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J! History Flashcards

1
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Richard Byrd explored what

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Antarctica, North Pole (disputed)

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2
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1928 peace agreement
Germany, France, US, others

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Kellogg Briand

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3
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Spain’s last territories in the new world

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Cuba then Puerto Rico

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4
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Charlemagne’s successor/son

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Louis the Pious

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5
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Charlemagne’s title

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Holy Roman Emperor

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6
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Florence is on what river?

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Arno

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7
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The Council of Clermont led to what?

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The Crusades

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8
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What Pope started the crusades?

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Urban II

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9
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French Jewish military guy, 1890s jailed for being a spy, exonerated

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Alfred Dreyfus

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10
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Pepin the Short’s son

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Charlemagne

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11
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Battle of Mobile Bay when/who

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David Farragut, Civil War

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12
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Fraunces Tavern where/why

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Manhattan, Revolutionary War

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13
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Warren Commission what

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JFK assassination

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14
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New York Tribune, go west young man, lost to Grant, liberal

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Horace Greeley

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15
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Wounded Knee when/where/who

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1890
South Dakota
Lakota

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16
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Last governor of New Netherland, surrendered to the British

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Peter Stuyvesant

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17
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1600s English philosopher
Empiricist
Social contract

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John Locke

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18
Q

Group after Neanderthals

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Cro-Magnon

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19
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First governor of Plymouth Colony

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John Carver

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20
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First governor of PR
Florida explorer

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Ponce de Leon

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21
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Led Scotland to independence 1300s

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Robert the Bruce

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22
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English king 1190s
Third crusade against Saladin

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Richard the Lionheart

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23
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Brother of Richard the Lionheart

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King John

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24
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Native American PA athlete
Won Stockholm 1912 Olympics

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Jim Thorpe

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25
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Launched the first liquid fuel rocket in Auburn, MA in 1926

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Robert Goddard

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26
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1925 movie directed by Sergei Eisenstein

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Battleship Potemkin

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27
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Prince who dated Catherine the Great

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Grigory Potemkin

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28
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1905 mutiny in Odessa on Russian battleship

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Potemkin

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29
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United Hawaii 1790-1819

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Kamehameha

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30
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Danish king resisted Germany during WWII

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Christian X

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31
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Danish kings 1513-1972 were all named ___ or ___

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Christian or Frederik

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32
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1842 treaty that fixed Maine and New Brunswick’s border

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Webster-Ashburton Treaty

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33
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1400s Czech religious reformer burned at the stake

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Jan Hus

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34
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Confederate capital

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Richmond VA

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35
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Only Confederate state capital east of the Mississippi not captured by the Union

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Tallahassee

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36
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AP reporter captured by Hezbollah and held in Beirut 1985-1991

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Terry Anderson

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37
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Last Moorish kingdom of Spain

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Granada

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38
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Moorish fortress in Granada

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The Alhambra

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39
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Belgium king who exploited the Congo and was Marie Antoinette’s brother

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Leopold II

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40
Q

Catholic banned book list

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Index of Forbidden Books

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41
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Swedish UN Secretary General killed in 1961 plane crash, posthumous Nobel

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Dag Hammarskjold

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42
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Norwegian, first UN Secretary General

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Trygve Lie

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43
Q

black volcanic glass

A

obsidian

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44
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Queen of the Netherlands through WWI and WWII

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Wilhelmina

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45
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“The Great Orator” from New Hampshire

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Daniel Webster

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46
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Continent whose northernmost point is Cape York Peninsula

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Australia

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47
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Postmaster general and movie censorship czar

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Will Hays

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48
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California “pathfinder” west surveyor, army officer, first Republican POTUS nominee, Kit Carson scout

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John C Fremont

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49
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Chile’s first head of state

