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100
This dynasty lasted 300 years, until it was overthrown in 1917.
What is the Romanov dynasty?
100
This war plan was created by German General Staff in 1905.
What is the Schlieffen Plan?
100
This politician almost became the Democratic candidate for president in 2008.
Who is Hillary Clinton?
100
This historical era is often said to have ended the Middle Ages.
What is the Renaissance?
100
This immigration center was built by the federal government in 1892.
What is Ellis Island?
200
This beautiful city on the Neva River was the capital of Imperial Russia.
What is St. Petersburg?
200
In this 1914 engagement, the Russian Second Army was almost entirely destroyed by the German Eighth Army.
What is the Battle of Tannenberg?
200
This Massachusetts woman was involved in anti-slavery and temperance movements and she led the push for women's suffrage in the United States.
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
200
This French peasant girl led the French army to victory against the English in the Hundred Years' War but was later burned at the stake for heresy.
Who is Joan of Arc?
200
Standard Oil Company made this man the richest man in the world.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
300
This tsar freed the serfs of Russia in 1861.
Who is Alexander II?
300
This commander of the American Expeditionary Force did not allow U.S. troops to be commanded by European officers.
Who is General John J. Pershing?
300
This woman wrote a series of books about life in the American west in the 19th century.
Who is Laura Ingalls Wilder?
300
This 9th-century ruler tried to recreate the unity of the Roman Empire and fostered a revival of art and culture in Europe.
Who is Charlemagne?
300
Tammany Hall was the political machine in New York City run by this man.
Who is Boss Tweed?
400
This terrorist group wanted democracy in Russia and assassinated Alexander II.
What is The People's Will?
400
Winston Churchill, as First Lord of the Admiralty, advocated an attack on the Ottoman Empire, which became this campaign.
What is Gallipoli?
400
This possibly legendary woman brought water to men on the battlefield during the American Revolutionary War.
Who is Molly Pitcher?
400
This 14th-century author was the first major writer to use Middle English rather than Latin for his poems and stories.
Who is Chaucer?
400
In 1894, President Grover Cleveland sent federal troops to end this major labor conflict.
What is the Pullman Strike?
500
These anti-western, romantic nationalists of the 19th century believed that all Slavic people share a unique spirit and culture.
What are Slavophiles?
500
This officer, killed one week before the end of the war, wrote the poem, Dulce et Decorum Est.
Who is Wilfred Owen?
500
This cultural icon represented women working in factories during World War II.
Who is Rosie the Riveter?
500
This French town was where Pope Clement V moved the papal court in 1309, beginning almost 70 years of the "Babylonian Captivity."
What is Avignon?
500
This woman founded Hull House to help European immigrants in Chicago.
Who is Jane Addams?