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World War II
Cold War
Presidents
Colonial Period
Native Americans
100
Who was the leader of Germany during World War II?
Adolf Hitler
100
Who were the two super powers in the Cold War?
United States (USA) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
100
Which president was given the most criticism during the Vietnam War with a catchy chant?
Lyndon B. Johnson
100
What group of people traveled to Plymouth on the Mayflower?
The Pilgrims (the Puritan Separatists)
100
Which Native Americans taught the Pilgrims to farm and thrive?
Squanto and Samoset
200
How many Jews died during the Holocaust?
6 million Jews
200
When did the USSR dissolve?
1991
200
Who served the most terms in office as president?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
200
What was the name of the colony that vanished mysteriously at the beginning of settlement in the New World?
Roanoke Colony or the "Lost Colony"
200
What was the Ghost Dance, and what was it supposed to do for the Native Americans?
It was a religious movement, supposed to make the white colonists leave and bring prosperity to the Native Americans.
300
What was the code name for the project that was to create the atomic bomb?
The Manhattan Project
300
How long was the Berlin Wall up?
21 years
300
Which president said "read my lips- no new taxes!"
President George H.W. Bush
300
How many people were killed in the Boston Massacre?
5 people
300
Which tribe was forced to walk the Trail of Tears and where was the destination for these natives?
The Cherokee Tribe, to Oklahoma
400
Where did the D-Day landing take place?
Normandy, France
400
Which president came up with the official policy to contain communism?
President Harry S. Truman (The Truman Doctrine)
400
Who was the president during the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
President John F. Kennedy
400
What was another name for the Intolerable Acts?
The Coercive Acts
400
Which Lakota leader was killed by his own people in South Dakota?
Sitting Bull- he was shot in the head by a Native
500
What German word is used to describe the 57 day bombing on Great Britain?
Blitzkrieg
500
Which Russian leader sent missiles into Cuba to threaten the United States?
Nikita Kruschev
500
How many presidents have been assassinated? Name two.
4, Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley & John F. Kennedy
500
Which colonist brought tobacco to Virginia and was married to Pocahontas?
John Rolfe
500
Who was the Shawnee leader who tried to organize an alliance between Native American tribes during the early 1800's?
Tecumseh