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Bernardo O’Higgins

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50
Q

Beautiful wife of Akhenaten, known for bust

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Nefertiti

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51
Q

1714 King of England from Hanover, Germany

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George I

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52
Q

Gunslinger killed in Deadwood SD in 1876

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Wild Bill Hickok

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53
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Frontierswoman and Wild Bill Hickok’s girlfriend

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Calamity Jane

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54
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Vice president of the Confederacy

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Alexander Stephens

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55
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Treaty of Verdun (843) divided his empire

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Charlemagne

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56
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British-then-Canadian oldest chartered company in the world

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Hudson’s Bay Company

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57
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Nickname of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick

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Barbarossa

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58
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Holy Roman Emperor drowned en route to a crusade

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Barbarossa/Frederick

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59
Q

Legislature of France that met before the Revolution

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Estates-General

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60
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Legislature of France that replaced the Estates-General

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National Assembly

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61
Q

Father Michael McGivney founded it in New Haven in 1882

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Knights of Columbus

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62
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French monk who led peasants in the early crusades

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Peter the Hermit

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63
Q

Milton Obote was the president of this country until a coup in 1985

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Uganda

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64
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First English translator of the Bible
Pre-Protestant critic of Catholicism

A

John Wycliffe

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65
Q

Socialist labor organizer ran for president

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Eugene Debs

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66
Q

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire during WWI

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Central Powers

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67
Q

Apache leader surrendered in Arizona, died in Fort Sills Oklahoma

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Geronimo

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68
Q

Defeated Geronimo in Arizona

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Nelson Miles

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69
Q

Louis XV mistress

A

Pompadour

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70
Q

Brunelleschi was a 1400s architect in this city

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Florence

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71
Q

1854 act letting states decide slavery

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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72
Q

1820 act balancing slave and free states

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Missouri Compromise

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73
Q

Little Giant of Illinois debated Lincoln and later lost to him in the 1860 election

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Stephen Douglas

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74
Q

Headed Committee of Public Safety
Head of the Jacobins
Reign of Terror ended with his execution

A

Robespierre

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75
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French revolutionary journalist with a skin condition, stabbed in a bath

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Marat

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76
Q

French Revolution extremist club named after convent where they met

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Jacobins

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77
Q

HMS Victory was the flagship of

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Lord Nelson

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78
Q

Statue of him in Trafalgar Square

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Lord Nelson

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79
Q

Mistress of Lord Nelson

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Lady Hamilton

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80
Q

One-eyed British admiral

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Lord Nelson

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81
Q

How was Kublai Khan related to Genghis Khan?

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grandson

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82
Q

First emperor of the Yuan Dynasty

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Kublai Khan

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83
Q

Marco Polo visited China during the reign of ______

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Kublai Khan

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84
Q

Nickname for Mongol army

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Golden Horde

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85
Q

1859 raid at Harpers Ferry led by

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John Brown

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86
Q

Song that became Battle Hymn of the Republic

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John Brown’s Body

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87
Q

Union of Kalmar (1397) united these three countries

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Sweden, Norway, Denmark

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88
Q

“Iron Chancellor” of Prussia/Germany late 1800s, blood and iron

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Otto von Bismarck

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89
Q

Last emperor of Germany, last kaiser of Prussia, grandson of Victoria, fired Bismarck

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Wilhelm II

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90
Q

1500s British circumnavigator

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Sir Francis Drake

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91
Q

Helped England defeat the Spanish Armada at Cadiz

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Sir Francis Drake

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92
Q

Name of Francis Drake’s ship

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The Pelican -> The Golden Hind

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93
Q

King and intended victim of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot

