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100

Certain people were relocated to new homes while the US was at war during WWII.

Japanese internment camps 

100

A powerful storm that greatly impacted Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi.

Hurricane Katrina

100

Jonas Salk was a scientist who made a vaccine against an immobilizing condition. What was the vaccine for? 

Polio

100

This event caused a new state to enter the union as a slave state while allowing Maine to enter as a free state.

The Missouri Compromise

100

Native Americans were forced to move from Florida to Oklahoma on foot.

The Trail of Tears

200

The United States Of America got into the war because they wanted to stop the Soviet Union from spreading influence in Western Europe

The Cold War

200

This major storm impacted the east coast of the US.

Hurricane Sandy

200

The event with a moon landing that included Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michal Collins.

Apollo 11

200

This event caused many settlers and Japanese immigrants to flock to California during the 1850s.

The Gold Rush

200

In Texas, "Remember the ________!"

Alamo

300

This event was was the planned murder of a president in a theater. 

The assassination of Abraham Lincoln

300

In 1871, which event happened after a long-lasting drought lead to a major fire?

The Great Chicago Fire

300

A machine that helped increase the production of a cash crop

The Cotton Gin

300

Which country gave the United States "The Statue of Liberty"?

France

300

This explorer has a New York river named after him.

Henry Hudson

400

This event caused by the United States greatly impacted people living in Japan during WWII.

The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 

400

A time in the 1930s where major droughts occurred in the southern plains, contributing to the Great Depression.

The Dust Bowl

400

The U.S. government research project made the world’s first ever atomic bombs.

The Manhattan Project

400

This famous moment in history happened in 1963, at Parkland Health Dallas Texas with the death of a political figure.

The assassination of JFK

400

Which famous night did George Washington cross the Delaware?

December 25

500

These two political opponents fought each other in a duel, leading to death of one. 

Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton

500

The baking product lead to a major disaster.

The Molasses Flood 

500

This person developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures.

Thomas Edison

500

What event remembers the US military storming the beaches of Normandy France during WWII?

D-Day

500

The winter George Washington and his troops waited out the British look place here.

Valley Forge