Who was the first British prime minister to win the Nobel Prize in literature
Winston Churchill
100
What did MLK encourage in all of his protests, boycotts, sit-ins, etc.
Non-violence
100
Who was the female abolitionist that helped free thousands of blacks from slavery?
Harriet Tubman
100
What war strategy did general Sherman become famous for?
Total war
100
What nickname was given to the soup handed out to those in need during the depression
Hoover Stew
200
What American president led the Allied forces in WWII?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
200
Who was the American politician who served as a Commissioner of Public Safety for the city of Birmingham, Alabama, during the American Civil Rights Movement.
Bull Connor
200
Which civil rights activist was also an American Muslim minister and human rights activist
Malcom X
200
How many states joined the confederacy during the civil war
11
200
In what year did the stock market reach its lowest point`
1932
300
who was the leader of Japan during World War II and Japan's longest-reigning monarch?
Hirohito
300
What political leader(that wasn't MLK)was shot and killed in 1968?
Robert Kennedy
300
Who was the jazz singer during the 1920's who wrote the song "when the saints come marching in?"
Louis Armstrong
300
Who was the president of the United States before Lincoln
James Buchanan
300
Who were the group of men ages 18 - 26 that learned forestry skills to help improve our national forest and national parks during the 1930's
CCC
400
What Italian leader was overthrown and put in jail but rescued by the Germans in 1945?
Benito Mussolini
400
How many attempted marches were there from Selma to Montgomery?
3
400
Which black athlete won 4 gold medals in the 1936 olympics?
Jesse Owens
400
What Union General came up with military strategy known as the Anaconda Plan
Winfield Scott
400
What was the name given to the drought that caused many farmers in the great plains to have terrible harvests in the 1930's?
Dust Bowl
500
Who succeeded Dwight D. Eisenhower as the Military Governor of the U.S. Occupation Zone in Germany
George S. Patton
500
What legislation outlawed discriminatory voting practices in the U.S.?
Voting rights act of 1965
500
Who was the black boxer that defeated Max Schmeling in 1938?
Joe Louis
500
Which state was third to secede from the union?
Florida
500
Who was the person in charge of the FERA and later, the WPA