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Championed the "War on Poverty"

Lyndon B. Johnson

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The state most recently admitted to the Union

Hawaii

100

In the 1991 Gulf War the US intervened to defend this Middle Eastern Country

Kuwait

100

Landmark case that struck down state laws prohibiting interracial marriage

Loving v. Virginia (1967)

100

John McCain's running mate in the 2008 Presidential Election

Sarah Palin

200

Nicknamed "The Gipper"

Ronald Reagan

200

The top producer of corn

Iowa


200

This Confederate General died shortly after injuries sustained during the Battle of Chancellorsville

Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson

200

President who controversially stated "John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it"

Andrew Jackson

200

The Democrat political coalition that dominated Congress from 1932 until the 1980s.

New Deal coalition

300

The only President who was a member of the Federalist Party

John Adams

300

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is located in this state

Ohio

300

Over 2,000 Mexicans commanded by this General seiged the Alamo Mission in February 1836

Antonio López de Santa Anna (or Santa Anna)

300

A legal test used when U.S. federal courts must defer to a government agency's interpretation of a law or statute.

Chevron deference

300

Carried the State of Wisconsin in the 1924 Presidential Election

Robert M. La Follette

400

Woodrow Wilson's favorite movie

The Birth of a Nation

400

Considered the founder of the Colony of Rhode Island

Roger Williams

400

George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River is a famous painting depicting this American Revolutionary battle

Battle of Trenton


400

Landmark case establishing that the federal government regulates interstate commerce

Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

400

This American nativist, anti-immigrant, and anti-Catholic political party during the mid-1850s was commonly known as

Know Nothing Party

500

The assassin of 20th United States President James A. Garfield

Charles J. Guiteau

500

The 1833 Nullification Crises was a confrontation between the federal governmnent and this US state

South Carolina

500

The first major Allied land offensive against Japan during World War II

Guadalcanal campaign

500

"Shouting fire in a crowded theater" - a phrase from this Supreme Court Justice's opinion in Schenck v. United States (1919) 

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

500

"Daisy Girl" was a highly successful attack ad against this Republican Presidential Candidate

Barry Goldwater