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Famous People - 100 PointsQuestion

Who was the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the

American Revolution?

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George Washington

Famous People - 200 PointsQuestion

Who was the President of the United States during World War I and

proposed Fourteen Points for the treaty that ended the war?

Famous People - 200 PointsAnswer

Woodrow Wilson

Famous People - 300 PointsQuestion

Who was the first aviator to fly a non-stop solo airplane flight across

the Atlantic Ocean in 1927?

Famous People - 300 PointsAnswer

Charles Lindbergh

Famous People - 400 PointsQuestion

Who was the African American that established the N.A.A.C.P.?

Famous People - 400 PointsAnswer

W.E.B. DuBois

Famous People - 500 PointsQuestion

Who was a Democratic candidate for President on three occasions and the prosecuting attorney in the Scopes

Trial?

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William Jennings Bryan

Famous Dates - 100 Points

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What was the year that the United States declared its independence

from Great Britain?

Famous Dates - 100 Points

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1776

Famous Dates - 200 Points

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What was the year that the United States fought Spain in the Spanish-

American War?

Famous Dates - 200 Points

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1898

Famous Dates - 300 Points

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In what year did World War I break out in Europe?

Famous Dates - 300 Points

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1914

Famous Dates - 400 Points

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What was the year that the American Civil War ended?

Famous Dates - 400 Points

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1865?

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In what year did World War II end?

Famous Dates - 500 Points

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1945

Progressive Era - 100 PointsQuestion

What is the process of making changes in politics, the economy,

and society to improve life?

Progressive Era - 100 PointsAnswer

Reform

Progressive Era - 200 PointsQuestion

What was the amendment adopted in 1920 that extended the right to

vote to women?

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19th Amendment

Progressive Era - 300 PointsQuestion

What was the amendment adopted in 1913 that established an income

tax?

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16th Amendment

Progressive Era - 400 PointsQuestion

Who was the popular president of the early 1900s known for his

progressive reforms

Progressive Era - 400 PointsAnswer

Theodore Roosevelt

Progressive Era - 500 PointsQuestion

What was the amendment adopted in 1913 that provided for the direct

election of U.S. Senators by the voters?

Progressive Era - 500 PointsAnswer

17th Amendment?

Principles of the Constitution - 100 Points

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What principle says that people hold the powers of government through

their elected representatives?

Principles of the Constitution - 100 Points

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Republicanism?

Principles of the Constitution - 200 Points

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What principle distributes the powers of government between the

national and state governments?

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Federalism

Principles of the Constitution - 300 Points

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What principle divides the powers of government among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches?

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Separation of powers

Principles of the Constitution - 400 Points

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What principle gives each branch of government powers over the other

two branches so that no branch becomes too powerful?

Principles of the Constitution - 400 Points

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Checks and balances

Principles of the Constitution - 500 Points

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What principle says that all powers of government belong to the people

who can change or abolish their government?

Principles of the Constitution - 500 Points

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Popular sovereignty

Early American History - 100 Points

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What was the war the United States fought against Great Britain to

achieve its independence?

Early American History - 100 Points

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American Revolution

Early American History - 200 Points

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What was the conflict fought between the North and the South

during the 1860s?

Early American History - 200 Points

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Civil War

Early American History - 300 Points

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What was meeting where delegates from the states wrote the U.S.

Constitution?

Early American History - 300 Points

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What was meeting where delegates from the states wrote the U.S.

Constitution?

Early American History - 400 Points

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Articles of Confederation

Early American History - 500 Points

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What was the attempt by South Carolina in 1832 to declare the federal tariff law null and void?

Early American History - 500 Points

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Nullification Crisis

Foreign Affairs to 1920 - 100 Points

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What document ended World War I and established a League of

Nations?

Foreign Affairs to 1920 - 100 Points

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Treaty of Versailles

Foreign Affairs to 1920 - 200 Points

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What was completed in 1914 and connected the Pacific Ocean with the

Caribbean Sea across Central America?

Foreign Affairs to 1920 - 200 Points

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Panama Canal

Foreign Affairs to 1920 - 300 Points

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What was the issue that caused the United States to enter World War I in

1917?

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Unrestricted submarine warfare

Foreign Affairs to 1920 - 400 Points

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What was the belief in the early 20th century that the United States needed to expand beyond its

continental borders?

Foreign Affairs to 1920 - 400 Points

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Imperialism

Foreign Affairs to 1920 - 500 Points

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What was the proposal of President Wilson for a peace treaty to end

World War I?

Foreign Affairs to 1920 - 500 Points

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Fourteen Points