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1
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What faces are on Mount Rushmore

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Washington, Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, Lincoln

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Who said “Speak softly and carry a big stick”

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Teddy Roosevelt

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3
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When was the Civil War?

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1861 - 1865

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When was the American Revolution?

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1775 - 1783

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When was WW1

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1914 - 1918

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When was WW2

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1939-1945

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When was the Vietnam War

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1955 - 1975

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How long was the Cold War

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46 years

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When was the Iraq war

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2001 - 2010. US troops werent deployed until 2003

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Name the allies in WW2

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United States, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, China, France, Canada, Poland

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Name the main axis powers in WW2

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Nazi Germany, Italy, Japan,

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12
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What 2 places were the atomic bombs dropped

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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The US and Soviet Union were allies in WW2, but the Cold war immediately began following the Axis Powers Surrender. What caused the Cold War?

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1.Different political systems (capitalism vs communism)
2. Disagreements over the division of Germany
3. The emergence of Nuclear Weapons and the arms race

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What was the first Satellite put into space? Who launched it?

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Sputnik 1 - Soviet Union

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15
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Who was the star player of the black sox scandal?

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Shoeless Joe Jackson

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What was the result for the 8 baseball players involved in the scandal?

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Lifetime ban. Shoeless Joe did not accept the bribe from the bookie, but did accept $5k from a teammate, so he was included in the ban.

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What was the first US satellite launched into space?

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Explorer 1

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What was the atomic bombs that ended WW2 called?

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Little Boy was the first one dropped on Hiroshima. Fat man was dropped 3 days later on Nagasaki.

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Who did Pocohontas marry?

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John Rolfe

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What was the first English colony in the United States called?

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Roanoke

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21
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What happened to the Roanoke settlement?

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No one knows, but they vanished. John White was at the settlement, returned to Europe to ask for aid, and when he returned 3 years later everyone was gone.

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What was the colony the pilgrims established upon landing in the New World called?

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Plymouth

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What was the name of the Native American who was the intermediary between the Plymouth colonists and natives? He spoke English due to being captured by Englishmen and taken to Europe as a slave before escaping and returning to Plymouth.

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Squanto

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What is the phenomenon of which a large group of people remember an event, fact or detail one way, but it turns out to be different than previously accepted as true?

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Mandella Effect

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What were the three ships Columbus sailed on to the Americas in 1492

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Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria

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Where did Christopher Columbus originally land in the Americas?

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The Bahamas

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27
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Where did General Lee surrender at?

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Appomattox Court

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Name the most well known union generals

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Ulysses S Grant, William Sherman, McClean, Meade, Burnside, Hooker

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Name the most well known confederate generals

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Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, James Longstreet

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30
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Where did the Civil War start?

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Fort Sumter - Charleston, SC

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What document declared the freedom of enslaved people in confederate held territory

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Emancipation Proclamation

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32
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Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln

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John Wilkes Booth

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33
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What amendment abolished slavery

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13th

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34
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What action directly drug the United States into WW2

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Bombing of Pearl Harbor

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35
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What actions led to the start of WW2?

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German expansion, Germany and the Soviets invading Poland, Japanese expansion in the pacific. Pearl Harbor

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36
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What was Italy’s leader?

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Benito Mussolini

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37
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Who was the Soviets leader?

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Joseph Stalin

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38
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Who was Japan’s leader?

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Emperor Hirohito

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39
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What ended WW2 in Japan?

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Dropping of atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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40
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What was founded as a response to WW2 to prevent any future global conflicts?

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United Nations

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41
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Who was the leader of the United States during WW2?

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Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) started; Truman ended. Truman’s decision to drop the atomic bombs. Roosevelt died of a stroke

42
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What battle marked the beginning of the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi occupation

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D-Day - Normandy landings

43
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Who killed JFK

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Lee Harvey Oswald

44
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Watergate scandal led to the resignation of what president

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Richard Nixon

45
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Who were the first 2 astronauts on the moon

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Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin

46
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What was the spacecraft Armstrong and Aldrin took to the moon

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Apollo 11

47
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The US doubled in size in 1803 by purchasing land from France. What what this called?

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Louisiana Purchase

48
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Who said the famous line “the Brittish are coming, the Brittish are coming”?

