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400

He is known as the "Father of the Constitution

Who is James Madison?

400

The U.S. joined this war after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

What is World War II?

400

He was President of the United States during the Civil War.

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

400

He delivered the famous "I Have a Dream" speech.

Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?

400

The only U.S. president to resign from office.

Who is Richard Nixon?

800

This founding father was the main author of the Declaration of Independence

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

800

This war was fought in Korea from 1950 to 1953.

What is the Korean War?

800

This general led the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.

Who is Robert E. Lee?

800

She refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama.

Who is Rosa Parks

800

He delivered the Gettysburg Address.

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

1200

This founding father was the main author of the Declaration of Independence.

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

1200

The Gulf of Tonkin incident led to increased U.S. involvement in this conflict.

What is the Vietnam War?

1200

This battle, fought in Pennsylvania in 1863, is considered the turning point of the war

What is the Battle of Gettysburg?

1200

The 1954 Supreme Court case that declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional

What is Brown v. Board of Education?

1200

He was president during the Great Depression and World War II.

Who is FDR?

1600

He was the first Secretary of the Treasury and famously died in a duel
 

Who is Alexander Hamilton?

1600

The U.S. launched Operation Desert Storm in this 1991 conflict.

What is the Gulf War?

1600

The Civil War began when Confederate forces fired on this fort

What is Fort Sumter?

1600

This organization, founded in 1909, fought for African American rights in court.

What is the NAACP?

1600

This president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Who is Lyndon B. Johnson

2000

This future president defended British soldiers after the Boston Massacre.

Who is John Adams? 

2000

The U.S. entered this war in 1917, helping to turn the tide in Europe.

What is World War I?

2000

He led the "March to the Sea" that devastated Georgia in 1864

Who is William Tecumseh Sherman?

2000

He was a civil rights leader and minister assassinated in 1965 after breaking with the Nation of Islam.

Who is Malcolm X?

2000

He served two non-consecutive terms as president.

Who is Grover Cleveland?