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Who introduced Glasnost and Perestroika to the Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorbachev
100
Who was the president of the confederate states of America during the U.S Civil War?
Jefferson Davis
100
What were the two main world powers involved in the cold war?
United States, Soviet Union
100
How long did the Great Depression last?
10 years, 1929-1939
100
Who started the new deal?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
200
Who was the first of the two United State presidents to be impeached?
Andrew Johnson
200
What was the bloodiest battle of the civil war?
Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
200
Who launched the first satellite into space, what was the name of the satellite?
Soviet Union, Sputnik
200
Who was the president during most of the depression? What were the small communities named after him called?
Herbert Hoover, "Hoovervilles"
200
What was the time period between March 8 and June 16 called?
"First Hundred Days"
300
Who was the seventeenth president of The United States?
Andrew Johnson
300
Which states was the last to secede from the Union?
Tennesse
300
What two major proxy wars were fought during the Cold War?
Vietnam and Korean Wars
300
What was the Dust Bowl?
The widespread migration of people to California during the depression
300
What did FDR declare the day after his inauguration?
National Bank Holiday
400
Who was appointed to command Operation Overlord?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
400
What day did the Civil War start?
April 12, 1861
400
Which U.S senator started the communist "witch hunt"?
Joseph McCarthy
400
What month during 1929 did the depression start and why?
October, because of the stock market crash
400
What was the purpose of the FDIC?
To back all bank deposits up to 2500$ in case of another crash
500
Who was the "Brown Bomber" and who did he defeat in a boxing match?
Joe Louis, defeated Max Shmeling
500
What two ironclads battled at the Battle of Hampton Roads?
USS Monitor, CSS Virginia
500
What organization was created to counter NATO?
The Warsaw Pact
500
How much money did the stock market lose on the day of the crash?
14 Billion Dollars
500
What were the three R's during the New Deal?
Relief, recovery, reform