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The US killed Osama bin Laden in which year?
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ExplanationOsama bin Laden was killed on 2 May 2011 in Abbottabad
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The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by Abraham Lincoln in which year?
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ExplanationThe Emancipation Proclamation was issued on 1 January 1863.
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Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points were presented in which year?
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ExplanationWilson presented the Fourteen Points on 8 January 1918.
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The Battle of Gettysburg was fought in which year?
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ExplanationThe Battle of Gettysburg was fought on 1-3 July 1863.
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The US has a population of approximately how many people?
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ExplanationThe US population is approximately 335 million (2024).
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The Boston Massacre occurred in which year?
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ExplanationThe Boston Massacre took place on 5 March 1770.
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The US Civil War ended in which year?
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ExplanationThe Civil War ended on 9 April 1865 with Lee's surrender at Appomattox.
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The Yalta Conference was held in which year?
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ExplanationThe Yalta Conference was held on 4-11 February 1945.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt introduced the New Deal in which year?
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ExplanationThe New Deal was introduced in 1933 to combat the Great Depression.
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James K. Polk was the eleventh President of the United States. He served from which years?
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ExplanationJames K. Polk served from 1845 to 1849.
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The Tenth Amendment reserves powers not delegated to the federal government to which entities?
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ExplanationThe Tenth Amendment reserves powers to the states and the people.
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The US entered the Korean War in which year?
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ExplanationThe US entered the Korean War in 1950.
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World War II began in Europe on which date?
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ExplanationWorld War II began on 1 September 1939.
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The US Vice President is the head of which chamber?
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ExplanationThe Vice President is the President of the Senate.
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The US has a large military. Its defense budget is the largest in the world. It is approximately how much?
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ExplanationUS defense budget is approximately $800 billion.
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Andrew Johnson was the first US President to be impeached. The impeachment occurred in which year?
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ExplanationAndrew Johnson was impeached in 1868.
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The first battles of the American Revolution were fought at which places?
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ExplanationThe battles of Lexington and Concord on 19 April 1775 marked the start of the war.
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Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in which city?
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ExplanationKing was assassinated in Memphis
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 allowed territories to decide on slavery through which principle?
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ExplanationThe Kansas-Nebraska Act introduced popular sovereignty.
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Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy was known as what?
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ExplanationRoosevelt's foreign policy was known as Big Stick Diplomacy.
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The Berlin Wall was built in which year?
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ExplanationThe Berlin Wall was built on 13 August 1961.
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James Madison was the fourth President of the United States. He served from which years?
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ExplanationJames Madison served from 1809 to 1817.
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The containment policy was formulated in which year?
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ExplanationThe containment policy was formulated in 1947.
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William McKinley was the 25th President. He served from which years?
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ExplanationMcKinley served from 1897 until his assassination in 1901.
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The US Constitution was ratified after which state's approval in 1788?
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ExplanationNew Hampshire was the ninth state to ratify on 21 June 1788.
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Franklin Pierce was the fourteenth President of the United States. He served from which years?
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ExplanationFranklin Pierce served from 1853 to 1857.
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Andrew Jackson became a national hero after which battle?
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ExplanationJackson's victory at New Orleans made him a national hero.
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The Union victory at Vicksburg gave the Union control over which river?
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ExplanationVicksburg gave the Union control of the Mississippi River.
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The Fifth Amendment protects against which violations?
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ExplanationThe Fifth Amendment protects against self-incrimination and double jeopardy.
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The Berlin Airlift was a response to which event?
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ExplanationThe Soviet Union blockaded West Berlin in 1948
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James Madison is known as the "Father of the Constitution" for his role in what?
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ExplanationMadison played a key role in drafting the US Constitution.
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The Embargo Act of 1807 prohibited trade with which countries?
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ExplanationThe Embargo Act prohibited trade with all foreign countries.
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The Panama Canal was completed in which year?
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ExplanationThe Panama Canal was completed in 1914.
