U.S. History A-Z #2 - Statistics

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Hint Answer % Correct
A Program which successfully landed a man on the moon Apollo
95%
I Country which held 52 American embassy workers hostage for over a year Iran
93%
E One of the five-star generals in WWII Eisenhower
88%
V The last war which the U.S. fought with conscripted soldiers Vietnam War
87%
S In 1898, the U.S. declared war against this country Spain
86%
D City with a population of 1.8 million in 1950, but only about 600,000 today Detroit
85%
R Last name of two different Presidents Roosevelt
85%
J First permanent English colony in the United States, established 1607 Jamestown
77%
W Party of four different Presidents in the 1800s Whig
76%
M The ______ Doctrine asserts that the U.S. will not tolerate foreign interference in the Western Hemisphere Monroe
75%
Y 1978 disco song which has been called "the gay national anthem" Y.M.C.A.
75%
B He won a lawsuit against the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas in 1954 Brown
68%
C Notable casualty of the Battle of the Little Bighorn Custer
65%
K Secretary of State under Nixon and Ford Kissinger
65%
O Where a land rush occurred in 1889 Oklahoma
65%
H Target of John Brown's raid in 1859: _______ Ferry Harpers
63%
P Period of American history lasting from 1920–1933 Prohibition
61%
F Unflattering name for the 1867 purchase of Alaska: Seward's ____ Folly
59%
L Town where the first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired Lexington
59%
U High altitude spy plane shot down over Russia in 1960 U-2
55%
Z In 1917, Germany sent the __________ Telegram to Mexico, encouraging them to invade the United States Zimmermann
53%
G William Jennings Bryan speech: "you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of ____" Gold
52%
Q City where the second and sixth Presidents were born Quincy
48%
T Political scandal involving Warren Harding: ______ Dome Teapot
44%
N Where the final battle of the War of 1812 happened, two weeks after the peace treaty was signed New Orleans
39%
X 1797 incident in which French foreign minister Tallyrand demanded bribes from U.S. diplomats: ___ Affair XYZ
25%
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