| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Formerly vice-president who became president after the assassination of JFK in 1963, known for escalating US involvement in the Vietnam War. | Lyndon B. Johnson | 88%
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| The second president to be elected on two nonconsecutive terms. | Donald Trump | 75%
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| First permanent English settlement in 1607. | Jamestown, VA | 75%
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| The name of the telegraph that Germany sent to Mexico in 1917 that would result in the US joining World War I. | Zimmermann Telegraph | 75%
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| Name of the B-29 Superfortress that dropped the "Little Boy" bomb on Hiroshima. | Enola Gay | 63%
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| Town where the Pilgrims landed in 1620. | Plymouth, MA | 63%
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| Era in US History between 1865-1876 where the US was rebuilding much of the war-torn South. | Reconstruction | 50%
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| Act passed that allowed California to enter the Union as a free state while adding the New Mexico territory to freely vote for/against slavery. | Compromise of 1850 | 25%
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| Band formed in 1969 in Jacksonville, FL, known for being a hard-edged blues rock band and a pioneer of the Southern Rock genre. | The Allman Brothers Band | 25%
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| The US supported Israel against a coalition of Arab states in 1973 during what war? | Yom Kippur War | 25%
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| Largest tank battle in US History, during the Gulf War. | Battle of Medina Ridge | 13%
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| The record label that released most of the Beatles' North American-exclusive albums between 1964-1966. | Capitol Records | 13%
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| Largest nuclear weapon ever detonated by the US on Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands in 1954 with explosive yield of 15 megatons. | Castle Bravo | 13%
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| Railroad acquired by Canadian National in 1998, giving it access to states like Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana. | Illinois Central | 13%
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| Steepest mainline railroad grade in the US with an average of 4.24% and even reaching over 5% in some parts, saw its last train in December 2001. | Saluda Grade | 13%
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