US History/Geography Quiz 2: Electric Boogaloo

The (not) wanted sequel to US History/Geography Quiz 1.
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First permanent English settlement in 1607.
Jamestown, VA
The record label that released most of the Beatles' North American-exclusive albums between 1964-1966.
Capitol Records
The US supported Israel against a coalition of Arab states in 1973 during what war?
Yom Kippur War
Town where the Pilgrims landed in 1620.
Plymouth, MA
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
The second president to be elected on two nonconsecutive terms.
Donald Trump
Name of the B-29 Superfortress that dropped the "Little Boy" bomb on Hiroshima.
Enola Gay
Era in US History between 1865-1876 where the US was rebuilding much of the war-torn South.
Reconstruction
Largest tank battle in US History, during the Gulf War.
Battle of Medina Ridge
Largest nuclear weapon ever detonated by the US on Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands in 1954 with explosive yield of 15 megatons.
Castle Bravo
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
Railroad acquired by Canadian National in 1998, giving it access to states like Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
Illinois Central
The name of the telegraph that Germany sent to Mexico in 1917 that would result in the US joining World War I.
Zimmermann Telegraph
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
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
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