| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Carried Pilgrims to America | Mayflower | 88%
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| Father of the Constitution | James Madison | 81%
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| Ford's most popular car | Model T | 80%
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| Progressive president, assassinated 1901 | William McKinley | 74%
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| "I shall return" | Douglas MacArthur | 72%
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| WI senator who catalyzed the 50's Red Scare | Joseph McCarthy | 71%
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| WWII Pacific turning point | Midway | 70%
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| Belief the US had the right to expand westward | Manifest Destiny | 69%
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| Revolutionary War Militia ready on quick notice | Minutemen | 66%
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| Washington's family home | Mount Vernon | 66%
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| Telegraph pioneer | Samuel Morse | 59%
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| Ship that exploded in Havana harbor | USS Maine | 49%
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| Post-WWII aid to Europe | Marshall Plan | 46%
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| Dueling Civil War ironclads | Monitor | 41%
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| Protected Americas from colonism | Monroe Doctrine | 39%
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| Merrimack | 38%
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| 1820 act on slave/free states | Missouri Compromise | 38%
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| Reporters revealing scandals in politics/business | Muckraker | 35%
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| Civil War general, "Little Mac" | George McClellan | 26%
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| Revolutionary "Swamp Fox" | Francis Marion | 14%
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