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James I

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94
Q

Battle of the Boyne in this country

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Ireland

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95
Q

King defeated at the 1690 Battle of the Boyne

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James II

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96
Q

William the Conqueror’s 1086 survey of England

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Domesday Book

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97
Q

Island Napoleon was exiled on before returning to France in 1815

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Elba

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98
Q

Island of Napoleon’s second exile

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St Helena

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99
Q

1800s feminist editor of The Lily, known for pants

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Amelia Bloomer

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100
Q

maker of railroad sleeping cars

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Pullman

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101
Q

1894 railroad strike company

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Pullman

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102
Q

Boy Scouts founder

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Robert Baden Powell

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103
Q

Girl Scouts founder

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Juliette Gordon Low

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104
Q

Wrote Battle Hymn of the Republic

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Julia Ward Howe

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105
Q

She inspired Funny Girl

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Fanny Brice

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106
Q

British Antarctic explorer whose ship got stuck in 1914

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Shackleton

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107
Q

Shackleton’s ship

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The Endurance

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108
Q

Philly site of 1774’s first Continental Congress

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Carpenter’s Hall

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109
Q

Female evangelist, 1920s, fake kidnapping

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Aimee Semple McPherson

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110
Q

Queen of Gospel

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Mahalia Jackson

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111
Q

female president of Nicaragua 1990s

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Violeta Chamorro

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112
Q

Nathaniel Hawthorne was friends with this president

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Pierce

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113
Q

Developed the oral polio vaccine

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Albert Sabin

114
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Polio vaccine pioneer

A

Jonas Salk

115
Q

Year that Hirohito died and Akihito became emperor of Japan

116
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The elder Mather

117
Q

Rich fur trader early 1800s

A

John Jacob Astor

118
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He sent the Spanish armada to invade England in 1588

119
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Los Angeles archbishop became youngest US cardinal

A

Roger Mahony

120
Q

1964 resolution passed unanimously

A

Gulf of Tonkin

121
Q

Reported attack on US destroyers here that started the Vietnam War

A

Gulf of Tonkin

122
Q

Italian anarchists executed in 1927

A

Sacco and Vanzetti

123
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Chicago pair who killed a child for fun in 1924

A

Leopold and Loeb

124
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American nurse

A

Clara Barton

125
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British nurse

A

Florence Nightingale

126
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Father of Russian literature killed in a duel

A

Alexander Pushkin

127
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PT Barnum small guy

128
Q

A horse won a race against this in 1830

A

Tom Thumb locomotive

129
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Founded the first European settlement on Greenland in 980

A

Erik the Red

130
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Norse explorer found Vinland (North America) around 1000

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Leif Erikson

131
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City and state where the transcontinental railroad was completed

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Promontory UT

132
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Elizabeth II’s father

133
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South Dakota anti war Democrat lost to Nixon in a landslide in 1972

A

George McGovern

134
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Early 1900s Russian ballet dancer

135
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Soviet ballet dancer defected in 1974, nickname Misha

A

Baryshnikov

136
Q

Prohibition amendment number

A

18th Amendment

137
Q

UK PM after Churchill

A

Anthony Eden

138
Q

UK PM invaded Egypt over the Suez Canal in 1956

A

Anthony Eden

139
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UK PM after Eden

A

Harold Macmillan

140
Q

King of Spain in 1975 after Franco’s death

A

Juan Carlos

141
Q

“Caudillo” leader

142
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“Generalissimo” leader

143
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Hull House founder

A

Jane Addams

144
Q

Holy Roman Empress

A

Maria Theresa

145
Q

Star Spangled Banner written about this fort

A

Fort McHenry

146
Q

Francis Scott Key city

147
Q

American-born wife of King Hussein

A

Lisa Halaby —> Queen Noor

148
Q

Queen Noor which country

149
Q

Son of Edward III who fought the French in the Hundred Years War

A

The Black Prince

150
Q

Son of the Black Prince

A

Richard II

151
Q

Edward III’s famous son

A

The Black Prince

152
Q

Isle off the south coast of England

A

Isle of Wight

153
Q

Victoria had Osborn House here

A

Isle of Wight

154
Q

Island off the north coast of England
Irish Sea

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Isle of Man

155
Q

Narragansett state

A

Rhode Island

156
Q

Last Whig president

157
Q

Mexican American war hero
1852 last Whig nominee

A

Winfield Scott

158
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Last Whig to be elected president

