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The name of the U.S. mail service, started in 1860, that used horses and riders.
What is the Pony Express?
100
Emancipation Proclamation
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
In this decision, the Supreme Court established it's power of judicial review, in which it can determine the constitutionality of a law or action
What is Marbury v. Madison?
100
This man was the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution and was unanimously chosen as the first president of the U.S. in 1789.
Who is George Washington?
100
Took her job as “First Lady” seriously, traveling the country and the world to gather information about the problems and concerns of workers, children, minorities, and the poor. She wrote a daily newspaper column and made frequent radio broadcasts.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
200
Inventor of the Cotton Gin in 1793.
Who is Eli Whitney?
200
Fourteen Points
Who is Woodrow Wilson
200
In this case, the court said that ""students do not shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse gates.”
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
200
This document was considered too weak because it granted more power to the states than to the national government. The Constitutional Convention (1787) was organized to fix the problems associated with this document
What is the Articles of Confederation?
200
Founder of the American Red Cross.
Who is Clara Barton?
300
The first word spoken on the moon.
What is "Houston"?
300
Vetoed the National Bank
Who is Andrew Jackson?
300
The court's decision in this case allowed for the 'separate but equal' doctrine in the South
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
300
This term refers to the first ten amendments to the Constitution, passed today in 1791, to guarantee specific rights and freedoms to the American people and to reserve some powers to the states.
What is the Bill of Rights?
300
A prominent Second Wave feminist and founder of Ms. Magazine.
Who is Gloria Steinem?
400
Shipwreck discovered by Robert Ballard in 1985, 73 years after it sunk.
What is the Titanic?
400
Louisiana Purchase
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
400
In this case, the Court ruled that the 14th Amendment extended to a woman's decision to have an abortion. A state cannot ban abortion outright.
What is Roe v. Wade?
400
Both signers of the Declaration of Independence who became president.
Who are John Adams and Thomas Jefferson?
400
A sharpshooter in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, nicknamed 'Little Sure Shot'.
Who is Annie Oakley?
500
Pilot of the Spirit of St. Louis.
Who is Charles Lindbergh?
500
The New Deal
Who is FDR?
500
In this case during the 1960s, the Supreme Court reinforced the separation of church and state. They decided that public schools could not encourage their students to pray in school or perform any other religious practices as part of a daily routine.
What is Engel v. Vitale?
500
This man believed in a strong national government, wrote a large portion of the Federalist Papers and was the 1st Secretary of the Treasury under Washington.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
500
First woman in history to lead a major American Indian tribe.
Who is Wilma Mankiller?
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