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100

What 1773 protest had colonists pouring a famous British drink into a harbor in opposition of taxation?

What is The Boston Tea Party

100

In this order given by President Lincoln declared all slaves in confederate territories to be freed.

What is The Emancipation Proclamation

100

What telegram revealed Germany proposal for an alliance with Mexico against the United States.

What is the Zimmermann Telegram
100

What Country was the United States mainly against at the end of the War

What is Japan

100

This United States president was in office during most of the Korean War.

Who is Harry Truman

200

This Famous battle basically ended large scale battles between Britain and America, effectively winning the war for America.

What is the Battle of Yorktown

200

This Battle was the single Bloodiest day in American military history, with roughly 23,000 casualties.

What is the Battle of Antietam

200

What British Passenger ship was sunk by a German U-boat in 1915, Killing 128 Americans. 

What is the Lusitania
200

What is the name of the town the Manhattan Project was worked on during WWII.

What is Los Alamos
200

During the Cold War, the United States was primarily opposed by this communist superpower.

What was the Soviet Union
300

This Revolutionary War officer became the vice president from 1801-1805 was involved in a famous duel which destroyed his political career.

Who is Arron Burr

300

This person is famous for conducting the Underground Railroad, making several trips back to the south to help others to escape.

Who is Harriet Tubman

300

What 1917 act established the military draft, that allowing the United States to force American men into service. 

What is the Selective Service Act

300

Benito Mussolini ruled this European Axis country.

What is Italy

300

in 1970, four students were killed when National Guard troops opened fire during anti-war demonstrations at this Ohio universitry.

What is Kent State University.

400

What disease killed more soldiers than battlefield wounds and was a major concern for Washington's army?

What is Smallpox

400

This 1863 Union victory gave the Union control of the Mississippi River and Effectively spilt the Confederacy in two.

What is the Siege of Vicksburg

400

This group of African Americans fought under French command became the one of most decorated American units of the war.

Who are the Harlem Hellfighters

400

What famous Astro physicist is know for the quote, "Now I am become Death, destroyer of worlds.

Who is J. Robert Oppenheimer

400

This Iraqi dictator was captured by United States forces in December 2003 after being found hiding near Tikrit

Who is Saddam Hussein

500

In the musical Hamilton, this song ends with a mix of several songs heard earlier in the musical.

What is Non-Stop

500

Where did the Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrender to Union General Ulysses S. Grant effectively ending the war .

What is the Appomattox Court House
500
What battle was the first major American battle on the western front during WWI.

What is the Battle of Cantigny

500

These Native American Marines used their language to create a highly effective military communication code in the Pacific.

Who were the Navajo Code Talkers

500
In 1962, the discovery of these Soviet weapons pointing at the United States brought the United States and Soviet Union dangerously close to war.

What were Nuclear Missiles