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Which president invented the concept of a "national park"?
Teddy Roosevelt (Bully for You)
What are the three rights given in the Declaration of Independence?
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
What year did women get the right to vote?
1920 (White women only, cause apparently racism didn't exist during that time period)
Why did the Civil War happen? You should know this
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Slavery
What were the names of the Japanese cities that faced the atomic bomb?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Who was that guy that got stuck in the bathtub again?
William Howard Taft
Name the people who got impeached
Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump
What year was the Emancipation Proclamation introduced?
1863
What was the Monroe Doctrine?
American isolation from European affairs. It also was not fond of colonization in the Americas
What treaty solidified the ending of the Mexican-American War?
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Which pair of presidents vandalized Shakespeare's home?
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson (before they hated each other)
How many Constitutional Amendments are there?
27 (wow)
Reconstruction was a thing, a thing that didn't work. Why?
Legislation failed to protect former slaves from the social fabric and persecution from the South (and the North but nobody talks about that)
We had a lot of fun in the 1920s, then we took a huge nose dive in the 30s. What caused that downward spirit?
Overproduction, gov. inaction, tariffs, Federal Reserve failures, and the stock market crash
What caused America to join the Allies in WW1?
The sinking of the Lusitania, an unarmed vessel holding around 130 Americans
Which president had a pet parrot that had to be removed from their funeral due to its vulgar language?
Andrew Jackson
The original Constitution was a hot mess initially, why did it suck?
It didn't do anything, there was no centralized government to unify the country
Mike Pence hates a lot of things, but he really hates the LGBTQ+ community. Name one of the stunts he has pulled to "cleanse" the social fabric of America.
Opposed anti-discrimination laws, conversion therapy, his radio show in the 90s (yes the entire show), etc.
Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of Treasury, imposed a tax on this good during the 1790s. This good would spark a rebellion that had to be quelled by the army. What good was taxed?
Whiskey
The Cold War was a bit of a mess to begin with, but Joseph McCarthy made it worse (somehow). What was the war about and what did McCarthy do to worsen it?
Communism, McCarthy trials and mass hysteria
So, this guy showed up in a Playboy magazine, idk how but he did. Who was it?
Jimmy Carter
Name the five top parties in the country currently
Democrats and Republicans, followed by the Libertarian, the Green, and the Constitution Parties
Name 5 revolutionary pioneers that advocated for equality in America.
Zoe will verify your answers
The 70s saw a lot of distrust in the government, why were the people disillusioned? Hint: scandals
Watergate
A lot has happened between America and the Middle East. Name three major things that happened since 1945.
Iranian coup, Israeli-Palestine issues, 9/11, Iran nuclear deal, etc.