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1
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1815 treaty that officially ended the War of 1812

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Treaty of Ghent (Belgium)

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2
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Famous Tombstone - AZ - gunfight - 1881

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Gunfight at the OK Corral

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3
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Knife inventor killed at the Alamo

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Jim Bowie

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Tennessee frontiersman killed at Alamo

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Davy Crockett

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5
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Commander at the Alamo - 1836

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William Travis

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6
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San Antonio shrine of Texas War of Independence

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Alamo

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7
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It rang for the last time in 1835

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Liberty Bell

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8
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He led unsuccessful slave rebellion - 1831

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Nat Turner

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9
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Man-made waterway that opened in 1825

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Erie Canal

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10
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Doctrine warning Europe not to interfere in Western Hemisphere - 1823

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Monroe Doctrine

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11
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1820 compromise that temporarily ended slavery dispute

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Missouri Compromise

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12
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Political party established by Henry Clay and Daniel Webster

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Whigs

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13
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States fighting in the Toledo war

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Ohio and Michigan

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14
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“Old Fuss and Feathers;” he captured Mexico City in 1847

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Winfield Scott

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15
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“The Great Compromiser;” he negotiated the Treaty of Ghent

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Henry Clay

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16
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Treaty that ended Mexican-American War

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Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidgalgo

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17
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Pirate who aided in Battle of New Orleans

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Jean Lafitte

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18
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Man who captured New Orleans in 1815

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Andrew Jackson

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19
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Man who wrote Star Spangled Banner in 1814

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Francis Scott Key

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20
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Fort bombed by British in 1814

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Fort McHenry

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21
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Winner of the Battle of Lake Erie in 1813

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Oliver Hazard Perry

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22
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Louisiana Purchase explorer of southern territory

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Zebulon Pike (Pike’s peak)

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23
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William Clark’s fronteirsman brother

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George Rogers Clark

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24
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Louisiana Purchase explorers of northern territory

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Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

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25
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“The Pathfinder” who was governor of the Arizona Territory

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John C. Fremont

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26
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Man who burned the Philadelphia in Tripoli harbor - 1804

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Stephen Decatur

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27
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Case declared unconstitutional by Supreme court in 1803

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Marberry vs. Madison

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28
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US land purchase of 1803

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Louisiana purchase (15M)

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29
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Territory of states in the Ohio Valley and northward

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Northwest Territory

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30
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Supreme court decision - 1857 (a slave is not a citizen)

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Dred Scott Decision

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31
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What was the first permanent settlement in North America - 1565?

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St. Augustine

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32
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Laws enacted for segregation in the 1880s

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Jim Crow laws

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33
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City of the Great Fire - 1871

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Chicago

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34
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Railroads that met at Promontory Point

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Union Pacific and Central Pacific

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35
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Utah point where the transcontinental railroad met

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Promontory Point

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36
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Transportation route - completed 1869

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Transcontinental Railroad

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37
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He instituted the national banking system

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Salmon P. Chase

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38
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Land purchase - 1867 - a.k.a. Seward’s Folley

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Alaska Territory (7.2M)

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39
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Congressional act giving land to settlers - 1862

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Homestead Act

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40
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Pony Express Terminals

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St. Joseph - MO and Sacramento - CA

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41
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Mail delivery service - 1860-61

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Pony Express

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42
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“The boss of Tammany Hall” in the 1860s

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(William Marcy) “Boss” Tweed

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43
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Northwest land dispute motto - 1844

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“54-40 or fight”

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44
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He debated with Abe Lincoln - 1858

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Stephen Douglas

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45
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Liquor tax rebellion of 1794

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Whiskey Rebellion

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46
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Harriet Beecher Stowe’s preacher brother

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Henry Ward Beecher

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47
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“Ignorant party”

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Know Nothings

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48
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“Paper note party”

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Greenbacks

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49
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Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) party

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Prohibition party

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50
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1854 act that nullified Missouri Compromise

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Kansas-Nebraska act

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51
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Territory bought from Mexico in 1853

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Gadsden Purchase

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52
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First U.S. steamship commander - he negotiated a trading treaty with Japan in 1853

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Commodore Matthew Perry

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53
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Site where gold was discovered in1848

