U.S. History by Decade Quiz

I give you the decade and the description of a significant event, person, or thing from U.S. history; you give the event, person, or thing.

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Decade	Description	Historic Event/Person/Thing
1770s	War fought to gain American independence	Revolutionary War
1780s	Document that is the law of the land	U.S. Constitution
1790s	First president, who set many historical preceents	George Washington
1800s	Purchase of land that doubled area of the country	Louisiana Purchase
1810s	War which led to creation of "Star Spangled Banner"	War of 1812
1820s	Seventh president, whose election started the Jacksonian Era	Andrew Jackson
1830s	Path the Cherokee tribe took during forced removal	Trail of Tears
1840s	Expansionist doctrine used to justify the Mexican-American War	Manifest Destiny
1850s	Bill which required escaped slaves be returned to their slaveholders	Fugitive Slave Act
1860s	War which led to the abolition of slavery	American Civil War
1870s	Period of rebuilding in the Southern States	Reconstruction
1880s	President who served two non-consecutive terms	Grover Cleveland
1890s	War in which America took over the Phillippines	Spanish-American War

Decade	Description	Historic Event/Person/Thing
1900s	Period of reform in the early 20th century	Progressive Era
1910s	War which shaped events for the rest of the century	World War 1
1920s	Period of unemployment and bankruptcy beginning in 1929	The Great Depression
1930s	"New Deal" president who helped end above period	Franklin D. Roosevelt
1940s	War where the U.S. helped beat Germany and Japan	World War 2
1950s	Supreme Court decision which helped end segregation	Brown v. Board of Education
1960s	Man with a dream who led a civil rights movement	Martin Luther King, Jr.
1970s	Scandal which ruined Richard Nixon's presidency	Watergate
1980s	Term for Ronald Reagan's economic policies	Reaganomics
1990s	Free trade agreement between U.S., Canada, and Mexico	NAFTA
2000s	Deadly attack where 3,000 people were killed	September 11 attacks
2010s	Controversial health care reform bill	Affordable Care Act