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100

Which President passed the New Deal, to help Americans during the Great Depression?

FDR

100

What is the word for when a president gets formally accused of a crime by the house of representatives?

Impeachment

100

What number comes next: 2, 4, 8, 16, ___?

32

100

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a prearranged meeting or the specific location chosen for that gathering

rendezvous

100

What artist is known for the songs “vampire,” “drivers license,” and “bad idea right?”

Olivia Rodrigo

200

What was the acronym for the causes of WW1

MAIN

200

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What was the name of the struture the figuratively and literally divided the captialist western world and the communist eastern world?

The Berlin Wall

200

What is the only U.S. state that starts with the letter P?

Pennsylvania

200

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an infection that inflames the air sacs in one or both lungs, causing them to fill with fluid or pus

pneumonia 

200

In Stranger Things, what is the name of the alternate dimension connected to Hawkins?

The Upside Down

300

What type of journalism was characterized by exaggerated headlines to get people emotional about a topic?

Yellow Journalism

300

What was the name of the civil rights movement that focused mainly on Mexican American rights?

The Chicano Movement

300

In the alphabet, what letter comes immediately before Q?

P

300

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the process of creating or using words that phonetically imitate, resemble, or suggest the sound that they describe

onomatopoeia

300

What singer has albums called Ctrl and SOS?

SZA

400

Who was the buisnessman who got rich off the steel industry and was famous for donating large amounts of his wealth?

Andrew Carnegie

400

The US policy to stop communism from spreading was _________

Containment

400

What is the first planet from the Sun?

Mercury

400

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a distinct, unusual habit, mannerism, or characteristic that is specific to a particular individual  

idiosyncrasy

400

What 1980s rock band released Appetite for Destruction and had hits like “Sweet Child O’ Mine”?

Guns N’ Roses

500

Which amendment gave Black men the right to vote?

15th amendment

500

What was the name of the trials where Nazis were held accountable for their crimes?

The Nuremberg Trials

500

What word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

Short

500

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Definition: describes a spirit of friendly good-will, mutual trust, and closeness among people who spend time together or share a common

Camaraderie

500

What 1990s movie stars Jim Carrey as a man whose entire life is secretly a television show?

The Truman Show