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Sutter’s Mill

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54
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Settlers trapped in Sierra Madres - 1846-47

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Donner Party

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55
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Birthplace of the Conestoga wagon

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Lacaster - PA

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56
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Short-lived U.S. state in western Tennessee

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Franklin

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57
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Langtree - Texas judge - “The law west of the Pecos”

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Judge Roy Bean

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58
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He raided Harpers’ Ferry - 1859

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John Brown

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59
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Colonial capital of Virginia

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Williamsburg

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60
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Pocahontas’ father

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Powhattan

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61
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He married Pocahontas

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John Rolfe

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62
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Increase Mather’s son

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Cotton Mather

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63
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Puritan husband of Maria Cotton

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Increase Mather

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64
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Colonial silversmith - engraver and gunpowder maker

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Paul Revere

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65
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Philadelphia founder

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William Penn

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66
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Fort Orange location

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Albany

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67
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Georgia founder

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James Oglethorpe

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68
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Maryland founder

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Cecil Calvert (second Lord Baltimore)

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69
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Dutch governor of New Netherlands

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Peter Stuyvesant

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70
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Providence and Rhode Island founder

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Roger Williams

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71
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He purchased Manhattan from the Indians

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Peter Minuit

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72
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American Frigate launched in Boston - 1797

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USS Constitution (Old Ironsides)

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73
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Virginia namesake

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Queen Elizabeth I (The Virgin Queen)

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74
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Detroit founder

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Antoine Cadillac

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75
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Virginia rebellion - 1676

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Bacon’s rebellion

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76
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Boston to New York road established in 1672

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Boston Post Road

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77
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New York City’s original name

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New Amsterdam

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78
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Dutch settlement in the Americas - 1624

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New Netherlands

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79
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First legislature in Virginia - 1619

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House of Burgesses

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80
Q

Pilgrim known as “Little Shrimp”

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Miles Standish

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81
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Plymouth father - elected Plymouth governor 30 times

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William Bradford

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82
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First governor of Plymouth - died during first winter

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John Carver

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83
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First pilgrim at Plymouth Rock and colonial barrel maker

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John Alden

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84
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Massachusetts colony - 1620

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Plymouth

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85
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Virginia colony - 1607

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Jamestown

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86
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First English colony in the Americas - 1588

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Roanoke Island

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87
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Man who claimed Virginia for England

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Sir Walter Raleigh

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88
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First president under the Articles of Confederation

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John Hanson

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89
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Feuding families of West Virginia and Kentucky - 1882

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Hatfields and McCoys

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90
Q

Eli Whitney’s invention - 1791

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Cotton gin

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91
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He founded the Bank of America - 1791

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Alexander Hamilton

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92
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Document established in 1787

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U.S. Constitution

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93
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Massachusetts farmers rebellion of 1786

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Shays’ Rebellion

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94
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U.S. capital from 1789-1790

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New York City

95
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U.S. capital - 1783

96
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U.S. capital from 1775-1783

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Philadelphia

97
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Designer of the American Flag

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Francis Hopkins

98
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Roadway across the Appalachians

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Cumberland Road

99
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Party of the first two presidents

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Federalist

100
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Continental Congress last president

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Cyrus Griffin

101
Q

Man Pocahontas saved

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John Smith

102
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Body representing the colonies - 1774-1789

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Continental Congress

103
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Pocahontas’ burial place

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Gravesend Church - England

104
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First constitution - Nov. 15 - 1777

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Articles of Confederation

105
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Kentucky frontiersman - 1775

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Daniel Boone

106
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Colonial legislature established in 1774

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First continental Congress

107
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British acts legislated because of the Boston Tea Party

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Intolerable Acts

108
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Street clash that killed five colonists in 1770

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Boston Massacre

109
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Act passed by British Parliament in 1763

110
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Father of the Great Awakening - fire and brimstone preacher

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Jonathan Edwards

111
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New England religious revival - 1730-1750

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Great Awakening

112
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Pre-Revolutionary War patriotic societies

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Sons of Liberty

113
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Boston hall - “The Cradle of Liberty”

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Faneuil Hall

114
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Colonial seamstress

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Betsy Ross

115
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John Adams’ cousin and Boston Tea Party organizer

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Samuel Adams

116
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Diplomatic incident with France in 1797

