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These two technology companies are started in 1975 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and in 1976 in Los Altos, California. They would revolutionize our world with personal computers, software, email, internet access, smart phones, and video game consoles.
What are Microsoft (co-founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen) and Apple (co-founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne)?
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52 Americans were held hostage by anti-American Muslim extremists in this Middle Eastern country for 444 days and freed on January 20, 1981, when Ronald Reagan was inaugurated as President of the United States.
What is Iran?
100
These were the three men who ran against each other for President in 1992, one of the rare presidential elections with three candidates.
Who are incumbent President George H.W. Bush (Republican), Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton (Democrat), and Texas billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Independent)?
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This Category 5 hurricane caused over 1,800 deaths and $125 billion in damage in August 2005, particularly in the city of New Orleans. At the time, it was the costliest hurriance in American history and led to a sharp decline in President George W. Bush's approval rating.
What is Hurricane Katrina?
100
March for Our Lives, a nationwide student-led gun control protest group, was formed after this school shooting on February 14, 2018, which killed 17 people and injured 17 others, surpassing Columbine as the deadliest school shooting in American history.
What is Parkland Shooting/Stoneman Douglas Shooting?
200
This controversial 1973 Supreme Court case ruled that the government could not interfere with a pregnant woman's liberty to choose to have an abortion up until the third trimester of her pregnancy.
What is Roe v. Wade?
200
President Ronald Reagan revolutionized America's view on taxes and economics by introducing this tax plan which drastically lowered taxes for the rich and big businesses in the hopes that that extra money would be used by the corporate class to create new jobs and raise employee's wages.
What is Reaganomics/Trickle-Down Economics?
200
President Bill Clinton (49-years-old) committed perjury and lied under oath in 1998 and was impeached by the House of Representatives for lying about this activity.
What is having a sexual affair with 22-year-old White House intern Monica Lewinsky?
200
The Great Recession that occurred between 2007 and 2009 was the most severe economic and financial meltdown since the Great Depression of 1930s and was caused primarily when this industry in the United States crashed.
What is the real estate/mortgage business?
200
This social movement against sexual abuse and sexual harassment began in 2017 after the exposure of the widespread sexual-abuse allegations against movie producer Harvey Weinstein.
What is #MeToo Movement?
300
OPEC, an organization that included Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Venezuela, stopped selling the United States this substance after the US supported the Israeli military and led to a decade-long energy crisis.
What is oil/gas?
300
This little-known Japanese gaming company releases this home entertainment system and takes America over by storm in 1985. A popular games included Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, Duck Hunt, and Metroid.
What is Nintendo?
300
On April 20, 1999, two seniors at this high school in Colorado murdered 12 students and one teacher and sparked a nationwide pandemic of mass shootings.
What is Columbine High School?
300
This Democratic Illinois Senator won the presidential election of 2008 against Republican Arizona Senator John McCain with 52% of the popular vote and 365 to 173 votes in the Electoral College.
Who is Barack Obama?
300
This Republican New York City businessman won the 2016 presidential election against former Democratic First Lady, New York Senator, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Even though he lost the popular vote with only 46%, he was able to win the Electoral College 304 to 227.
Who is Donald Trump?
400
Richard Nixon shocked the world when he announced he was visiting this communist country in 1972, the first time an American president had visited the country and opened trade and diplomatic relations.
What is China?
400
This oil tanker crashed off the coast of Alaska on March 24, 1989 and spilled 10.8 million gallons of crude oil over the course of a few days and was one of the worst environmental disasters in the history of the United States.
400
President George H.W. Bush victoriously led U.S. troops and a coalition of 36 other nations in the Persian Gulf War after the dictator of this country, Saddam Hussein, invaded its oil-rich neighbor Kuwait.
What is Iraq?
400
America's War on Terror (2001-Present) involved fighting terrorist organizations like Al-Qaeda, ISIS, the Taliban, and involved costly and long-lasting wars in these two Middle Eastern countries.
What is Afghanistan War (2001 to present) and the Iraq War (2003-2011)?
400
Also known as an Internet celebrity, this is the term that meaning someone whose fame and notability arose on social media sites like Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, and TikTok.
What is an Influencer?
500
Richard Nixon would resign the presidency in 1974 after the Washington Post exposed and revealed to the world that he was trying to cover up a break-in into this building where the Democratic Party's headquarters was located.
What is Watergate?
500
The Tiananmen Square Massare occurred in this communist country in 1989 when troops armed with assault rifles and tanks fired at student demonstrators who were protesting to add democratic reforms to the government. Hundreds of student protestors would be killed by the government.
What is China?
500
Developing for decades, this communication service grew to international dominance in the 1990s.
What is the Internet?
500
The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 (aka 9/11) involved 19 Al-Qaeda terrorists hijacking four commercial airplanes and crashing them into targeted areas, killing 2,977 people. These were the sites of the four crashes on that fateful day.
What is the World Trade Center (New York City), the Pentagon (Washington, D.C.) and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
American Airlines 11, United Airlines 175, American Airlines 77, and United Airlines 93.
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Gen Z was raised with this technology always being a part of their lives.
What are smartphones