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What is the birthdate of Annie Oakley?
August 13, 1860
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Who was the only person who became president and chief justice of the Supreme Court?
William Howard Taft
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What is another name for the progressive party?
The Bull Moose party
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Who was the last queen of Hawaii?
Queen Liliuokalani
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How tall is the Statue of Liberty from tip to toe?
151 feet
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What year did the Spanish-American War start? When did it end?
1898, it lasted 113 days and ended with the Treaty of Paris
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Which famous inventor did Henry Ford once work with?
Thomas Edison
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What is the name of the famous painting by Grant Wood?
American Gothic
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When was the Panama Canal finished and how long is it?
1914, 48 miles long
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How much money did the U.S. pay Spain for possession of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines?
20 million U.S. dollars
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What was the day of the Wright brothers' first successful flight?
December 17, 1903
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Who was the J.P. Morgan compared to in the oil industry?
John D. Rockefeller
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What is the name of the painting hanging in Mr. Scruggs' room and who is it by?
Night Hawks by Edward Hopper
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What year was William Howard Taft first elected president?
1908
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How many national parks did Theodore Roosevelt establish? Name 3.
5; Yosemite, Yellow Stone, Grand Canyon
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What year did Arizona become the 48th state?
1912
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Who was the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize?
Jane Addams
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What is the other name of the Sears catalogue?
the wish book
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How many people died of influenza in the U.S. in a 10 month period in 1918?
550,000 men and women
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Who were muckrakers?
People who reveled things that were negitive
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When was the first successful test of the electric lightbulb?
October 22, 1879
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Name the 5 U.S. presidents,in order, who were all Union generals after the Civil War?
Ulysses Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, Chester Arthur, Benjamin Harrison
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What was Standard Oil known as?
The greatest, wisest, meanest monopoly in history
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What was Stalins famous saying about death?
1 death is a tragedy but 1 million deaths is a statistic
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What happened in Campiegne France
The armistice with Germany was signed here on 11/11/1918, ending World War I
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