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American History Review
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Knowing the events and individuals in American History.
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Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 and land in Plymouth for religious freedom
The Separatists
The Pilgrims
Catholics
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Will explode only seconds after take off in 1986, killing American teacher Christine Mcauliffe
The Challenger
The Columbia
The Odyssey
3
The Presidential Election that would be decided by the US Supreme Court in 2000
Bush vs. Carson
Dole vs. Clinton
Gore vs. Bush
4
Illinois native who was an American actor then become a famous Conservative President in 1980
George Bush
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
5
Adopted on July 4, 1776
The Articles of Confederation
The Constitution
The Declaration of Independence
6
Who tried to burn down the Executive Mansion during the War of 1812
British
Great Britain
English
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Major legislation is signed in 1964 helping to end segregation in the United States
The Freedmen's Act
The Right to Equality Act
The Civil Rights Act
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Where we fought both Germany and Japan
World War 2
The Korean War
Vietnam War
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The expression given when many immigrants were coming to America
The Great Welcoming
The Great Melting Pot
The Great Invasion
10
The War to end all Wars
World War 2
The Spanish American War
World War 1
11
The first permeant English colony in the New World was
New Amsterdam
Jamestown
Plymouth
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Spanish sailor who sailed westward to find route to India, found the New World in 1492
Hernando Cortez
Christopher Columbus
John Cabot
13
The first man to step on the Moon in 1969
Neil Armstrong
Alan Shepard
Buzz Aldrin
14
The "Corrupt Bargain" happened during which Presidential Election
Election of 1824
Election of 1820
Election of 1828
15
The first baby boomer to be elected President of the United States in 1992
Bill Clinton
Al Gore
George Bush
16
Where the bottom fell out-1/4 people lost their jobs was
The Great Depression
The Great Dust Storm
Black Tuesday
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Famous activist for Women's Right
Mary Todd Lincoln
Susan B. Anthony
Harriet Tubman
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Where are enemy surrendered in helping us gain our full independence as a new country
Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Yorktown
Battle of New Orleans
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The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who helped to establish Judicial Review
Thomas Jefferson
John Jay
John Marshall
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The incident where the first American President had to resign from office in 1974
The Watergate Scandal
The Iran-Contra Affair
The Teapot Dome Scandal
21
Elected in 1960 will be later assassinated in Dallas, Texas in 1963
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
22
Early colony in the New World, where the whole occupants eventually vanished without a trace
Plymouth
Roanoke
Jamestown
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The purchase the will help expand America closer to the Pacific Ocean starting in 1803
The Louisiana Purchase
The New Orleans Purchase
The Great Land Purchase
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Would eventually control the eastern part of early America, taking land from Native Americans
English
Spain
French
25
Who we fought during the Revolutionary War
France
Spain
Great Britain
England
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Where the majority of anger against English rule will ignite the call for independence
New York City
Boston
Philadelphia
27
The worst terrorist attack to ever occur on American soil happened on what date
Sept. 1, 2000
Sept. 12, 2002
Sept. 11, 2001
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A paralyzed man who would be elected 4 times as President of the United States
Harry S. Truman
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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The President whose doctrine proclaimed the Western Hemisphere was not to be colonized anymore
John Quincy Adams
James Monroe
James Madison
30
The war that lasted from 1861-1865
The Civil War
World War 1
The Spanish-American War
31
The reason given why we decided to fight in Iraq in 2003 was because
Stealing of oil
Supposed terrorists in the region
The suspicion of WMDs-weapons of mass destruction
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The first Republican to be elected President
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
James Buchanan
33
Our first Constitution was called
Articles of Confederation
The Treaty of Freedom
The 1st Constitution
34
The first African-American elected President of the United States in 2007.
Frederick Douglass
Barack Obama
Martin Luther King Jr.
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An Italian sailor who sailed South America's coast - later maps called it "America"
John Cabot
Amerigo Vespucci
Christopher Columbus