War and Peas
20th Century American History
Meltdown
The Law
Lets "T" up the map
100

To combat malnutrition, in 1942 Tasmanian blue peas were added to the rations of this country's troops

Australia 

100

The A.M.A. fought against these 2 federal programs, 1 for the elderly & 1 for the poor, before they were enacted in 1965

Medicare and Medicaid 

100

A historical nickname for America, or a chain of fondue restaurants

The Melting Pot

100

Federal sentencing guidelines increase for violent crimes if one of these is involved (minimum 5 years) or worse, brandished (7 years)

A firearm 

100

This city in northwestern Baja California is about 15 miles south of San Diego

Tijuana 

200

Pea soup was a staple in the ships of this navy that beat the French & Spanish at Trafalgar

Royal Navy 

200

On August 25, 1921 the U.S. signed a treaty restoring friendly relations with this country

Germany  

200

In 1776, a statue of this royal was toppled in New York City & pieces of it melted down to make bullets for the Continental Army

George III

200

If you're 18+ in Kansas & want your girlfriend to become your wife, no license is needed; you can be in this kind of marriage

Common Law

200

East of Vietnam & an arm of the South China Sea, this gulf was the site of an international incident in 1964

Tonkin 

300

During the Revolutionary War, Congress passed a resolution making peas a part of this army's rations

The Continental Army 

300

Ratified in 1933 the Twentieth (or "Lame Duck") Amendment moved up the date of this event

The inauguration of a new president 

300

In the last 50 years, some glaciers in Glacier National Park in this state have lost more than 80% of their ice

Montana 

300

In law it's possession of an estate for the duration of one's life; in New Jersey, it's the town Bruce Springsteen is from

Freehold 
300

The Museum of Glass & the University of Puget Sound are in this city, the seat of Pierce County

Tacoma 

400

In the 1940s General Mills helped the war effort with dried pea soup; also, cereal bars for these "alphabetical" army rations

K-Rations 
400

The ACLU secured this attorney to defend John Scopes in 1925

Clarence Darrow 

400

In Exodus 32 this was fashioned out of melted-down jewelry

A golden calf

400

The 1970 law that ties different crimes into a pattern that can be prosecuted ties 4 words into this acronym

RICO 

400

Home to the Kasbah Museum, this Moroccan port is on the Strait of Gibraltar, just 17 miles from southern Spain

Tangier 

500

Every Thursday, this country's armed forces get served a traditional pea soup called ärtsoppa

Sweden 

500

In 1948 the U.S. was one of the 21 western hemisphere nations that banded together as the OAS, this

The Organization of American States

500

At about -38 degrees Fahrenheit, it has the lowest melting point of any metallic element

Mercury 

500

From the same root as "eloquent", it's a defendant's speech to the judge before sentencing

Allocution 

500

Saddam Hussein was born near this city on the west bank of the Tigris in 1937 & was pulled out of the ground in its vicinity in 2003

Tikrit