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Battles
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"The greatest movie ever." - Mr. Carlson What movie has this storyline? Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.
Saving Private Ryan
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What is the date of D-Day?
June 6, 1944
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Who wrote the U.S. Constitution?
James Madison
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Who said "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
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Which battle started the Revolutionary War?
Battle of Lexington and Concord
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What movie has this storyline? The true story of a newly appointed African-American coach and his high school team on their first season as a racially integrated football team.
Remember the Titans
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It was the U.S.'s response to Pearl Harbor.
Doolittle Raid
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What 4 people's heads are carved in stone on Mount Rushmore?
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.
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Who said “Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
Ronald Reagan
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What Civil War battle is credited as the turning point which allowed the North to win?
Gettysburg
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What movie has this storyline? Three astronauts must devise a strategy to return to Earth safely after their spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage. ...and is famous for this quote "Houston we have a problem."
Apollo 13
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What was the name of the plane that dropped the atomic bomb?
Enola Gay
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This House of Representatives member was a leader of the Radical Republican faction of the Republican Party and a fierce opponent of slavery. He was rumored to have relations with his African-American housekeeper.
Thaddeus Stevens
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Who said "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far."
Theodore Roosevelt
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This battle occurred 6 months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, in which United States defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War II. It was an important turning point in the Pacific campaign, the victory allowed the United States and its allies to move into an offensive position.
Battle of Midway
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In which movie does a boxer from the Soviet Union come to the United States during the height of the Cold War to prove their superiority over the U.S? "I must break you"
Rocky IV
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It was the principal means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II. The act authorized the president to transfer arms or any other defense materials for which Congress appropriated money to "the government of any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States." Britain, the Soviet Union, China, Brazil, and many other countries received weapons under this law.
Lend- Lease Act
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He was an American slave who led a slave rebellion in Virginia on August 21, 1831 that resulted in 55 white deaths and at least 100 black deaths.
Nat Turner
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Who said "Give me Liberty, or give me Death!”
Patrick Henry
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Battle in WWII won by the Allies, who beat the Afrika Korps and lead to a German surrender in North Africa.
Battle of El Alamein
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What movie has this storyline? The World War II phase of the controversial American general's career is depicted. The film begins with his career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Europe and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of his numerous faults such his temper and tendency toward insubordination.
Patton
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It was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union. It's purpose was to discuss Europe's post-war reorganization.
Yalta Conference
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She was one of the leading "muckrakers" of the progressive era. She is best known for her 1904 book The History of the Standard Oil Company.
Ida Tarbell
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Who said “I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.”
J. Robert Oppenheimer
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A decisive battle in the Korean War, battle resulted in a U.N. victory, lead to the capture of Seoul.
Battle of Inchon
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