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He was the first Democrat president elected since the Civile War and the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms.
Who is Grover Cleveland?
100
This culinary term has been used to describe the perception that immigrant culture blends together to become one unique American culture.
What is "melting pot."
100
This American city suffered a devastating earthquake oin 1906.
What is San Francisco?
100
He won the presidential election of 1880, but was murdered by a disgruntled former campaign worker just months into his presidency.
Who is James Garfield?
100
Kier Starmer, the prime minister of this European nation, is currently facing intense political pressure to resign.
What is the United Kingdom?
200
He was the Republican candidate who won the election of 1888 despite losing the popular vote to Grover Cleveland.
Who is Benjamin Harrison?
200
This immigration center in San Francisco Bay where many Asian sought admission to the United States in the early 1900's.
What is Angel Island?
200
When this Pacific archipelago was acquired by the U.S. in the 1890's, it led to increased immigration to California by the Japanese workers who had been living there.
What is Hawaii?
200
He was the vice president who became president upon the death of James Garfied in 1881.
Who is Chester Arthur?
200
This American airline, which was known for its cheap fares, abruptly went out of business on May 2nd.
What is Spirit Airlines?
300
He was the famous American author and humorist who coined the term "Gilded Age" to describe American society and politics in the late 19th century.
Who is Mark Twain?
300
This was the 1882 law, which remained in place for more than 60 years, banned the entrance of most Chinese into the United States.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
300
A devastating conflagration destroyed over 17,000 buildings and three square miles of this Illinois city in 1871.
What is Chicago?
300
He was the photojournalist known for the images he produced in the early late 19th century that focused on the wretched living conditions found in urban areas.
Who is Jacob Riis?
300
This potentially deadly rat-borne disease, has become increasingly concerning throughout the world in recent weeks.
What is Hantavirus?
400
This was the social reformer who started a famous settlement house in Chicago that became the model for one in other cities.
Who is Jane Addams?
400
He was the president who negotiated the "Gentlemen's Agreement" with Japan that limited the number of Japanese immigrants to the U.S.
Who was Theodore Roosevelt?
400
Electric subways were first introduced as a new form or urban mass transit in this Northeast city in 1897.
What is Boston?
400
He was the powerful head of the well-known Tammany Hall political machine in New York who eventually was convicted of fraud and extortion.
Who is William "Boss" Tweed?
400
He is the current U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Who is Robert F. Kennedy, Junior?
500
He was the photojournalist known for the images he produced in the early 20th century that focused on child labor.
Who is Lewis Hine?
500
This was the 1902 land use legislation that resulted in many Mexican immigrants migrating to the American Southwest to work in agriculture.
What is the National Reclamation Act?
500
This was the name of the famous Chicago settlement House established Jane Addams.
What is Hull House?
500
He was the political cartoonist whose illustrations highlighted the corruption and graft associated with New York City politics in the late 1800's.
Who is Thomas Nast?
500
This team just swept the L.A. Lakers in four games to advance to the NBA Westernn Conference finals.
Who is the Oklahoma City Thunder?