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ID Final Semester 2

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show Ku Klux  
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______ was added to symbolize a band of brothers   show
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show Pulaski, Tennessee  
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___________ became the first Grand Dragon   show
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Force Act of 1870 and Civil Rights Act of 1871, passed by ______, diminished the Klan   show
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End of ___________ allowed the Klan to survive   show
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show KKK  
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show "The Goat"  
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show George Armstrong Custer  
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show Appomattox  
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he led the 7th Calvary in Plains Indians Wars   show
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show Black Hills Expedition; gold  
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show Little Big Horn, Montana  
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show Custer's Last Stand  
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he was a rider for the Pony Express at 14   show
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show Union  
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Buffalo Bill Cody was a scout for the ______________ in the Indian Wars   show
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show Buffalo Bill Cody  
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show Buffalo Bill Cody  
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show The West  
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show Lakota  
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show Sitting Bull  
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Sitting Bull and _______ defeated Custer at Little Big Horn, then fled to Canada   show
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show Sitting Bull  
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show Buffalo Bill Cody  
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show Sitting Bull  
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show Indian Agents  
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show John D. Rockefeller  
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Rockefeller hired a replacement soldier to fight in his place during the __________   show
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Rockefeller built _______________ into monopoly (90%) after war which was eventually broken by Kenesaw Moutain Landis in 1907   show
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show Kenesaw Mountain Landis  
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show John D. Rockefeller  
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adjusted for inflation he is the richest man in history at $663.4 billion   show
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Rockefeller began targeted philanthropy - Yellow fever and founding of ____________________.   show
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show John D. Rockefeller  
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show Scotland  
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Andrew Carnegie came to the United States with his parents at the age of _______   show
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Carnegie revolutionized steel production with _________ while beginning Carnegie Steel in Pittsburgh   show
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wrote "Gospel of Wealth" encouraging rich to help the poor   show
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sold his business to J.P. Morgan for $480 million - $20+ billion today   show
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Carnegie turned to philanthropy building hundreds of _______ across the U.S.   show
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Carnegie is known as the ________ American story   show
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Thomas Edison is known as the Wizard of ___________.   show
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partially deaf due to Scarlet Fever as a child-conductor myth   show
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show three months  
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prolific inventor with a staggering 1093 patents   show
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his inventions are the phonograph, movies, and the light bulb   show
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show Thomas Edison  
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Edison electrocuted animals - ______________- to show the dangers of A/C current   show
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show Thomas Edison  
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show Serbia  
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worked for Edison   show
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show War of Currents  
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partnered with George Westinghouse to build power plant at Niagria Falls   show
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Tesla displayed A/C current at ____________ in Chicago in 1893   show
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show Nikola Tesla  
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show Wardenclyffe  
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show Battery Park  
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show Ellis Island  
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Ellis Island's original building burned and was replaced by ___________ structure in 1900   show
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show 27  
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made part of Statue monument in 1965 and became a museum in 1990   show
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1998 Supreme Court Case said the majority of ______________ is actually located in New Jersey   show
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40% of Americans can trace their ancestry back to ______________.   show
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show Frederic Auguste Bartholdi  
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located on former's Bedloe's Island   show
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show Statue of Liberty  
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Statue of Liberty's arm displayed in ____________ from 1876-1882 to raise money   show
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show Joseph Pulitzer of the New York World  
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show Statue of Liberty  
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restored in 1986 in centennial with new gold torch (two pennies thick)   show
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show U.S.S. Maine  
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U.S.S. Maine was built in response to naval buildup in Latin America, _________ specifically   show
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show U.S.S. Maine  
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show Havana  
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show U.S.S. Maine  
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show U.S.S Maine  
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U.S.S. Maine - catchphrase _______________ led America to war   show
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26th and youngest president   show
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show cowboy persona  
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show Teddy Roosevelt  
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show McKinley's  
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promoted the "square deal"   show
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show "speak softly and carry a big stick"  
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show Teddy Roosevelt  
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show Mount Rushmore  
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show Eddie Rickenbacker  
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Rickenbacker was credited with 26 kills, many of them _____________________.   show
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raced in the Indy 500 four times   show
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show Indianapolis Motor Speedway  
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show Easter Airlines  
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show Eddie Rickenbacker  
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Rickenbacker was a _________________ winner and appeared on 1995 postage stamp.   show
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show Sergeant York  
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killed 20, captured 132 men while earning Medal of Honor   show
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show Hindenburg Line  
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went unnoticed until Saturday Evening Post article in April, 1919   show
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show mountaineer, patriotic, and plainspoken  
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show Alvin York  
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show Gary Cooper  
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show Jane Adams  
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show Townbee  
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acquired businessman Charles Hull's residence, built in 1856   show
