Historical Figures
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War
Presidents
MISC
100

Symbol of women working in factories during World War II

Rosie the Riveter

100

Policy of avoiding involvement in foreign affairs



Neutrality / Isolationism 

100

Civil War battle in 1862, bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. history

Battle of Antietam 

100

The events and scandal surrounding a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in 1972 and the subsequent cover-up of White House involvement, leading to the eventual resignation of President Nixon under the threat of impeachment

Watergate

100

Supreme Court case ending school segregation

Brown V. Board of Education

200

Prominent abolitionist and former slave

Frederick Douglass

200

Segregation laws in the South after Reconstruction



Jim Crow Laws

200

Turning point of the Civil War, Union victory in 1863

Battle of Gettysburg 

200

42nd President advocated economic and healthcare reform; second president to be impeached

Bill Clinton

200

Top-secret project to develop the atomic bomb during World War II

Manhattan Project

300

Muckraker known for her exposé on Standard Oil

Ida Tarbell

300

Farmers who rented land and paid with a share of their crops

Sharecroppers

300

Union victory giving them control of the Mississippi River in 1863

Battle of Vicksburg

300

President during the start of the Great Depression

Herbert Hoover

300

An unsuccessful invasion of Cuba in 1961, which was sponsored by the United States. Its purpose was to overthrow Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.

Bay of Pigs

400

Industrialist who founded Standard Oil Company

John D. Rockefeller

400

Political and ideological tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union

Cold War

400

Surprise military strike bringing the U.S. into World War II

Pearl Harbor

400

Policy of containment against Soviet expansion

Truman Doctrine

400

Key industries in the late 19th century

Steel and Oil

500

Socialist leader and five-time presidential candidate

Eugene Debbs

500

Agreement creating a bicameral legislature (House and Senate) with equal and proportional representation

Great Compromise

500

Turning point in the Pacific theater of World War II

Battle of Midway

500

26th President known for his progressive policies

Theodore Roosevelt 

500

Supreme Court case establishing 'separate but equal' doctrine

Plessy V. Ferguson 

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