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100
The president during the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
The name given to women who were wearing short shirts and short hair.
What is a flapper?
100
When people lost their house or farm because they could not pay the bank for the loan.
What is forclosure?
100
The person who gained control over Germany.
Who is Hitler?
100
The type of music that became really popular during the 1950's.
What is rock and roll music?
200
The bloodiest battle of the Civil War.
What is Battle of Gettysburg?
200
The name of the very popular dance where you kick your legs and flap your arms.
What is the Charleston?
200
The president's wife that helped him understand the need of the country by traveling around and talking to people.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
200
This is when millions of Jews, gypsies, people with disabilities, political opponents, gays, and religious opponents were systematically put to death.
What is the Holocaust?
200
The cold war was between the United States and this country? (Don't say Russia)
What is the Sovet Union?
300
The president of the Confederacy.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
300
A popular form of entertainment, news and sports.
What is the radio?
300
The name given to the period of time that was severely hit by a drought and farmers lost everything.
What is the dust bowl?
300
The place that was attacked on December 7, 1941.
What is Pearl Harbor?
300
This was a popular form of entertainment for families and teens because you watch in your pajamas or show off your cool car.
What is the drive-in movie?
400
The document that Lincoln issued to free all the slaves in rebelling states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
400
One of the famous people we talked about that made jazz very popular.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
400
The name of the organization that was set up to provide jobs for young men and to conserve the environment.
What is the Civilian Conservation Corp?
400
The atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and this Japanese city.
What is Nagasaki?
400
This is an invention that probably started with Harvard students eating a lot of pie.
What is the frisbee?
500
The place where General Lee surrendered to General Grant.
What is Appomattox Courthouse?
500
The ending of the 1920's that caused financial hardship to most of the country.
What is the stock market crash?
500
The photographer who documented the migrant farm workers and her very famous photo is called "Migrant Mother".
Who is Dorthea Lange?
500
The stretegic plan to conquer area in the Pacific Ocean to get closer to Japan.
What is island hopping?
500
This person is responsible for the hit "Peggy Sue" and unfortunately lost his life early due to a plane crash.
Who is Buddy Holly?