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What was the purpose of the Berlin Airlift?
The US carried supplies to East Berlin
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What did Duke Ellington have an influence on during the Raoring 20's
music
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General of the Confederates
Robert E. Lee
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Purpose of the Freedman's Bureau was to
provide jobs for freed slaves and poor whites after the Civil War
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Uncle Tom's Cabin was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe to ________________________.
portrayed the cruelty of slavery
200
What was Babe Ruth famous for during the Roaring 20's
baseball and hitting the most homeruns
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Who President when the Panama Canal was built?
Theodore Roosevelt
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General of the Union Army
Ulysses S. Grant
200
The purpose of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
to stop the spread of communism
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The US bombed these two cities to end the war with Japan during WWII
What is Hiroshima and Nagasaki
300
The result of Thurgood Marshall's case for Linda Brown, (Brown vs. Board of Education).
Desegregation of schools
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During the time of Westward Expansion, the Indians were forced to live on _____________.
Reservations
300
Robert E. Lee surrendered here, which ended the Civil War
Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia
300
The US was involved in the Middle East to
spread peace
300
V-J Day is when _______ surrendered during WWII
Japan
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MLK voiced his opinion on the issue of inequality through _________.
non-violent protests
400
Workers Progress Administration (WPA)
provided jobs to help build parks, roads, bridges, etc.
400
The Stock Market Crash led to _______ closing, so people lost all of their money and savings.
banks
400
This war is where Iraq invaded Kuwait
Persian Gulf War
400
The US fought in Vietnam to
stop the spread of communism
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The first battle of the Civil War
Fort Sumter, SC
500
During WWII the women began working in ________ because the men were overseas fighting in the war.
What is factories
500
America joined WWII because
The Germans sunk the Lusitania, which contained American passengers.
500
During the time of the Industrial Revolution, this was being built to make traveling faster and increase trade across the country
railroads
500
He was the British Prime Minister that wrote the speech, The Iron Curtain
Winston Churchill
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