Civil War
Late 1800s & Early 1900s
World Wars
1950s-1999
21st Century
100

The Civil War happened because the North and South states disagreed about whether ____________ should be legal. 

Slavery

100

The 19th Amendment gave _____________ the right to vote

Women

100

These five countries made up the Allied Powers during World War II

United States, Great Britain, France, Russia, China

100

The first black person to play in Major League Baseball

Jackie Robinson

100

Hijackers used planes to attack these two cities on 9/11/2001

New York City and Washington DC

200

The Southern states withdrew from the United States and formed the ________________.

Confederate States

200

During the Dust Bowl, many people moved from Oklahoma and Texas to _______________ to try and get jobs. 

California
200

This country had the most deaths in World War I

Germany

200

The Montgomery Bus Boycott started when __________________ refused to give up her bus seat to a white person. 

Rosa Parks

200

This president passed the Affordable Care Act, which gave 45 million people health insurance

Barack Obama

300

US President during the Civil War

Abraham Lincoln

300

Most of the workers of the Transcontinental Railroad were immigrants from ______________.

China

300

Most of the combat in World War I happened in this country

France

300

These three countries are the only ones to put a person in space

Russia, USA, China

300

This president launched the "War on Terror" in response to the September 11 attacks. 

George W. Bush

400

The inventor of the cotton gin

Eli Whitney

400

This sports team is named after a poem by a famous American writer 

Baltimore Ravens

400

The United States entered World War II when ___________ bombed a navy base in ____________.

Japan, Pearl Harbor/Hawaii

400

This president was assassinated in Dallas in 1963

John F. Kennedy

400

The first Latina to serve on the Supreme Court, nominated by Barack Obama

Sonia Sotomayor

500

The first battle of the Civil War happened in this state

South Carolina (Ft. Sumter) 

500

In the 1930s, this state was known as the "Divorce Capital of the World," because it was the easiest state to get a divorce

Nevada

500

The first nuclear bomb was tested in this state during World War II

New Mexico

500

The only two presidents from Texas

Dwight Eisenhower and Lyndon B. Johnson

500

Barack Obama's Republican opponent in the 2008 election

John McCain

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