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What did the 22nd amendment in 1951 do?

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Limited presidential terms of office

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What couple was found guilty of espionage in 1951

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Rosenburgs (Julius and Ethel) executed in 1953

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What general was removed from commando in 1951 for unauthorized policy statements?

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MacArthur

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Where was the Japanese Peace treaty signed in 1951?

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San Fransisco

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What was the name of the first nuclear powered submarine, launched in 1954

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Nautilus

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In 1954, 5 members of congress were wounded in the house by supporters of what movement?

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Puerto Rican independence supporters

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Who refused to give up a seat in 1955 in Montgomery AL

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Rosa Parks

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When was the Civil Rights Act passed?

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1957 and 1960, signed by Eisenhower

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What did a 1957 Surgeon General report directly link to lung cancer?

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Smoking

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What was the name of the first U.S. Earth-orbiting satelleite

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Explorer 1, discovered the Van Allen Radiation belt (zone of energetic charged particles, most of which originate from solar wind)

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What state was admitted as the 49th state in Jan. 1959?

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Alaska

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What state was admitted as the 50th state in Aug. 1959?

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Hawaii

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What seaway was opened to traffic in April 1959?

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St. Lawrence Seaway (Atlantic Ocean to Duluth MN, includes the Welland Canal)

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What Soviet premier toured U.S. in 1959?

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Khrushchev

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Type of plan shot down by Soviet Union in 1960?

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U-2 (piloted by Gary Powers, traded for Soviet spy in 1962)

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Who faced off in the first televised presidential debates?

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Kennedy and Nixon in 1960

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Name of a U.S.-directed invasion of Cuba?

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Bay of Pigs

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What did the 23rd amendment passed in 1961 do?

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Gave DC citizens the right to vote in presidential elections

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Who was on the first U.S.-crewed suborbital space flight in 1961

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Alan B. Shepard

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What was the nickname for protest from DC across the deep south in 1961?

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“Freedom Rides”

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Who was the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962

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John Glenn

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What 1962 book launched the environmental movement?

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Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring

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What 1963 case held that all criminal defendants must have counsel?

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Gideon v. Wainwright

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What civil rights leader was assassinated in Jun 1963

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Medgar Evers

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The 1963 I Have a Dream Speech by MLK was given as part of what protest?
March on Washington
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Detail on JFK's assassination in 1963?
In Dallas Lee Harvey Oswald Jack Ruby killed Osward Ruby died in 1967 awaiting trial
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Who did LBJ defeat in the 1964 presidential election?
Barry Goldwater (Arizona)
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What act passed in 1964 authorized action in Vietnam?
Tonkin Gulf Resolution (after N. Vietnamese boats reportedly attacked U.S. Destroyers)
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What then-longest suspension span bridge was opened in 1964?
Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
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Who was assassinated on Feb 21, 1965 at NYC rally?
Malcolm X
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What cabinet department was created in 1966?
Department of Transportation
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Who played in the first Super Bowl in 1967
Packers beat the Chiefs 35-10
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Who was the first black U.S. Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshall (sworn in 1967)
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What did the 25th amendment do? Passed in 1967
Established Presidential succession
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Where did a shooting rampage that killed 15 in 1966 take place?
U. of Texas, Austin
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Details of MLK Jr. Assassination
Memphis James Earl Ray April 4th, 1968
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Who was the Democratic nominee in 1968 Chicago convention
Hubert Humphrey
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Details of Robert Kennedy assassination
June 5, 1968 Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles Sirhan Sirhan, authors George Plimpton, Jimmy Breslin, Pete Hamill and athletes Rosey Grier and Refer Johnson
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Who were the first men to the moon?
Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins
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What incident sparked the gay rights movement June 27, 1969?
Stonewall Innn
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What justice was replaced in 1969 as Chief?
Earl Warren retired upon swearing in of Warren Burger
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Who explored Florida coast in 1513
Juan Prince de León
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What explorer first entered New York Harbor in 1524?
Giovanni da Verrazano. Also led French expedition along coast from Carolina to Nova Scotia
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What was the first European settlement of what became US territory in 1526
San Miguel de Guadalupe - abandoned that same year
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Which explorer first crossed Mississippi River in 1541
Herman do de Soto
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Which explorer first reached Grand Canyon in 1540?
Garcia Lopez de Cardenas
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What is the oldest continuously occupied settlement in U.S.?
St Augustine, FL
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Which explorer first entered San Francisco Bay in 1579
Sir Francis Drake - claimed region for Britain
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What was the first English colony in America in 1585
Roanoke island, sponsored by Sir Walter Raleigh. Failed. Tried again in 1587. First infant born was Virginia Dare. Settlers vanished in 1590.
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What was first permanent English settlement in US?
Jamestown, from 1607 John Smith and 105 cavaliers
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What was the first Representative Assembly in New World in 1619?
House of Burgesses at Jamestown
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What faith were the Pilgrims?
Puritans
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What smaller ship was supposed to accompany the Mayflower?
Speedwell - forced to return to port as it wasn’t seaworthy
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Who captain of the Mayflower?
Captain Myles Standish
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Where did Mayflower land?
Plymouth Rock What is now Province Town
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What was the governing document of the Pilgrims?
Mayflower Compact
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What vessel was valued at 128 pounds in 1624
Mayflower
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What did Peter Minuit purchase for goods valued at $24 in 1626?
Manhattan From the Manahatta Indians For Dutch West India Co. Originally called New Amsterdam
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What was founded as a Catholic colony in 1634 by Lord Baltimore?
Maryland Act of Toleration passed 1649
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What is the oldest school in continuous existence in the US?
Boston Latin School 1635
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What is oldest school of higher learning in the US, founded I. 1636
Harvard
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What was the first book printed in the U.S.? 1640
Bay Psalm Book
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Which king granted the seized lands of New Netherlands to his brother in 1664 following the seizure by British troops?
Charles II to the Duke of York
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Who founded the first circulating library of the U.S. in 1731?
Ben Franklin in Philadelphia
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Whose 1964 State of the Union outlined plans for a "Great Society"
Lyndon Johnson
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What program started July 1, 1966
Medicare
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Who was killed 4/4/68 in Memphis?
Martin Luther King Jr. James Earl Ray pleads guilty
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Who was killed 6/5/68 in LA?
Robert Kennedy Sirhan Sirhan
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Who was nominated as Democratic presidential candidate at the '68 convention in Chicago?
Huber Humphrey (then VP)
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What kids television show was launched in 1969?
Sesame Street
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What comic strip launched in 1970?
Doonesbury by Gary Trudeau
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The Stonewall riots of 1969 took place hours after whose funeral?
Judy Garland

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