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U.S. Government
World History
U.S. History
100
Conductor on the Underground Railroad; also served as a spy in the American Civil War
Who is Harriet Tubman
100
Branch of government that interprets the meaning of laws
What is the judicial branch?
100
Builders of pyramids and obelisks in North Africa
Who are the Egyptians?
100
Name given to the forced movement of Cherokee Indians from Georgia to Oklahama
What is the Trail of Tears?
200
Greek poet credited with creating the Iliad and the Odyssey
Who is Homer?
200
Type of government in which people elect representatives who make decisions on their behalf
What is a republic?
200
Civilization that began along the Yellow River; responsible for creating paper and gunpowder
What is the Chinese civilization?
200

City which served as the first official capital of the United States

What is New York City?

300
English writer of stories such as Oliver Twist, the Christmas Carol, and Great Expectations
Who is Charles Dickens?
300
Number of years in one term of a senator
What is six?
300
Johann Gutenberg's famous invention, 1450
What is the printing press?
300
Year that women were given the right to vote in national elections by the Nineteenth Amendment: 1865, 1910, 1920, 1950
What is 1920?
400
Composer born in Austria who was a child prodigy, but died a poor man
Who is Mozart?
400
Used to determine the number of U.S. Representatives from a state
What is population?
400
Austria declared war on this country to start World War I
What is Serbia?
400
Country invaded by the United States in the 1840s
What is Mexico?
500
Man who became President of the United States when Abraham Lincoln died
Who is Andrew Johnson?
500

Maximum number of years a person can be President of the United States, established by the Twenty-Second Amendment

What is eight?

500
The invasion of this country in September 1939 marked the beginning of World War II
What is Poland?
500
First Republican President of the United States
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
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