159
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Whig Party years

160
Q

Whig Party formed in opposition to who

161
Q

“Great Compromiser” Kentucky Whig

A

Henry Clay

162
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Great Triumvirate of 1800s politics

A

Clay, Calhoun, Webster

163
Q

John C Calhoun state

A

South Carolina

164
Q

1832 first VP to resign

165
Q

The Great Nullifier

A

John C Calhoun

166
Q

Public Enemy Number One bank robber
Escaped from jail and got killed in a theater

A

John Dillinger

167
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Early 1900s swimmer and movie star (Tarzan)

A

Weissmuller

168
Q

NY governor designed the Erie Canal

A

DeWitt Clinton

169
Q

Inca city

A

Machu Picchu

170
Q

Mayan city

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Chichen Itza

171
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Mayans centered in this country

172
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Tikal

173
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Chiapas Highlands country

174
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Cat considered god to Mayans

175
Q

Ford’s running mate when he ran and lost in 1976

176
Q

Socialist French president 1980s

A

Mitterrand

177
Q

1916 Irish independence attempt

A

Easter Rebellion

178
Q

Up from Slavery autobiography

A

Booker T. Washington

179
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Black educator

A

Booker T. Washington

180
Q

1824 treaty settling land claims in the Pacific Northwest

A

Russo-American Treaty of 1824

181
Q

Last Chinese dynasty

A

Qing/Manchu

182
Q

“Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead” guy

A

David Farragut

183
Q

First Stuart king

184
Q

Mary Queen of Scots’ son and future king

185
Q

Executed after plotting against Elizabeth I

A

Mary Queen of Scots

186
Q

Catherine of Aragon’s surviving daughter

A

Mary Tudor/Bloody Mary

187
Q

Bloody Mary real name

A

Mary Tudor

188
Q

Mary Tudor’s husband

A

Philip of Spain

189
Q

Pope before Francis

A

Benedict XVI

190
Q

Carranza was president of this country until his assassination in 1920

191
Q

“The Last King of America”

A

George III

192
Q

Lincoln’s only son to survive to adulthood

A

Robert Todd Lincoln

193
Q

Secretary of War under Garfield and Arthur

A

Robert Todd Lincoln

194
Q

Strom Thurmond state

A

South Carolina

195
Q

Dixiecrat third place finisher in 1948 presidential election

A

Strom Thurmond

196
Q

Only successful Senate write-in candidate

A

Strom Thurmond

197
Q

Secretary of agriculture, FDR’s VP, Century of the Common Man, Progressive

A

Henry Wallace

198
Q

Mexican bandit

A

Pancho Villa

199
Q

Mexican revolutionary played by Brando in Viva ____

200
Q

General and Mexican dictator 1877-1911 until revolution

A

Porfirio Diaz

201
Q

“Swamp Fox” name and state

A

Francis Marion, South Carolina

202
Q

Medieval German knights, black cross

203
Q

George Wallace state

204
Q

Last third party candidate to get electoral votes

A

George Wallace (American Independent Party 1968)

205
Q

Shot in MD by Arthur Bremer while running for president in 1972

A

George Wallace

206
Q

Founded the Mughal Empire in 1500s India

207
Q

Founded the Mughal Empire in 1500s India

208
Q

Chichen Itza country

209
Q

Alfred the Great led this kingdom late 800s

210
Q

Progressive Wisconsin candidate 1924

A

Robert La Follette

211
Q

Appalachian mountain gap

A

Cumberland

212
Q

Road through Cumberland Gap

A

Wilderness Road

213
Q

Blazed Wilderness Road through Cumberland Gap

A

Daniel Boone

214
Q

Kentucky frontiersman

A

Daniel Boone

215
Q

Natty Bumppo based on him

A

Daniel Boone

216
Q

Newspaper Franklin bought

A

Pennsylvania Gazette

217
Q

1973 Egypt-Israel war

A

Yom Kippur War

218
Q

Netherlands seat of government

219
Q

International Court of Justice location

A

The Hague, Netherlands

220
Q

African American UN Nobel winner
Arab-Israel truce

A

Ralph Bunche

221
Q

She founded St Thomas’ Hospital

A

Nightingale

222
Q

“Old Hickory”

