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100

The United States bought Alaska from which country?

Russia 

100

Who was president during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

JFK

100

During World War II, Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy. Which country is this in?
 

France

100

 What U.S. government department was created in the wake of the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001?
 

Answer: The Department of Homeland Security

100

What was the name of the landmark Supreme Court case that ruled the racial segregation of schools unconstitutional?
 

Answer: Brown v. Board of Education

200

 What was the name of the series of programs and projects President Franklin D. Roosevelt enacted during the Great Depression?
 

Answer: The New Deal

200

Who was the first ruler of the Mongol Empire?

Genghis Khan

200

 Who fought in the Hundred Years’ War?

Britain and France

200

Who was the fourth president of the United States?

James Madison

200

When was the Battle of Gettysburg fought during the Civil War?
 

Answer: July 1 through July 3, 1863

300

Who was the first Black Supreme Court justice in the United States?

Thurgood Marshall

300

What year did Google launch?

1998

300

 The 19th Amendment guarantees.

The women rights to vote

300

Who was the first American to win a Nobel Peace Prize?


Answer: Theodore Roosevelt

300

 What country did the U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team defeat in the semifinals of the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, a game commonly known as the Miracle on Ice?
 

Answer: The Soviet Union

400

In what year did child labor laws start in the United States?

1938

400

Who was the first woman to make a million dollars in the United States?

Madam CJ Walker

400

How old was Queen Elizabeth II when she became the queen of England?

25

400

Where did Albert Einstein live before moving to the United States?
 

Answer: Germany

400

Which two city-states fought in the Peloponnesian War?

Athens and Sparta

500

Which two Native American leaders led Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne warriors in the fight against Lt. Col. George Custer’s troops in the Battle of Little Bighorn?
 

Answer: Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull

500

 Finish the line President Franklin D. Roosevelt said during his speech addressing the attack on Pearl Harbor: “Yesterday, December 7, 1941…”
 

Answer: “A date which will live in infamy”

500

During which war was the Christmas Truce called?
 

Answer: World War I

500

 The “shot heard round the world” describes the beginning of which battles in the American Revolution?
 

Answer: The Battles of Lexington and Concord

500

The Great Pyramid of Giza was built as a tomb for which pharaoh?

Khufu

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