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Paul Revere

49
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This document refers to the first 10 amendments in the constitution

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Bill of Rights

50
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In the Constitution, what is the introductory statement outlining the documents purpose and goals

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Preamble

51
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What are the 3 branches of government defined in the constitution

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Executive (President), Judicial (Courts), Legislative (Congress)

52
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Who are the 4 main drafters of the constitution

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James Madison, Jefferson, Benjamin franklin, Alexander Hamilton

53
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Name the 7 continents

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North America, South America, Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia, Antarctica

54
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Muslims believe in what religion

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Islam

55
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What do Muslims refer to God as

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Allah

56
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What is the Holy Book of Islam called

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Quran

57
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The month of fasting in Islam is referred to as

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Ramadan. Muslims fast from dawn to sunset

58
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Muslims believe that prophet ______ was the last prophet sent by God to guide humanity

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Muhammad

58
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Who did Bill Clinton have sexual relations with

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Monica Lewinski

58
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What was carved on the tree and was the only sign left from the Roanoke colony

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CRO and CROATION

59
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When did Columbus arrive in the Bahamas

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1492

60
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Who killed Lincoln

A

John Wilkes Booth

61
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Where was Lincoln killed

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Ford theater in Washington DC

62
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Why was Clinton impeached?

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Perjury

63
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What countries consisted of the soviet union during WW2?

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Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan. Capital was Moscow

64
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What did the United Kingdom consist of in WW2

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England, Scottland, Wales, and Northern Ireland

65
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What is Einstein known for discovering?

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The theory of relativity. E = MC^2

66
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Who invented the light bulb

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Thomas Edison

67
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We’re the Soviet Union and Germany allies to start WW2?

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Yes, the invaded Poland together with the intentional of equally dividing the territory

68
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Who was the Soviet Union also in war with besides the Axis Powers in 1939 and 1944?

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Finland.

69
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Great Britain is said interchangeably with what other name

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United Kingdom —- United Kingdom included Northern Ireland, GB does not

70
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Who created the atomic Bomb

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Oppenheimer

71
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What was the project for creating the atomic bomb called

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The Manhattan Project

72
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When did Columbus come to America

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1492

73
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What countries did Great Brittian consist of

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England, Scottland, Wales

74
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What kind of award is given to soldiers wounded in battle

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Purple Heart

75
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What river did American troops cross on December 25th 1776 to attack British forces

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Delaware River

76
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Who was the war of 1812 fought between

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United States and Great Britain

77
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Who was the leader of Al Qaeda

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Ossama Bin Laden

78
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Who was Sudam Hussein

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The president of Iraq

79
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Name terrorist groups the US have gone to war with in the middle east

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ISIS, Al Queda, Taliban,

80
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When did the cold war start and end

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9145 - 1991

81
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When did the soviet union collapse

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1991.

82
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Who is the leader of the United Kingdom during WW2

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Winston Churchill

83
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What type of government did the Soviet Union have in WW2

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Communism

84
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Where is Normandy

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France

85
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Why did the Germans break their peace treaty and invade the Soviet union

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The Soviet Union was communist and they were very anti communism. They viewed the vast resources and living space as vital for German expansion

86
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How did hitler die

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Suicide in a bunker as Soviet’s were closing in. Took cyanide and shot himself.

87
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How did Mussolini die

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He was captured by Italian partisans as he was trying to escape, executed via firing squad with his wife, and hung upside down at a gas station for public display

88
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When was the light bulb invented

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1879

89
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Who painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper

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Leonardo Da Vince

90
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Who painted A Starry Night

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Vincent Van Goh

91
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Who wrote Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Hamlet and a Mid Summer Nights Dream

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Shakespeare

92
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Who killed JFK

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lee Harvey Oswald

93
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Who killed Lee Harvey Oswald

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Jack Ruby

94
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What were the targets of 9/11

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World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the US Capital or White House.

Two Planes crashed into Twin Towers at World Trade Center.

American Airlines Flight 77 was crashed into the west side of the Pentagon.

United Airlines Flight 93 crashed in Pennsylvania field after passengers fought back but was believed to be headed to DC. All passengers died.

95
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What is considered one of the worst man made disasters in the United States occurring in the 1930s in the Great Plains region (Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Colorado).

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Dust Bowl

Occurred due to severe drought and poor agricultural practices.

96
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What was the cause of the Great Depression

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Stock Market Crash of 1929 which led to bank failures and reduction in consumer spending.

97
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How many countries have had humans walk on the moon?

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1 - United States which successfully landed 12 astronauts on the moon during the Apollo Missions from 1969 - 1972.

98
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How many countries have successfully landed spacecrafts on the moon? Name them.

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US, Soviet Union, China, Japan, India, Israel,

India, Israel, and Japan have all recently made these advancements in the past 5 years. Israel’s landing was considered more of a crash and unsuccessful.

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