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The Treaty of Versailles ended World War I in which year?
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ExplanationThe Treaty of Versailles was signed on 28 June 1919.
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Donald Trump's second impeachment was related to which issue?
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ExplanationTrump was impeached for incitement of insurrection on 6 January 2021.
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Wilson's Fourteen Points were designed to achieve which goals?
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ExplanationWilson's Fourteen Points aimed for peace and self-determination.
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The Reconstruction Era lasted from which years?
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ExplanationReconstruction lasted from 1865 to 1877.
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The Battle of New Orleans was fought in which year?
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ExplanationThe Battle of New Orleans was fought on 8 January 1815.
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The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation between which countries?
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ExplanationThe Cuban Missile Crisis was between the USA and the USSR over missiles in Cuba.
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Thomas Jefferson was the first Secretary of which department?
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ExplanationJefferson was the first Secretary of State.
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The Monroe Doctrine was announced in which year?
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ExplanationThe Monroe Doctrine was announced on 2 December 1823.
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The Trail of Tears occurred between which years?
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ExplanationThe Trail of Tears occurred primarily from 1830 to 1850.
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The British surrendered at Yorktown to whom?
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ExplanationGeneral Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington on 19 October 1781.
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The US Department of State was established in which year?
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ExplanationThe US Department of State was established in 1789.
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The US Department of the Treasury was established in which year?
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ExplanationThe US Department of the Treasury was established on 2 September 1789.
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The US has a long history of immigration. The first major wave of immigration was from which region?
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ExplanationThe first major wave of immigration was from Europe.
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George Washington's farewell address warned against which policies?
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ExplanationWashington warned against foreign entanglements and the dangers of political parties.
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The Cold War lasted from approximately which years?
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ExplanationThe Cold War lasted from 1945 to 1991.
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Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd President. He served from which years?
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ExplanationBenjamin Harrison served from 1889 to 1893.
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The Constitutional Convention was held in which city?
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ExplanationThe Convention was held in Philadelphia.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal was a series of programs to combat which crisis?
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ExplanationThe New Deal was designed to combat the Great Depression.
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Sherman's March to the Sea used a tactic known as what?
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ExplanationSherman used total war to destroy Confederate resources.
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The Space Race began with the launch of which satellite?
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ExplanationThe USSR launched Sputnik in 1957
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The Zimmerman Telegram proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico in case of US entry into the war. This was in which year?
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ExplanationThe Zimmerman Telegram was intercepted in January 1917.
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The "I Have a Dream" speech was delivered at which event?
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ExplanationThe speech was delivered at the March on Washington.
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William Howard Taft was the 27th President. He served from which years?
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ExplanationTaft served from 1909 to 1913.
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The US entered World War I due to which reasons?
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ExplanationThe US entered due to German unrestricted submarine warfare and the Zimmerman Telegram.
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The US Department of Defense was established in which year?
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ExplanationThe US Department of Defense was established in 1947.
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General Ulysses S. Grant commanded which army during the Civil War?
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ExplanationGrant commanded the Army of the Potomac.
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The Compromise of 1850 included which provisions?
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ExplanationThe Compromise included the Fugitive Slave Act and admitted California as a free state.
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Bill Clinton was President during which economic policy?
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ExplanationClinton signed NAFTA and welfare reform.
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Alexander Hamilton was the first Secretary of which department?
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ExplanationHamilton was the first Secretary of the Treasury.
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The US has had a complex relationship with Iran since which event?
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ExplanationThe 1979 Iranian Revolution led to a hostile US-Iran relationship.
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The US has the world's largest economy. Its GDP is approximately how much?
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ExplanationUS GDP is approximately $27 trillion (2024).
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The Three-Fifths Compromise counted enslaved people as how much of a person for representation?
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ExplanationThe Three-Fifths Compromise counted enslaved people as three-fifths of a person.
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Abraham Lincoln was elected President in which year?
