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Miscellaneous
100
The anniversary of this event just happened...December 7th - "a day that shall live in infamy"
The attack on Pearl Harbor
100
City famous for its steel during the Industrial Revolution (and beyond)
Pittsburgh
100
After the Louisiana Purchase, up until the early 1900's, the US expanded primarily in which direction?
West
100
16th President who wanted the nation to come back together after the Civil War with his 10 percent plan.
Abraham Lincoln
100
This low temperature war began after the end of World War 2
The Cold War
200
In 1876 Alexander Graham Bell famously did this first...
Made a phone call
200
Island in New York where many newcomers to this country arrived around the turn of the 19th century.
Ellis Island
200
True/False - Hawaii was a US state during the attack on Pearl Harbor?
False
200
The "Do Nothing" president
Herbert Hoover
200
A real document (journal, picture, letter) from history. A first hand account.
Primary Source
300
It was a moonshot mission but what event happened July 20, 1969
The Moon Landing
300
The "March on Washington", a key event in the Civil Rights movement, occurred where?
Washington, D.C.
300
A nickname for dry states like Oklahoma and Nebraska during the Great Depression
The Dust Bowl
300
This native Virginian attended the Hampton Institute and then later helped to found the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama
Booker T. Washington
300
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt is rumored to have what children's toy named after him?
The Teddy Bear
400
Not to be confused with Black Friday, this event on October 29, 1929 is called...
Black Tuesday
400
Ulysses S. Grant established this first National Park
Yellowstone National Park
400
The Roosevelt Corollary applied to which Hemisphere?
Western
400
Indigenous leader who said, "I will fight no more forever"
Chief Joseph
400
What right are the women in this picture trying to win?
The right to vote
500
This event in 1893 showed the "World" new inventions and innovations of the Industrial Age
The 1893 Chicago World's Fair
500
Where did the Transcontinental Railroad connect?
Promontory Summit, Utah
500
The first President to leave the United States as president went to what Country?
Panama
500
First African-American elected to the US Senate
Hiram Revels
500
True/False - Edison invented the lightbulb?
False - He improved it