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100
What was the name of the series of programs and projects President Franklin D. Roosevelt enacted during The Great Depression?
The New Deal
100
When was Julius Caesar assassinated?
March 15, 44 BC
100
Whose assassination is said to have sparked WW1?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
100
Why did Frederick Russell Burnham and Fritz Duquesne put aside their past and start working together?
Hippo Meat
100
Who was the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? (Hint: Ruby's last presentation mentioned this)
Aretha Franklin
200
Who was the fourth president?
James Madison
200
Modern day Instanbul was called what when it was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
Constantinople
200
The Christmas Truce took place during which war?
WW1
200
Who was Edward Teach?
Blackbeard
200
Who was the first person to receive two Nobel prizes?
Marie Curie--She won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1903 and the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1911.
300
Which country did the USA buy Alaska from?
Russia
300
What was the capital city of the Inca Empire?
Cuzco
300
What was the name of the international group formed to maintain peace after WW1?
League of Nations
300
Which country did the Choctaw tribe establish a close friendship with in the mid 19th century?
Ireland
300
Wyoming Territory was the first to grant women the right to vote. What year did they do this?
1869
400
The “shot heard ’round the world” describes the beginning of which battles in the American Revolution?
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
400
Queen Nefertiti ruled alongside which pharaoh?
Pharaoh Akhenaten
400
When did the Mexican Revolution start?
November 20, 1910
400
Who was Cher Ami?
BONUS: What was she known for?
Pigeon (She was awarded a medal for "bravery on the battlefield" in WW1 after delivering a crucial message to the American troops despite being shot in the chest.)
400
How many years did it take for women of color to be able to vote after white women were able to across the US?
55 years! The 19th Amendment was signed into law in 1920, but it took until the 60s for Black women and Asian-American immigrants to receive the right to vote, and it was 1975 before non-English speaking women were allowed to vote (affecting predominantly latina women).
500
Who was the first Black Supreme Court justice in the United States?
Thurgood Marshall
500
In which country was the Battle of Culloden fought in 1746?
Scotland
500
What was the code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II?
Operation Barbarossa
500
What family does this newspaper art show violence against?
The White family
500
What was Bobbi Gibb the first woman to do? (Hint: she was initially refused and told she was "not physiologically able to")
Run a marathon. She had to hide in the bushes by the start line so she wouldn't be kicked out before the race started. Women weren't allowed to run more than 1.5 miles at the time because they were a "liability".
