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This President who ran for the Bull Moose Party was known for acting against monopolies and creating the national parks.
Teddy Roosevelt
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This prehistoric stone structure is located in England and was built around 2500 BC. It is believed to be a burial site and its entrance aligns with the summer solstice sunrise.
Stonehenge
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This man led non-violent protests against British rule in India, including the Salt March. He was assassinated by a Hindu extremist in 1948 after India was partitioned.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Martin Luther King Jr.
100
This 2018 Broadway musical detailed the life of a US founding father, first Secretary of the Treasury, and writer of the Federalist papers.
Hamilton
200
This African American activist promoted self-defense to achieve racial equality in his "Ballot and the Bullet" speech. He was later assassinated because he left the Nation of Islam.
Malcolm X
200
This young Macedonian king, tutored by Aristotle, spread Greek culture through Afro-Eurasia as he expanded his empire through military conquests which include conquering the Persian Empire.
Alexander the Great
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This King of England was known for having 6 wives. The Act of Supremacy made him the head of the Church of England and allowed him to divorce in his effort to have a male heir.
Henry VIII
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Who is this man who discovered the theory of relativity and the mass-energy equivalence(E=mc2)?
Albert Einstein
200
Jimi Hendrix and The Who, among many others, performed at this 1969 music festival which emphasized peace, relating to the growing counterculture movement and movement against the Vietnam War.
Woodstock Festival
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This robber baron founded the Standard Oil Company, which was the first major monopoly in America. He used some of his wealth to found schools like the University of Chicago and his fortune is valued at $15 billion today.
John D. Rockefeller
300
This Mesopotamian city was known for their Hanging Gardens, one of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World, as well as their work in preserving the Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the oldest surviving works of literature.
Babylon
300
This trade route connected China to Europe for many centuries, facilitating many goods like spices and the good it was named after. At one point, the Ottoman Empire imposed heavy taxes along the route to profit off the trade.
Silk Road
300
Who is this man who led the Bolsheviks in the February and October Revolutions in Russia, beginning the shift to Communism?
Vladimir Lenin
300
This famous scientist was known for work on radioactivity while discovering elements like Radium and Polonium. She is the first woman to win a Nobel prize.
Marie Curie
400
This 1854 act repealed the Missouri Compromise and allowed settlers to decide on if slavery would be allowed through popular sovereignty.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
400
This Greek writer is known as the Father of History for his work on the Persian Wars. Although criticized for sometimes blending facts and myths, his works greatly contributed to the development of historical writing.
Herodotus
400
This leader of the Chinese Nationalist Party lost the Chinese Civil War to Mao Zedong. He oversaw the White Terror and fought against Japan in World War II during his reign.
Chiang Kai-Shek
400
Who is this women who was arrested for attempting to vote before eventually securing women's suffrage?
Susan B. Anthony
400
This famous trumpeter was known for songs like "What a Wonderful World" as he led the Harlem Renaissance and developed swing jazz music.
Louis Armstrong
500
In 1890, US soldiers killed many Lakota as the Army tried to suppress the Ghost Dance movement in this event.
Wounded Knee Massacre
500
As the founder of the Persian Empire, this ruler allowed conquered territories to keep their customs and he is also known for creating a postal system.
Cyrus the Great
500
In 1498, this Portuguese explorer reached India after sailing around the Cape of Good Hope, establishing a maritime trade route between Europe and Asia.
Vasco da Gama
500
Who is the revolutionary, nicknamed El Libertador, who helped secure independence for many South American nations?
Simon Bolivar
500
This African-American sprinter won 4 gold medals for the US in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, disproving Nazi beliefs leading into World War II.
Jesse Owens