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100

He was the infamous leader of a NYC political machine

William "Boss" Tweed

100

This is the idea of adopting another culture

Assimilation

100

During what decade did the president resign?

1970s

100

The launching of this object initiated a Space Race

Sputnik 1

100

Thanks to this 1954 court case public schools were desegregated

Brown vs Topeka Board of Education

200

She helped immigrants settle into their new country

Jane Addams

200

This political idea was "popular" with working people during the Progressive Era

Populism

200

During what century was #44 the first ever?

The 2000s

200

This showdown in the Caribbean Sea almost led to a nuclear war in 1961

Cuban Missile Crisis

200

Martin Luther King told the world about his "dream" at this 1963 event

The March on Washington

300

In the 1920's he helped modernize how Americans travel

Henry Ford

300

This is the idea of expanding and taking control of other nations for their resources

Imperialism

300

Reaganomics was the dominant economic policy of what decade?

1980s

300

This resolution was escalated U.S involvement  in Vietnam

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

300

During what year did a Civil Rights law bring an end to Jim Crow laws?

1964

400

His book about Sea Power influenced U.S expansionism

Alfred Thayer Mahan

400

This idea was at the heart of a scare and a cold war

Communism

400

What decade saw the passing of the North American Free Trade Agreement?

1990s

400

During the 1950s this congressional committee investigated people that were accused of being traitors

House Un-American Activities Committee

400

This 1965 law ended poll taxes and literacy test requirements for voting

Voting Rights Act

500

He was not successful at limiting the impact of the Great Depression

Herbert Hoover

500

This is the idea the the government should not get involved

Laissez-Faire

500

Which decade experienced major assassinations?

1960s

500

War time footage and a lack of government credibility influenced this protest in the late 1960s

The Anti-War Movement

500

This 1896 court case legalized segregation in the United States

Plessy v. Ferguson

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