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Guess The Year
100

This submarine was sunk on its maiden voyage after it destroyed a frigate. What is the name of this submarine under the control of the Confederate Navy

What is the CSS Hunley

100

This Republican Politician just recently died due to cancer. Who is this man a veteran of the Vietnam War?

Who is John McCain

100

This city is famous for the Lower Ninth Ward and Madi Gras. What is this city with the nickname Crescent City

What is New Orleans, Louisiana

100

This landmark case helped solidify a prisoner's protection by giving some warnings before they are arrested. What is this case?

What is Miranda v. Arizona

100

Roe v. Wade, America pulls out of Vietnam, Pablo Picasso Dies and The Dark Side of the Moon was released

What is 1973

200

This landmark supreme court case in 1857 held in a 7 to 2 majority that slaves are considered as property. What is the name of this case which was under the court of Roger Taney?

What is Dred Scoot v Sandford (Would accept Dred Scott Decision)

200

This man was famous for his Witch Hunt trials of the 1950s. who was this man who a famous phrase was coined after him in a 1950 publication of the Washington Post?

Who is Senator Joseph McCarthy

200

what was the name of the mainly democratic bloc in the south which vowed to never elect a republican?

What is the "Solid South"

200

This landmark supreme court case was argued three times after it was solidified as written law. what is the name of this case where future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall would argue in?

what is Brown v. Board of Education

200

Elvis Presley Comes into the mainstream, The Little Rock Nine, and Best Picture Winner Bridge on the River Kwai

What is 1957

300

what is the name for the relentless 9 battles in 6 days which drove the Army of the Potomac off of the Virginia Peninsula?

what is the Seven Days Battles

300

This politician ran for president four times and was in politics from 1806 till his death. Who was this man who mad a devils bargain with John Quincy dams when he was the speaker of the house? 

Who is Henry Clay

300

This State was the setting for Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. What is the state?

What is Alabama

300

This recent landmark supreme court case ruled that gays have the right to marry. What is this case which caused a firestorm in the south and was a 5-4 ruling?

What is Obergfell v. Hodges

300

Japan won the Russo-Japanese War, Lochner v. New York, Rebellion in German East Africa and Revolution in Russia

What is 1905

400

this civil war battle was instrumental in kicking out the Confederates from New Mexico. What is this battle fought a little bit south of Santa Fe

What is Glorieta Pass

400

This infamous Governor was once sponsored by the NAACP but lost. Who is this governor who is referenced in the Bob Dylan Song "The Times They are a Changin?"

Who is George Wallace

400

This famous supreme court justice one described himself as a backwards hick from the corners of Alabama who was this justice who was banned by the Governor George Wallace to be buried in his home state?

Who is Justice Hugo Black

400

This landmark supreme court case ruled that Mexican Americans are United States citizens under the 14th Amendment. what is the name for the only supreme court case that had to do with Mexican American civil rights in the 20th century?

What is Hernandez v. Texas 1954

400

Kansas-Nebraska Act, the start of the Crimean War, and The Republican Party is founded in Ripon, Wisconsin.

What is 1854

500

This former vice president would later become a Major General in the Confederate Army. Who was this man who said at the battle of Stones River "My poor Orphans, torn to pieces."?

Who is John C. Breckenridge

500

This Louisiana Governor and Senator was famous for running the state as a dictatorship and was assassinated on the steps of the Louisiana Capitol. Who was he?

Who is Huey P. Long

500

Of all the states that were a part of the "Solid South" which state throughout the history of 100 years never elected or voted for a single Republican?

What is Arkansas

500

 this infamous landmark supreme court case held that internment camps during WWII were constitutional. what is the name of this case that has been recently overturned in Trump v. Hawaii?

What is Korematsu v. United States

500

William Jennings Bryant runs for president, Plessy v. Ferguson, and the Italians are defeated at Adowa in Ethiopia

What is 1896