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Four Score and Eight Years Ago
Bon Appetit
Dammit!
Meet the Neighbors
100
He signed the Declaration of Independence in huge letters to insure King George would be able to see the signature
Who is John Hancock?
100
This classic American novel, written in 1884, described the trip of a young boy and his slave friend on Mississippi River.
What is Huckleberry Finn
100
The first public works project uesd to alleviate unemployment during the Great Depression.
What is the Hoover Dam?
100
The policy crafted by John Hay that allowed open access trade with China.
What is the OPen-Door Policy?
200
This scandal involved the secret leasing of naval oil reserves to private companies.
What is the Teapot Dome Scandal?
200
Andrew Jackson's informal advisor group
What is Kitchen Cabinet
200
The most successful public works project during FDR's presidency.
What is the TVA?
200
Program during the 1950's in which immigrants came from Mexico to work in U.S.
What is the Bracero Program?
300
This disease caused a president's cousin, a future president, to be paralyzed from the waist down
What is polio?
300
The 1930s novel that talked about the Gospel
What is the Grapes of Wrath
300
The alternate canal site for the U.S. during TR's presidency.
What is Nicaragua?
300
Treaty which ended the Russo-Japanese War and recognized Japan's influence in Manchuria.
What is The Treaty of Portsmouth?
400
These two Italian immigrants/anarchists were pronounced guilty of robbery and muder, and were sentenced to death
Who were Sacco and Vanzetti
400
This neutrality agreement, signed between the USSR and the US, called for the limitation of offensive missiles.
What is SALT I, II
400
The final treaty which alowed the construction of the Panama Canal.
What is the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty?
400
The event in which a fleet of warships forced Japan to sign a treaty which opened trade between Japan and the U.S.
What is Mathew C. Perry's visit to Japan?
500
He was the president during this time period (a score is twenty years)
Who is Harding?
500
A British general who was captured during the American Revolution at Yorktown
What is General Cornwallis
500
The presidential candidate that created the Erie Canal.
Who is George Clinton?
500
The Treaty in which the U.S recognized Panamaian Independece and rights to build the canal.
What is Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty?