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100

Cowboys used these animals to travel long distances across the West.  

What are horses?

100

This invention by Thomas Edison helped light homes and cities across America.

What is the light bulb?

100

This 1898 war resulted in the U.S. gaining territories like Puerto Rico, the Philippines and Guam.

What was the Spanish–American War?

100

This surprise attack on December 7, 1941 brought the United States into World War II.

What was the attack on Attack on Pearl Harbor?

100

This Famous Movie made its debut on May 25, 1977, the first in a Saga and global "Empire"

What is Star Wars?

200

People rushed to California looking for this valuable metal in 1849.  

What is gold?

 

200

This invention by Alexander Graham Bell allowed people to talk over long distances.

What is the telephone?

200

The United States entered this Asian country in the 1960s to try to stop the spread of communism.

What is Vietnam?

200

This 2011 Steven Spielberg film follows a horse named Joey as he experiences the horrors of World War I.

What is War Horse?

200

John Spartan, John Rambo, Rocky Balboa

Who is Sylvester Stallone?

300

Many railroad workers came from this country to help build the Transcontinental Railroad, later leading to an Exclusion Act.

What is China?

300

This inventor developed the assembly line technique that made cars cheaper and faster to build.

Who was Henry Ford?

300

After the September 11 attacks, the United States invaded this Middle Eastern country in 2003 claiming it had weapons of mass destruction.

What is Iraq?

300

June 6, 1944 Allied invasion of France.

What was D-Day?

300

John Matrix, T-800, Conan, Dutch Schaefer.

Who is Arnold Schwarzenegger? 

400

This type of transportation connected the East and West coasts in 1869.

What is the Transcontinental Railroad?

400

Black Thursday, Black Tuesday

What is the Great Depression?

400

In 1989, the United States invaded this Central American country to remove leader Manuel Noriega from power.

What is Panama?

400

This event in 1914 helped start World War I.

What was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?

400

This film based on a 1984 comic series, released in 1990, at the time becoming the highest grossing Independent Film of all time. 

What is the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?

500

These famous lawmen were brothers involved in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

Who were the Earp brothers?

500

The first non-politician or military leader elected President, this businessman and real estate mogul was best known for his hotels, casinos, and the TV show The Apprentice.

Who is Donald Trump?

500

This failed 1961 invasion involved U.S.-trained Cuban exiles attempting to overthrow Fidel Castro’s communist government.

What was the Bay of Pigs Invasion?

500

This future U.S. president served as the Supreme Allied Commander of Allied Forces in Europe during World War II.

Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower.

500

Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, Daniel Craig. 

Who is James Bond?

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