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American Wars
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People You Probably Don't Remember
100
She was kicked out of the Massachusetts Bay colony in the 1630s for preaching antinominaism and defying the patriarchy.
Who is Anne Hutchinson?
100
He was President before John Adams, but after...well, after no one.
Who is George Washington?
100
This war was fought at least partially as a result of "yellow journalism" about atrocities in Cuba.
What is the Spanish American War?
100
This supreme court case defined the purpose of the Supreme Court as one of judicial review.
What is Marbury vs. Madison?
100
He led the only successful Native rebellion against colonial New Spain in the 1680s.
Who is Pope?
200
With Lucretia Mott, the co-organized the Seneca Falls Convention and would eventually become president of NAWSA.
Who is Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
200
He was President after Abraham Lincoln, but before Ulysses S. Grant.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
200
The military-industrial complex was an economic result of which ongoing conflict of the 20th century?
What is the Cold War?
200
This enacted a permanent system of graduated income tax on the whole United States.
What is the 16th Amendment?
200
A British social reformer, he received a grant from the King to create Georgia as a penal colony and experiment in rehabilitating debtors.
Who is James Oglethorpe?
300
She was appointed by President Reagan to serve as the first female Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?
300
He was President after Truman, but before JFK.
Who is Eisenhower?
300
The "domino theory" is most closely tied to the US enterance into which war?
What is the Vietnam War?
300
Shays' Rebellion dealt a final blow to which American governing document?
What is the Articles of Confederation?
300
His book series "The Influence of Sea Power on History" strongly influenced Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt to build up the US Navy.
Who is Alfred T. Mahan?
400
She wrote A Century of Dishonor and the romance novel Ramona to try to draw attention to the government's mistreatment of Native Americans.
Who is Helen Hunt Jackson?
400
He was President after Theodore Roosevelt, but before Woodrow Wilson.
Who is Taft?
400
The first Great Migration of African Americans to northern cities occurred as a result of which war?
What is World War I?
400
The campaign slogan "54-40 or fight!" was used by Polk supporters to advocate expansion into which territory?
What is Oregon?
400
He was the first openly gay politician elected in the US. He was famously assassinated by a disgruntled ex-colleague.
Who is Harvey Milk?
500
A controversial Progressive-era advocate for birth control, she eventually helped found Planned Parenthood.
Who is Margaret Sanger?
500
He was President after John Tyler but before Zachary Taylor.
Who is Polk?
500
If the Hartford Convention had succeeded, it would have pulled the United States out of which war?
What is the War of 1812?
500
This early third party advocated for the rights of "native born Americans" over immigrants.
What is the Know-Nothing Party?
500
He was a leader of the Philippine resistance movement against first the Spanish and later the American imperialist governments.
Who is Emilio Aguinaldo?
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