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The Great Depression
The Cold War
American Presidents
The American West
WWII
100
How much money disappeared at the start in the Great Depression?
30 Billion dollars
100
What are wars that countries represent but don't directly fight in?
Proxy Wars
100
Which President Made the Emancipation Proclamation?
Abraham Lincoln
100
What was the term for the U.S. spreading coast to coast?
Manifest destiny
100
What did Japan do that is the main reason the U.S. joined the second world war?
Pearl Harbor
200
What day is known for the start of the Great Depression?
October 24th, 2016
200
Who coined the term "Iron Curtain?"
Winston Churchill
200
Who was the first and last Confederate President?
Jefferson Davis
200
What was the main reason people were rushing to California?
The California Gold Rush
200
What major battle happened on June 6th, 1944
D-Day
300
What major world brought the U.S. out of the Great Depression?
WWII
300
What were the parallels that the Korean and Vietnam war were fought on?
The 38th and the 17th
300
Which President is Credited for pulling troops out of Vietnam?
Richard Nixon.
300
Who invented barbed wire to stop cowboys?
Joseph Glidden
300
What was the nickname for the U.S. before it officially joined the war?
The Arsenal of Democracy
400
In the stock market, what was one way money was loaned, causing the crash?
Margin Buying
400
What was Cuba afraid of, leading to the Cuban Missile Crisis?
American Invasion.
400
What was Reagan's nickname calling him a 'tough president?'
The Teflon President
400
What is the name for the place where the Transcontinental Railroad met?
Promontory Point, Utah
400
Who were the big three during this war? Name ALL three.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, and Winston Churchill
500
What was the maximum unemployment rate during the Great Depression?
12-13 million people.
500
What was the final vote for the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
504-2
500
What was Nixon's famous quote during the Watergate Scandal?
"I am not a crook!"
500
How did the U.S. get the land of Oregon?
The Oregon Treaty with Great Britain
500
Which president dropped the atomic bombs?
Harry Truman