race”

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John F. Kennedy

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President Wilson’s idea for sustained world peace after WWI

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League of Nations

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first battles of the Revolutionary War

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Lexington and Concord

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land purchased by Jefferson from Emperor Napoleon

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Louisiana Purchase

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top secret project intended to create an atomic bomb

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Manhattan Project

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use of U.S. funds to help in the reconstruction of W. Europe

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Marshall Plan

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minister who led Civil Rights movement without violence

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

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original inhabitants of North America

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Native Americans

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National Socialist German Worker’s Party

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Nazi Party

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commander-in-chief of the Confederate Army

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Robert E. Lee

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woman arrested for occupying a white man’s bus seat

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Rosa Parks

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Father of the Declaration of Independence

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Thomas Jefferson

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harsh document drafted at peace conference after WWI
Treaty of Versailles
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commander-in-chief of the Union Army
Ulysses S. Grant
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organization created after WWII to keep the peace
United Nations
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British prime minister who refused to submit to the Nazis
Winston Churchill
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president during WWI
Woodrow Wilson
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event during which President Lincoln declared all slaves free
Emancipation Proclamation
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Date of the Declaration of Independence
July 4, 1776
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Framework for the U.S. government
Mayflower Compact
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War fought to free American trade
War of 1812
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First astronauts to sett foot on the moon
Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong
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Year America entered WWI
1917
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"Ask not what your country can do for you- ask what you can do for your country."
John F. Kennedy
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Second major conflict of the Cold War
Vietnam War
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Year(s) of WWI
1914-1918
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Original document that established a central government for the U.S. and proved too weak
Articles of Confederation
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Date of the Nazi invasion of Poland
Sept. 1, 1939
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Year(s) of the Cold War
1945-1989
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Signed agreement that established a form of government for the Pilgrims
Mayflower Compact
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Date of the attack on Pearl Harbor
Dec. 7, 1941
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American scientist in charge of Manhattan Project
J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Year(s) of the Vietnam War
1957-1975
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Battle that changed the course of the Civil War
Gettysburg
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"I have a dream ..."
Martin L. King, Jr.
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War fought against the Soviet Union's attempt to take control of the 38th parallel
Korean War
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War fought over boundaries between Texas and Mexico
Mexican War
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Year(s) of the Great Depression
1929-1941
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War fought over states' rights and the freedom of slaves
Civil War
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Date of V-J Day
Sept. 2, 1945
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First form of representative government in America
House of Burgesses
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"That's one small step for a man; one giant leap for mankind."
Neil Armstrong
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Date of V-E Day
May 9, 1945
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Event during which the U.S. and Soviet Union almost engaged in nuclear war
Cuban Missile Crisis
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Year(s) of the Korean War
1950-1953
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"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Japanese island(s) destroyed by first atomic bombs
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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War that forced Spain to give up all control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines
Spanish-American War
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What is the law-making branch of the American government, and what is its head?
Legislative; Congress
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What is the law-enforcing branch of the American government, and what is its head?
Executive; President
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What is the law-interpreting branch of the American government, and what is its head?
Judicial; Supreme Court
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What was the first time delegates from all the colonies met to discuss the rights of Americans?
First Continental Congress
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What were the five causes of the Revolutionary War?
trade and navigation laws; Stamp Act; Townshend Acts; Boston Massacre; the Five Intolerable Acts
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What is the name given to the movement of protest against the unjust laws of segregation?
Civil Rights Movement
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What was the name given to the era of hardship that resulted from the Stock Market Crash of 1929?
the Great Depression
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What was the event that precipitated WWII?
the Nazi invasion of Poland
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What was the event that led America to join WWII?
the bombing of Pearl Harbor
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What was the largest land assault during WWII; also called D-Day?
the storming of Normandy
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What was the event that signified the end of the Cold War?
the fall of the Berlin Wall
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Allies during WWI
Belgium, China, France, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Japan, Russia, United States (after 1917)
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Allies during WWII
Canada, China, France, Great Britain, India, Soviet Union (after 1941), United States (after 1941)
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Central Powers during WWI
Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Germany, the Ottoman Empire
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Axis Powers during WWII
Germany, Italy, Japan, Soviet Union (until 1941)

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