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Famous Events
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A quiz on fairly well-known historical and more current events. #Fun
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1
This event unjustly imprisoned over 100,000 U.S. citizens and residents in the 1940s.
Chinese Exclusion Act
Mass Incaceration
Jim Crow Laws
Japanese Internment
2
This event sparked the start of World War I.
Assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln
Cuban Revolution riots
Russian Revolution riots
3
This event led to a "war on terror."
Desert Storm
9/11 Attack
Iraq War
Persian Gulf War
4
This event was punishable by death but created the United States of America.
Signing of the Declaration of Independence
Creating the Bill of Rights
Creation of the U.S. Constiution
Arguing before the Constitutional Convention
5
This event, similar to a riot, inspired the U.S. American Revolution to get independence.
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Shay's Rebellion
The Boston Tea Party
The Trail of Tears
6
This event is when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech.
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
We Shall Overcome Parade
Malcolm X's Birthday Celebration in D.C.
President Donald Trump's Inauguration
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This event is one reason for the United States joining World War II
The bombing of the USS Lithuania
The shooting down of the US 1 bomber
The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The bombing of Pearl Harbor by Japan
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This terrorist attack in 1963 was one cause of the Civil Rights Movement for race equality
Bombing of Oklahoma City
Bombing of Birmingham Church
Bombing of the Twin Towers
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
9
This event started the colonization of North and South America by the Europeans.
Viking Lief Ericson arriving in modern-day Canada
Christopher Columbus arriving on the Taino people's land
Hernan Cortes meeting the Aztecs.
Amerigo Vespucci exploring the "New World"
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This event was the attempt to exterminate an entire "race" of people during World War II.
The Armenian genocide.
The Rwandan genocide.
The colonization of Native Americans.
The Holocaust.
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These events were the last major events in World War II in the Pacific front of the war.
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Blitzkrieg Bombing of London
Drone attacks in Syria
The Manhattan Project
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This event was characterized by an extended drought and extreme dust storms.
The Great Depression
The Dust Bowl
Operation Desert Storm
Economic Boom