A

Andrew Jackson

223
Q

Jackson’s house

224
Q

Wise Greek lawgiver

225
Q

Built Tower of London

A

William the Conqueror

226
Q

Won the Battle of Hastings

A

William the Conqueror

227
Q

Black Arctic explorer

228
Q

Central American country English official language

229
Q

“British Honduras”

230
Q

Italian city and former republic lost wars to Venice in the Middle Ages

231
Q

Charlemagne’s grandfather

A

Charles Martel

232
Q

WWI French premier

A

Georges Clemenceau

233
Q

Baron revived the Olympics

A

Pierre de Coubertin

234
Q

Jeannette Rankin from this state

235
Q

“Upper Peru”

236
Q

“The Shawnee prophet”

237
Q

Battle of Tippecanoe state

238
Q

English king beheaded 1649

239
Q

English king exiled to France

A

Charles II

240
Q

Pair of French explorers in the US

A

Marquette and Joliet

241
Q

emperor after Caligula

242
Q

poet whose son was on SCOTUS

A

Oliver Wendell Holmes

243
Q

“The Great Dissenter”

A

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

244
Q

Portuguese gambling colony returned to China 1999

245
Q

lost to FDR 1940 presidential election, but got a lot of votes

A

Wendell Willkie

246
Q

Reagan’s last secretary of state, general, NATO, “in control”, Nixon’s last chief of staff

A

Alexander Haig

247
Q

first American in space

A

Alan Shepard

248
Q

first American to orbit the Earth

A

John Glenn

249
Q

Tombstone lawman survived the OK Corral

A

Wyatt Earp

250
Q

Tibetan former palace of the Dalai Lama

A

Potala Palace

251
Q

reverend, rainbow coalition, keep hope alive

A

Jesse Jackson

252
Q

oldest House committee, taxes

A

Ways and Means

253
Q

Pope who hired Michelangelo

A

Pope Julius II

254
Q

India former capital

255
Q

abdicated to marry Wallis Simpson

A

Edward VIII

256
Q

Duke of Windsor

A

Edward VIII

257
Q

Duke of Windsor’s relation to Elizabeth II

258
Q

“Duke of Normandy”

A

William the Conqueror

259
Q

Tuskegee airmen war

260
Q

Tuskegee airmen state

261
Q

sheriff killed Billy the Kid

A

Pat Garrett

262
Q

general, court martial 1925, air power advocate

A

Billy Mitchell

263
Q

Muslim republic wants independence from Russia

264
Q

Zapatistas took over this Mexican state

265
Q

Pravda translation

266
Q

Canada Day date

267
Q

Old Ironsides ship

A

The Constitution

268
Q

first European to see the eastern shore of the Pacific (1513)

269
Q

French explorer founded Quebec

A

Samuel de Champlain

270
Q

senator lost to LBJ in 1964 landslide

A

Barry Goldwater

271
Q

Barry Goldwater state

272
Q

Mesopotamian temple pyramid

273
Q

Mesopotamian Sumerian city

274
Q

founded by Ignatius of Loyola (Spain)

275
Q

silent monks

276
Q

NYC mayoral residence

A

Gracie Mansion

277
Q

Wild West sharpshooter woman

A

Annie Oakley

278
Q

Siberian mystic, mad monk

279
Q

Irish horseracing lottery 1930-1987

A

Irish sweepstakes

280
Q

Battle of San Juan Hill war

A

Spanish-American

281
Q

Lancaster/York civil war

A

Wars of the Roses

282
Q

“The Great Society” president

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