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Jane Adams opened _____________ in Chicago in 1889   show
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college for women who lived on grounds and taught immigrants   show
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Jane Adams focused on the 3 R's, __________________________.   show
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show Jane Adams  
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show Margaret Sanger  
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show "What Every Girl Should Know"  
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show Margaret Sanger  
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Margaret Sanger fled her country to _______ in 1915   show
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returned in 1916 and opened the first birth control clinic in the U.S.   show
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Margaret Sanger formed the __________________________,, the forerunner to Planned Parenthood   show
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show Margaret Sanger  
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written by Upton Sinclair in 1906   show
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The Jungle was labeled by critics as the ________________________ of wage slavery   show
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first appeared as serial in socialist newspaper Appeal to Reason in 1905   show
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show muckraker  
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this book focused on working class poverty and living conditions in Chicago   show
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public focused on food production, not workers as Sinclair intended   show
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show The Jungle  
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show Moses Fleetwood Walker  
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Cuban Giants became first professional black team in 1885   show
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show Negro Leagues  
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the 20's were known as the ___________________.   show
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___________ inclusion led to downfall of the Negro Leagues   show
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show Negro Leagues  
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show Indianapolis Clowns  
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Babe Ruth was known as _______________, _________________, and ________________   show
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won 3 World Series as a pitcher for Boston Red Sox   show
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Babe Ruth was sold to ________ in 1919   show
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becomes greatest power hitter ever   show
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show 60  
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show Babe Ruth  
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show Babe Ruth  
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show throat cancer  
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Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly across the _________, from Newfoundland to Ireland in 1932   show
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Earhart attended __________ to become a doctor but dropped out   show
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member of female pilot group Ninety-Nines   show
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Amelia Earhart was part of _____- __________ flight in 1928   show
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show Amelia Earhart  
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Amelia Earhart disappeared about 22,000 miles into 29,000 mile ______ to _______ flight around globe in Pacific in 1937   show
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her body was never found, some believe she was one o the Tokyo Rose's during WWII   show
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show Jesse Owens (James Cleveland Owens)  
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his nickname is J.C. was misunderstood by a teacher to be _______   show
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Jesse Owens family moved to _________ during the Great Migration   show
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Jesse Owens became the _______ while attending Ohio State University   show
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set 3 world records and tied one during forty-five minute period of 1935 Big Ten track meet   show
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show 4  
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show Mack Robinson  
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show Hitler's  
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Joe Louis is known as the _________.   show
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first loss came in title bout with German Max Schmeling in 1936 (12 rounds)   show
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Joe Louis beat ______________ to win title in 1937 - Cinderella Man   show
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show "We need muscles like yours to beat Germany"  
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beat Schmeling in 1st round in famous rematch at Yankee Stadium in 1938   show
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held heavyweight title for longest time in history from 1937-1949   show
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Joe Louis defended title twenty-five consecutive times in what became known as _____________________.   show
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first black superstar   show
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show J. Edgar Hoover  
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J. Edgar Hoover centralized _______ and forensic data   show
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show bank robbers  
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criticized for illegal methods   show
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show politicians  
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show J. Edgar Hoover  
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rumors of homosexuality but used sexuality against others   show
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show Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow  
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show Clyde Barrow (Bonnie and Clyde)  
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show Bonnie and Clyde  
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Bonnie and Clyde robbed 12 banks, killed ____ officers and several civilians   show
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show Bonnie and Clyde  
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show Louisiana  
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Bonnie and Clyde revived by film starring __________________________   show
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John Dillinger was born in _____________ in 1903   show
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served nine and a half year prison term for armed robbery   show
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After ______________'s sentence, robbed 24 banks and 4 police stations in a year   show
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John Dillinger broke out of jail ______ and killed 13 people   show
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show John Dillinger  
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show Ana Campanas  
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John Dillinger was shot and killed at ______________ in Chicago on July 22, 1934.   show
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Rosie the Riveter's name became popular through a 1942 song by ____________________, performed by the Four Vagabonds   show
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was a combination of two real people   show
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show Rosie Bonavitas  
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show Rosie the Riveter  
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because of Rosie the Riveter, _________ factory workers jumped from 12 million in 1940 to 20 million in 1944   show
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show Rosie the Riveter  
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women received only 60% of pay, $31 to $53 per week   show
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______________ opened in 2000 in Richmond, California honoring Rosie   show
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show U.S.S. Arizona  
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U.S.S. Arizona 2nd and _____ of super dreadnoughts built   show
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U.S.S. Arizona did not see action in _____   show
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helped escort President Woodrow Wilson to Paris for Versailles Treaty   show
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show 1929-1931  
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sunk at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941   show
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1,177 people died aboard the __________, half of those lost at Pearl Harbor   show
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U.S.S. Arizona was left at the bottom of the harbor, a __________ its remains was dedicated on May 30, 1962   show