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XYZ affair

117
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Continental Congress president - 1775-1777

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John Hancock

118
Q

Man given the correct answers to quiz show questions

A

Charles Van Doren

119
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Tombstone - AZ - marshall - 1881

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Wyatt Earp

120
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Spring - 1968 - North Vietnam offensive

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Tet Offensive

121
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Law that opened up governemnt files - 1966

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Freedom of Information Act

122
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LBJ’s social program

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Great Society

123
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Cities of Martin Luther King’s 1965 Freedom March

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Selma to Montgomery

124
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Commission set up to investigate JFK assassination

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Warren Commission

125
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Nuclear weapons treaty of 1963

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Test Ban Treaty

126
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American pilot exchanged for Soviet spy Rudolph Abel

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Francis Gary Powers

127
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Member of the Weavers and political activist

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Pete Seeger

128
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Doctor defended by F. Lee Bailey before the Supreme Court in 1962

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Sam Shepard

129
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Nightclub comedian arrested for obscenity - 1961

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Lenny Bruce

130
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Failed Cuban invasion site - 1961

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Bay of Pigs

131
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Name of the Apollo 11 space capsule

132
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J.F. Dulles’ brother and head of the CIA

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Allen Dulles

133
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Rock concert at Bethyl - New York - 1969

134
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He was 14-year-old U.S. chess champion in 1957

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Bobby Fischer

135
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High school integration city - 1957

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Little Rock

136
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Man who created first state board of education

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Horace Mann

137
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Bus boycott city - 1955

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Montgomery

138
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Supreme Court anti-segregation decision - 1954

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Brown vs. Board of Education

139
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Generation that followed baby boomers

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“Generation X”

140
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Post WWII generation

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“Baby Boomers”

141
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First U.S. nuclear powered submarine - 1954

142
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“Hollywood Ten” spokesman

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Humhrey Bogart

143
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“Hollywood Ten” were investigated by this committee

144
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Pacific site of first H-bomb test -1951

145
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Tennessee senator who held organized crime hearings - 1951

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Estes Kefauver

146
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They participated in the “Kitchen Debate” - 1959

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Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushschev

147
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This became an American territory in 1978

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American Samoa

148
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World Trade agreement ratified 1994

149
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Trade agreement ratified in 1993

150
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Banker whose conviction was overturned in 1993

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Charles Keating

151
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Idaho site of FBI standoff - 1992

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Ruby Ridge

152
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Gun bill named for White House press secretary

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Brady Bill

153
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Bill intended to balance U.S. budget - 1985

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Grahan-Rudman (Hollings)

154
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Commission that presided over Iran-Contra hearings

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Tower Commission

155
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Admiral indicted over Iran-Contra affair

A

John Poindexter

156
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He funneled arms sales profits to Nicaraguan Contras

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Oliver North

157
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Volcano that erupted in 1980

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Mt. St. Helens

158
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Peace agreement worked out by President Carter - 1979

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Camp David Accords

159
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Site of nuclear power accident - 1979

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Three Mile Island

160
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Base on the Moon - 1969

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Tranquility Base

161
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News program established to cover Iran hostage crisis

162
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Great Robbery of 1950

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Brinks robbery

163
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Oil artery finished in 1977

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Alaska pipeline

164
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Disease first recognized in Philadelphia - 1976

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Legionaire’s Disease

165
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Environmental act of 1973

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Engangered Species Act

166
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Company given 1.5 billion governemnt bailout in 1973

167
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Head of committee investigating Watergate

168
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White House lawyer caught up in Watergate

169
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He directed the Watergate Hotel burglary

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E. Howard Hunt

170
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Nixon’s White House Chief of Staff

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H.R. Haldeman

171
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Analyst who leaded the Pentagon Papers

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Daniel Ellsberg

172
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Nixon’s attorney-general who resigned in1972

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John Mitchell

173
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Ads banned - 1971

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Cigarette ads

174
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Air quality standards act of 1970

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Clean Air Act

175
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Number of days of the Iran hostage crisis

176
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Disaster that killed 6000 in 1900

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Galveston Hurricane

177
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Major police strike - 1919

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Boston police strike

178
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Law that banned export of alcohol - 1919

