| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Writer of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn | Mark Twain | 87%
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| Helped slaves escape, new face on $20 bill | Harriet Tubman | 86%
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| The buck stops at this president's desk | Harry Truman | 81%
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| President with a custom-made bathtub | William Taft | 79%
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| Popular pre-Revolution political slogan | No {taxation} without representation | 78%
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| Independent country, 1836-1846 | Texas | 78%
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| Child star and ambassador | Shirley Temple | 74%
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| Serbian pioneer of AC electricity | Nikola Tesla | 73%
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| Vietnam War offensive launched on a holiday | Tet Offensive | 70%
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| Forced removal of Indians from the Southeast in the 1830s | Trail of Tears | 70%
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| Great Depression hydroelectric program | {Tennessee} Valley Authority | 62%
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| African-American fighter pilot group | Tuskegee Airmen | 53%
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| Wrote Civil Disobedience, Walden | Henry David Thoreau | 49%
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| Shawnee leader who sided with Britain in the War of 1812 | Tecumseh | 43%
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| American troops surprised Hessians here on Dec. 26 | Trenton | 34%
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| Battle where William H. Harrison defeated forces of above | Tippecanoe | 30%
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| Invasion of North Africa, 1942 | Operation {Torch} | 15%
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| The "Rock of Chickamauga" | George Thomas | 13%
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