| Hint | Years | Event | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12) The Southern states under the Confederacyfight against the Northern Union over the issue of slavery | 1861-1865 | Civil War | 100%
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| 20) This president is assassinated in a Dallas motorcade | Nov 23, 1963 | John F Kennedy | 100%
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| 19) This US naval base in Hawaii is bombed by Japanese forces, causing the US to enter WW2 | Dec 7, 1941 | Pearl Harbor | 100%
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| 15) US bans the production, sale, and transportation ofalcohol, leading to hidden speakeasies and illegal smuggling | 1920-1933 | Prohibition | 100%
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| 2) Colonists arrive in Massachusetts on thisfamous ship and establish Plymouth | 1620 | Mayflower | 91%
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| 14) Spanish control and upheaval in Cuba sparksa war between Spain and the US | 1898 | Spanish American War | 91%
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| 17) Period of economic severity stemming from the crashof the stock market, with high unemployment and poverty rates | 1929-39 | Great Depression | 82%
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| 8) Jefferson acquires this massive land areafrom France, doubling the size of the US | 1803 | Louisiana Purchase | 82%
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| 7) This document is signed proclaimingAmerican separation from Great Britain | 1776 | Declaration of Independence | 73%
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| 4) Women accused of sorcery and Devil connection are tried and hung amidst hysteria in Massachusetts | 1692 | Salem Witch Trials | 73%
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| 1) English colonists arrive in the Virginiacolony and establish this settlement | 1607 | Jamestown | 64%
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| 18) Series of economic reforms and federal programs initiated bythe Roosevelt administration during the above | 1933-38 | New Deal | 64%
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| 10) Forced removal of indigenous tribes toa concentration of land in the Oklahoma territory | 1831-1850 | Trail of Tears | 64%
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| 13) Period of rebuilding and readmitting the Southernstates to the Union | 1865-77 | Reconstruction | 55%
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| 6) Colonists fight for independence againstthe mighty British empire | 1775-1783 | Revolutionary War | 55%
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| 9) Great Britain returns to fight against the newly formedUS for control of its land | 1812-1815 | War of 1812 | 55%
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| 11) The US invade Mexican territoryfor land use and control in Texas | 1846-1848 | Mexican American War | 45%
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| 5) France and Great Britain fight each otheralong side their indigenous allies | 1754-1763 | French and Indian War | 27%
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| 3) New England colonists fight against theindigenous Northeastern Woodlands tribes | 1675-1678 | King Philips War | 9%
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| 16) Period of art, literature, music and Black culture sproutingfrom the northern area of Manhattan, NYC | 1910s-1920s | Harlem Reniassance | 0%
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