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Volsted Act

179
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He chased Pancho Villo into Mexico

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John (Black Jack) Pershing

180
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Teddy Roosevelt’s independent party

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Progressive or Bull Moose Party

181
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Agency created to prevent unfair business practices - 1914

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Federal Trade Commission

182
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He established the first auto assembly line - 1913

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Henry Ford

183
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Central US banking authority created in 1913

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Federal Reserve System

184
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1912 health claims act

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Pure Food and Drug Act

185
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William Howard Taft’s policy toward Latin America

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Dollar Diplomacy

186
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“Saloon Smasher “ 1910

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Carry Nation

187
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Oil baron who was first billionaire in the U.S.

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J.D. Rockefeller

188
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Railroad “robber baron” who organized U.S. Steel in 1901

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J.P. Morgan

189
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Computer used by U.S. Census Bureau - 1951

190
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Five-time Socialist presidential candidate - starting 1900

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Eugene Debs

191
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U.S. declined to join this body in 1920

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League of Nations

192
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He won the Battle of Manila Bay - 1898

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Commodore George Dewey

193
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War that commenced in 1898

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Spanish-American War

194
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Ship that exploded in Havana Harbor in 1898

195
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1896 William Jennings Bryan Speech

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“Cross of Gold”

196
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“Separate - but equal” Supreme Court Decision - 1896

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Plessy vs. Ferguson

197
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1894 rail workers strike

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Pullman Strike

198
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American Railway Union founder - 1893

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Eugene Debs

199
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1890 trust busting act

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Sherman anti-trust act

200
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Pennsylvania flood of 1889

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Johnstown flood

201
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Chicago riots - 1886

A

Haymarket riots

202
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Statue that was dedicated in 1886

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Statue of Liberty

203
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“The Son of Morning Star” who died at Little Big Horn

A

George Armstrong Custer

204
Q

Disaster that killed 500 - 1906

A

San Francisco earthquake

205
Q

Louisiana senator shot - 1935

206
Q

Militia who had an 81 day standoff with the U.S. government - 1996

A

Montana Freemen

207
Q

Time magazine editor involved with Alger Hiss

A

Whitaker Chambers

208
Q

Statesman convicted of lying to HUAC - 1948

A

Alger Hiss

209
Q

Sex researcher at Indiana University - 1948

A

Alfred Kinsey

210
Q

Army Chief of Staff - 1948

A

Omar Bradley (last five star general)

211
Q

Law that banned closed union shops - 1948

A

Taft-Hartley Act

212
Q

He broke the sound barrier in 1947

A

Chuck Yeager

213
Q

Site of first postwar atomic bomb test in 1946

A

Bikini Atoll

214
Q

Statesman awarded Nobel Peace Prize - 1945

A

Cordell Hull

215
Q

Boston night club fire in which 491 people were killed - 1942

A

Coconut Grove

216
Q

He broadcast “The War of the Worlds” in 1938

A

Orson Welles

217
Q

He set around-the-world flying record - 1938

A

Howard Hughes

218
Q

He organized the U.S. Communist Party in 1919

219
Q

U.S. gold repository - established in 1935

220
Q

Baseball scandal 1919-20

A

“Black Sox” Scandal

221
Q

Group of dams built as part of the New Deal

A

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

222
Q

FDR’s 1933 program to end the depression

223
Q

FDR established this holiday in 1933

A

Bank Holiday

224
Q

Date of the stock market crash

A

October 29 - 1929 (“Black Tuesday”)

225
Q

Secretary of Interior convicted of taking bribes - 1929

A

Albert Fall

226
Q

Beaumont - Texas oil field

A

Spindle Top Field

227
Q

Voting league established - 1928

A

League of Women Voters

228
Q

First U.S. underwater tunnel - 1927

A

Holland Tunnel

229
Q

He launched first liquid fuel rocket - 1926

A

Robert Goddard

230
Q

Tennessee trial on teaching evolution in schools - 1925

A

Scopes (monkey) trial

231
Q

Wyoming oil leasing scandal - 1923

A

Teapot Dome Scandal

232
Q

Harding pardoned this Socialist in 1921

A

Eugene Debs

233
Q

First computer - 1950

234
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Chicago to L.A. highway; “Main Street of America”

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