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Hint
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Year
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Answer
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A) This Austrian becomes chancellor of Germany and later Nazi dictator
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1933
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Adolf Hitler
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A) This physicist publishes his theory of relativity
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1905
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Albert Einstein
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B) Decisive conflict between Allied forces and Nazis in the Ardennes area of Belgium
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1944-1945
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Battle of the Bulge
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B) Russian political party aligned with socialism comes to power after conflict
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1917-23
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Bolshevik
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C) This team wins the World Series, the last time until 2016
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1907, 1908
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Chicago Cubs
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C) This automaker introduced its first car, the Six
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1924
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Chrysler
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D) The Allied invasion of Normandy begins
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1944
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D Day
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D) Severe wind storms that devastated agriculture in the Midwest during the Great Depression
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1930s
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Dust Bowl
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E) First celebrated in the US to promote environmental conservation and importance
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1970
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Earth Day
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E) Iconic skyscraper completed in New York City
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1931
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Empire State Building
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F) This president serves 4 terms
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1930-1944
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Franklin Roosevelt
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F) This archduke is assassinated in Sarajevo
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1914
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Franz Ferdinand
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G) A category 5 hurricane smashes this coastal Texas city
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Sept 1900
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Galveston
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G) French physicist Paul Villard discovers this type of radio wave while studying uranium decay
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1900
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Gamma
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H) The first atomic bomb is dropped on this Japanese city
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Aug 1945
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Hiroshima
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H) This act, which federally regulated railroads, is passed
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1906
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Hepburn
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I) This luxury liner sinks in the Atlantic
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1906
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Iris
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I) This country experiences political revolution to overthrow the Pahlavi dynasty
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1979
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Iran
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J) This president is assassinated in a Dallas motorcade
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1963
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John F Kennedy
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J) Rastafarianism originates in this Caribbean country
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1930s
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Jamaica
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K) Lead singer of Nirvana is found dead from a self inflicted gunshot
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1994
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Kurt Cobain
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K) The Soviet Union recovered this annexed area from Germany after the War
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1946
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Kaliningrad
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L) This famous Parisian museum was robbed of the Mona Lisa in a major theft
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1911
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Louvre
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L) This city was bombarded with air raids during the Nazi Blitz
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1940-41
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London
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M) This German automaker introduces its first car
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1900
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Mercedes
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M) This Chinese ruler enacts the Great Leap Forward, resulting in thousands of deaths
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1958
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Mao Zedong
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N) President Roosevelt enacts this plan of economic reform during the Great Depression
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1933-1939
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New Deal
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N) This German city held the trials of Nazi war criminals
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1945-1946
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Nuremberg
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O) This plains state is admitted as the 46th
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1907
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Oklahoma
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O) This once massive empire ceases to exist
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1922
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Ottoman
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P) Construction on this vital waterway begins
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1904
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Panama Canal
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P) Era of the US ban on production and sale of alcohol
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1920s
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Prohibition
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Q) This monarch is crowned and begins a 70 year reign
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1952
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Queen Elizabeth
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Q) This Chinese dynasty comes to an end
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1912
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Qing
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R) This country undergoes a revolution of change to adopt socialism
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1917
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Russia
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R) Mass genocide occurs in this African country between the Hutu and Tutsi
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1994
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Rwanda
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S) A massive 7.9 earthquake and fire devastates this city
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1904
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San Francisco
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S) A massive pandemic of this virus begins
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1918
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Spanish Flu
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T) The famous ocean liner makes it fatal voyage from the UK before striking an iceberg
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1912
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Titanic
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T) A massive fire broke out at this clothing factory in New York, resulting in 146 casualties
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1911
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Triangle Shirtwaist
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U) The RMS Lusitania is sunk by this German submarine
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1915
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U Boat
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U) This Act lowered tariffs and established federal income tax
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1913
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Underwood
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V) This city served as capital of unoccupied France during WW2
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1940-44
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Vichy
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V) This treaty formally ended WW1 and established the League of Nations
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1919
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Versailles
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W) These siblings recorded the first powered flight in Kitty Hawk, NC
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1903
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Wright
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W) Re-elected in 1900 but assassinated the following September
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1901
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William McKinley
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X) This group of mutant heroes were first published by Marvel comics
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1963
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X Men
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X) Thousands of terracotta warriors of Emperor Shi Huangdi were unearthed near this Chinese city
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1974
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Xian
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Y) This famous ballpark opened in the Bronx, home to some of baseballs' greatest players
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1923
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Yankee Stadium
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Y) Allied members met in this Crimean port city after WW2 to discuss the reorganization of Germany
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1945
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Yalta
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Z) Secret telegram calling for an alliance of Mexico and Germany against the US during WW1
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1917
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Zimmerman
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Z) Germany recorded the first flight of these giant, blimp like airships over Lake Constance
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1900
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Zeppelin
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