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Bloody Sunday was the name given to the event in this city during which protesters were attacked by State Troopers.
What is Selma, AL.
100
The document that seperated the U. S. from England in 1776.
What is the Declaration of Independence.
100
This word refers to the time during which alcoholic drinks were illegal in the U. S.
What is Prohibition.
100
1812-15.
What is War of 1812.
100
This was the name of the African-American fighter squadron trained in south Alabama during World War II.
What is the Tuskegee Airmen.
200
The 16th Street Baptist Church, in which four girls were killed in a KKK bombing, is located in this city.
What is Birmingham.
200
The main writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson.
200
This economic crisis followed the stock market crash of 1929.
What is the Great Depression.
200
1939-45.
What is World War II.
200
This man was George Washington's valet.
Who is Will Lee.
300
This NAACP member was gunned down by a Klansman in Jackson MS, 1963.
Who is Medgar Evers
300
The document written to govern the Puritan Pilgrims of Plymouth in 1620.
What is the Mayflower Compact.
300
Drought and poor farming practices in the Mid-west led to this disaster in the 1930's.
What is the Dust Bowl.
300
1775-83.
What is American Revolution.
300
African-Americans were among this group of men who defeated the British at Concord in 1775.
What is Minutemen.
400
This Presidential candidate who favored Civil Rights was assassinated in 1968.
Who is Robert F. Kennedy.
400
During World War II, the main enemies of the U. S. were Japan and this European country.
What is Germany.
400
This was the contagious disease (epidemic) that killed over half a million Americans in two years, 1918-20.
What is the Spanish Flu.
400
1914-18
What is World War I
400
This man was born a slave but earned an education and became the founder of a university in Alabama.
Who is Booker T. Washington.
500
This Civil Rights leader was killed in Memphis, 1968.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
500
During World War I, the main enemies of the U. S. were Austria-Hungary and this country that sank the Lusitania.
What is Germany.
500
This was one hot city during the War of 1812, then a hurricane cooled it down and sent the British Army packing.
What is Washington D. C. daily double.
500
1848
What is the Mexican-American War.
500
African-Americans were among the men helping General Jackson defend this city in 1815.
What is New Orleans.