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#85 What was Roe v. Wade about?

abortion

#92 What was the Dust Bowl?

drought in the Plains during the Great Depression

#53 court order to stop a strike

injunction

#38 Who was the first to make a nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean?

Charles Lindbergh

#28 What social class were most al Qaeda terrorists from?

Al Qaeda had Muslims from all social classes.

#33 Germany promised parts of the U.S. to Mexico in this telegram

Zimmerman Note

#99 What is an injunction?

a court order that stops a strike

#80 What are doughboys?

American soldiers from WW1

#22 What religion was George W. Bush?

Christian

#29 What presidential candidate said, "I actually did vote for the $87 billion War in Iraq before I voted against it?"

John Kerry

#18 liberal Obama Supreme Court nominee

Elena Kagan

#32 year WW1 started

1914

#57 situation that was the closest the Cold War ever came to nuclear war

Cuban Missile Crisis

#56 protest in which MLK gave his "I Have a Dream" speech

March on Washington

#81 What is November 11, 1918 known as?

Armistice Day

#84 What was the Scopes trial about?

the legality teaching evolution in public schools (1925)

#64 name for religious political conservatives

the Religious Right

#31 his assassination sparked WW1

Archduke Francis Ferdinand (and his wife!)

#58 forbade segregation in public places and discrimination in business

Civil Rights Act of 1964

#106 Which amendment said that freedmen were citizens of the United States (at that anyone born here is a citizen)?

14th

#8 radical Muslim government of Afghanistan

the Taliban

#12 Bush's secretary of state

Condoleeza Rice

#50 code name for WW2 atomic bomb program

Manhattan Project

#62 only president that was never elected to office

Gerald Ford

#52 racist Southern laws that restricted black Americans

Jim Crow laws

#26 What did the presidential race between Al Gore and George W. Bush show about America?

The people were very divided.

#2 lost the 2004 election

John Kerry

#40 highly publicized trial about teaching evolution

Scopes trial

#41 Prohibition amendment

18

#90 What is amnesty?

group pardon

#66 proposed presidential power to take specific items out of the budget without Congress' approval

line-item veto

#30 What scandal tarnished George W. Bush's image at the end of his first term?

Abu Ghraib prison scandal in Iraq

#72 What country is the Taliban in control of?

Afghanistan

#102 Which amendment guarantees freedom of religion?

1st

#9 government department created in response to 9/11

Homeland Security

#69 What year did Al Gore lose to George W. Bush?

2000

#95 What is Social Security?

the government program for old-age insurance

#13 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

John G. Roberts Jr.

#108 Which amendment gave women the right to vote?

19th

#93 What was the New Deal?

FDR's plan to get out the Great Depression

#27 What senator switched from Republican to an independent, giving Democrats control of Senate?

James Jeffords

#20 What was the main issue in the 2004 presidential election?

national security

#54 tensions between the free world and the Communist world after WW2

the Cold War

#51 "lightning war"

blitzkrieg

#79 What was the Zimmermann Note?

A telegram from Germany to Mexico during WW1, that promised parts of U.S. land to Mexico, if Mexico would aid the Germans.

#23 What act of Congress made it easier for the U.S. government to fight terrorist threats at home in America?

Patriot Act

#105 Which amendment guaranteed black men the right to vote?

15th

#48 general that commanded Allied troops on D-Day

Eisenhower

#61 proposed amendment to guarantee equal rights to women

Equal Rights Amendment

#37 Who developed the assembly line for his Model T?

Henry Ford

#70 What was controversial about the 2000 presidential election?

George W. Bush had barely more electoral votes than Al Gore. Gore called for Florida's votes to be recounted because of "hanging chads".

#75 What happened in Benghazi in 2012?

2 U.S. diplomatic compounds were attacked by terrorists

#16 place where 2 U.S. diplomatic compounds were attacked by terrorists in 2012

Benghazi, Libya

#42 famous Chicago gangster boss

Al Capone

#1 lost the close 2000 election

Al Gore

#4 Bush's policy to deal with social problems

compassionate conservatism

#86 What are reparations?

payments that loser of the war has to make to victor

#71 What was the idea behind George W. Bush's compassionate conservatism?

to help with social problems, not by giving out government money, but by working with religious organizations

#65 requirements that the government puts on businesses, but the government makes the business pay for them

unfunded federal mandates

#96 What country was Benito Mussolini dictator of?

Italy

#91 Who was Al Capone?

a famous Chicago gangster boss

#11 first Hispanic attorney general

Alberto Gonzales

#83 What was the Red Scare?

the general public's fear of Communism in the 1920s

#82 What is the American holiday that celebrates Armistice Day?

Veterans Day

#104 Which amendment abolished slavery?

13th

#21 What was Bush's policy of dealing with terrorist attacks?

a preemptive strike

#3 deciding state in the 2000 election

Florida

#44 said "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

#39 public fear of Communism in the 1920s

Red Scare

#59 first (and only) president to resign

Richard Nixon

#76 Explain George W. Bush's policy of preemptive strikes.

Strike the terrorists at their bases before they attack.

#94 What is a recession?

a slump in business or the economy

#5 terrorist group behind 9/11

al Qaeda

#87 What was Henry Ford known for?

the assembly line; Model T Ford

#68 trade agreement between US, Canada, and Mexico

NAFTA

#60 Supreme Court case that legalized abortion

Roe v. Wade

#67 "scholarships" that give parents more choice in education

educational vouchers

#19 leaked National Security Agency information to American citizens

Edward Snowden

#98 What does the German word "blitzkrieg" mean?

lightning war

#45 FDR's plan to get the nation out the Great Depression

The New Deal

#73 What was the coalition of the willing?

other countries that joined with the U.S. to fight Saddam Hussein

#63 a group pardon

amnesty

#47 the government program for old-age insurance

Social Security

#34 nickname for American soldiers from WW1

doughboys

#6 leader of al Qaeda

Osama bin Laden

#77 What did the Patriot Act do?

It gave the government more power to fight alleged terrorists in America.

#107 Which amendment allowed the government to tax income?

16th

#36 payments the loser of a war make to the winners

reparations

#88 What was Charles Lindbergh known for?

He made the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.

#46 a slump in business or the economy

recession

#35 November 11, 1918

Armistice Day

#24 What did George W. Bush call the war on terror?

"the first war of the twenty-first century"

#43 drought in the Great Plains during the Great Depression

Dust Bowl

#55 phrase that describes the division of free Europe and Communist Europe

Iron Curtain

#101 Which amendment is the right to bear arms?

2nd

#15 replaced Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court

Samuel Alito Jr.

#97 What was the Manhattan Project?

the WW2 program to develop an atomic bomb

#10 group that attacked Saddam Hussein's forces

coalition of the willing

#103 Which amendment guarantees freedom of speech?

1st

#49 dictator of Italy during WW2

Benito Mussolini

#7 date of worst attack in American history

September 11, 2001

#17 common name for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

ObamaCare

#89 What was the 18th Amendment?

the Prohibition Amendment, prohibit alcohol

#25 By 2000, what was true about the percentage of black Americans and Hispanic Americans?

It was the same.

#78 What did George W. Bush call the "first war of the twenty-first century"?

the War on Terror

#74 What position does John G. Roberts Jr. hold?

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

#14 most immigrants to the U.S. today are these 2 ethnicities

Hispanic and Asian

#100 What was the Cold War?

tensions between U.S. and USSR after WW2