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ExplanationAbraham Lincoln was elected in 1860.
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The Mexican-American War began in which year?
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ExplanationThe Mexican-American War began on 25 April 1846.
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The Marshall Plan provided approximately how much in aid?
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ExplanationThe Marshall Plan provided approximately $13 billion in aid.
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The US became a global superpower after which event?
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ExplanationThe US became a superpower after WWII.
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The US foreign policy of isolationism was dominant between which periods?
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ExplanationIsolationism was dominant between WWI and WWII.
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The Fourteen Points called for the creation of which organization?
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ExplanationThe Fourteen Points called for the League of Nations.
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The US Supreme Court is the highest court in which branch?
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ExplanationThe Supreme Court is the highest court in the judicial branch.
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Malcolm X was assassinated in which year?
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ExplanationMalcolm X was assassinated on 21 February 1965.
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Alaska and Hawaii were the last two states to join the Union in which year?
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ExplanationAlaska and Hawaii became states in 1959.
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George W. Bush was President during which events?
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ExplanationGeorge W. Bush was President during 9/11 and the War on Terror.
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The US-China rapprochement was facilitated by whom?
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ExplanationHenry Kissinger played a key role in facilitating the rapprochement.
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The US invasion of Grenada occurred in which year?
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ExplanationThe US invaded Grenada in 1983.
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The US landed the first humans on the moon with which mission?
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ExplanationApollo 11 landed the first humans on the moon.
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Pakistan assisted the US in the War on Terror after which event?
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ExplanationPakistan supported the US after the 9/11 attacks.
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The US used atomic bombs on Japan in which year?
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ExplanationThe US used atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
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D-Day was the Allied invasion of which region?
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ExplanationD-Day was the invasion of Normandy
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The Articles of Confederation were weak because they lacked which power?
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ExplanationThe federal government lacked power to tax
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The Great Depression began with the stock market crash in which year?
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ExplanationThe Great Depression began with the crash on 29 October 1929 (Black Tuesday).
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World War II ended in which year?
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ExplanationWorld War II ended in 1945.
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NATO was established in which year?
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ExplanationNATO was established on 4 April 1949.
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World War II began in Europe in which year?
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ExplanationWorld War II began on 1 September 1939 with Germany's invasion of Poland.
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The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement in which decade?
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ExplanationThe Harlem Renaissance occurred in the 1920s.
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The "special relationship" refers to the close ties between the US and which country?
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ExplanationThe "special relationship" refers to US-UK ties.
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The Korean War ended with an armistice in which year?
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ExplanationThe Korean War ended with an armistice on 27 July 1953.
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The colonists protested against "taxation without representation" which led to which event?
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ExplanationTaxation without representation was a major cause of the American Revolution.
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The Confederate States of America was formed in which year?
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ExplanationThe Confederacy was formed in February 1861.
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The 19th Amendment guaranteed voting rights to which group?
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ExplanationThe 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote in 1920.
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General William Tecumseh Sherman is known for his March to the Sea in which year?
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ExplanationSherman's March to the Sea took place from November to December 1864.
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The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in which year?
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ExplanationThe Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed on 2 February 1848.
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Richard Nixon was the first US President to visit which country in 1972?
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ExplanationNixon visited China in 1972 to normalize relations.
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The Social Security Act was passed in which year?
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ExplanationThe Social Security Act was passed on 14 August 1935.
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Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on which date?
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ExplanationMartin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on 4 April 1968 in Memphis.
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John D. Rockefeller was a prominent industrialist in which industry?
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ExplanationJohn D. Rockefeller dominated the oil industry (Standard Oil).
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Theodore Roosevelt's domestic policies were known as what?
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ExplanationRoosevelt's domestic policies were known as the Square Deal.
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The Compromise of 1877 resulted in Rutherford B. Hayes becoming President. He was the 19th President and served from which years?
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ExplanationHayes served from 1877 to 1881.