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Revolutionary War
Reconstruction
World Wars
Roaring Twenties
Miscellaneous
100
Which country was America trying to separate from during the Revolutionary War?
Any of the following will be accepted: England, Great Britain, Britain, the UK
100
Reconstruction occurred after which war?
The Civil War
100
Which World War started in 1914 with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
World War I
100
What substance was illegal during the majority of the 1920's?
Alcohol
100
From which country did America make the Louisiana Purchase?
France
200
What document was written by Thomas Jefferson and was like a break up letter with the King of England?
The Declaration of Independence
200
Which part of the country was opposed to Reconstruction?
The South / Southern states
200
Name one country that America was allied with when it joined World War II.
Answers include: Britain, Russia, Chinese, British dominions, Canada, South Africa, Australia
200
What was the purpose of the 18th Amendment?
To make alcohol illegal
200
How many atomic bombs did America drop on Japan?
2
300
Name one of the grievances against the King specifically mentioned in the Declaration of Independence.
Many possible answers; Ms. Brown will determine the accuracy of a team's answer.
300
Which amendment made slavery, with the exception of imprisonment, illegal?
The 13th Amendment
300
Name one of the two major alliance groups from World War II.
Axis Powers & the Allies
300
What group profited from the Prohibition through the sale of bootlegged alcohol and running sp
The mafia
300
What is it called when a government pays a group of people a large sum of money to make up for past wrongdoings?
Reparations
400
Who was the King of England during the time of the Revolutionary War?
King George III
400
Give one example of a Black Code.
Examples include, but are not limited to: spitting, being unemployed, walking alongside railroad tracks, stealing a pig
400
Who was the President of America during most of World War II?
FDR
400
What was the name of the movement that celebrated African-American artists and musicians?
The Harlem Renaissance
400
What was the FULL name of the founder of the Tuskegee Institute?
Booker T. Washington
500
What were America's "states" called when we were under British rule?
Colonies
500
What event led to the end of Reconstruction?
The Compromise of 1877
500
Name the year that the U.S. joined World War I AND the year the U.S. joined World War II.
1917 & 1941
500
Which terrorist group hated all non-white, non-Protestant, non-native born people living in America?
KKK
500
What Supreme Court case ruled that African-Americans were not U.S. Citizens?
Sanford v. Dred Scott