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FDR was governor of ____________ prior to becoming president, residence at Hyde Park on Hudson is National Historic Site   show
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FDR is the _____ president and only president to serve more than eight years (12+), elected four times   show
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contracted polio at age 39 prior to being president   show
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FDR helped found the ____________________.   show
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champion of the New Deal   show
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FDR became the _________ as we funded Allies prior to direct involvements   show
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show FDR  
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34th president of the United States, 1953-1961   show
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Dwight D. Eisenhower, 5-star general during WWII, led the preparation and invasion force at Normandy known as ____________________   show
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he was the Supreme Commander of Allied Forces during WWII   show
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Dwight D. Eisenhower ran for president with slogan ___________ (seven brothers)   show
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Dwight D. Eisenhower proposed the _______ as it relates to communism- Vietnam   show
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show Dwight D. Eisenhower  
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started the Interstate Highway System   show
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Dwight D. Eisenhower began _________, NASA, and was president during the Little Rock Nine controversy   show
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George S. Patton, was a graduate of ______________________ and 1912 Olympian, finished 5th out of 42 in the modern pentathlon   show
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participated in first ever battle using autos against Pancho Villa in Mexico   show
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show WWI  
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commanded 3rd Army after Normandy invasion and instrumental in saving U.S. troops at Bastogne   show
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show "No Dumb Bastard"  
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show George C. Scott  
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died in auto accident after war in Germany   show
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show West Point  
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show Douglas MacArthur  
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show "I Shall Return"  
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show Douglas MacArthur  
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Douglas MacArthur accepted the ______________ to end WWII aboard the U.S.S. Missouri   show
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removed as commander of U.S. troops in Korea in 1951 after dispute with Truman   show
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show The King  
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show Sam Phillips  
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made rockabilly popular, the combination of blues and country music   show
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show "Heartbreak Hotel"  
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Presley became star after appearances on ______________________.   show
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___________ nickname and TV legend   show
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best-selling solo artist of all-time   show
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Presley died of _____________ on August 16, 1977   show
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meteoric rise in the movies made him the first teen cult icon   show
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James Dean was born in Marion, IN and his family moved to _________________ when he was 2.   show
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moved back to Fairmount, IN at age 9 to be raised by aunt and uncle   show
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James Dean appeared in 3 movies during 1955, 1956 - _________, _________, __________   show
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James Dean was killed while driving his ____________ on CA highway - mechanic survived   show
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show James Dean  
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show 2 Oscar  
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congress called her the "First Lady of Civil Rights"   show
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show Montgomery, AL  
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show James Blake's  
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show Rosa Parks  
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Parks became a receptionist for Representative _____________ of Michigan from 1965-1988   show
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received congressional Gold Medal and Presidential Medal of Freedom from Bill Clinton in 1999   show
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Park died of ____   show
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show Malcolm Little  
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show Malcolm X  
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Malcolm X as an adult reformed and became a _______________ and activist   show
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became the leader of the Nation of Islam   show
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Malcolm X preached of ________   show
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show hajj  
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militant leaders of the NOI disagreed with new approach and assassinated him in 1965   show
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most prominent civil rights leader of the 1960's encouraged civil disobedience style of protest   show
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show activist  
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show Martin Luther King, Jr.  
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Martin Luther King, Jr. was instrumental in the ___________________, March on Washington, and Selma Voting March   show
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his famous speech is "I Have a Dream" and eventually led to a Nobel Peace Prize   show
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Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated by _______________________ in Memphis at the Lorraine Motel in 1968   show
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his birthday has become a national holiday   show
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show John Glenn  
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John Glenn became the first American to ___________, making three of scheduled seven laps around earth   show
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named his rocket Friendship 7   show
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show Presidential Medal of Freedom  
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after retiring from the astronaut corps, he became the U.S. Senator from Ohio   show
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show Space Shuttle Discovery  
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he was the last living member of the Mercury 7, dying on December 8, 2016 at age 95   show
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he and John Glenn were born and raised in Ohio   show
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Neil Armstrong was pilot in the Navy during the _______________   show
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attended Purdue University, Astronaut U, graduating with a degree in engineering   show
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Neil Armstrong resigned as a test pilot in 1960 and joined ________ in 1962 as part of Next Nine   show
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became the first civilian in space on Gemini 8   show
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Neil Armstrong was the first human to set foot on moon during the ______________ mission with Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins   show
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show Neil Armstrong  
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Armstrong was awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom by ___________________   show
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was the nexus of 1960's counterculture   show
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Woodstock was advertised as _____________________________ by promoters   show
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show Catskill Mountains  
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the Woodstock venue was held on __________ diary farm   show
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CCR was the first act to sign for $10,000 - other acts were The Who, Crosby Stills, Nash, and Janice Joplin   show
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Woodstock had 32 acts in all and played during the rain - plagued event, ending with ______________ version of National Anthem   show
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approximately 400,000 attended "free" concert   show
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