Tidbits

1. Thomas Edison invented the light bulb 95.2
2. Find Soviet Union on map of Europe 92.1
3. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone 91.1
4. George Washington was president between 1780-1800                               87.9
5. Find Italy on map of Europe        87.7
6. The Underground Railroad was secret network to help slaves escape             87.5
7. Adolf Hitler was leader of Germany during World War II 87.4
8. Thomas Jefferson was main author of Declaration of Independence 87.4
9. The assembly line was introduced by US auto industry 87.2
10. Find area of 13 original states on map of US 84.8
11. Ku Klux Klan used violence to oppose minorities 83.9
12. Harriet Tubman was leader in helping slaves escape 83.8
13. Find Rocky Mountains on map of US 81.3
14. Guarantee of free speech and religion found in Bill of Rights 81.3
15. Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor led US into World War II 80.0
16. US dropped first atomic bomb on Japan in World War II 79.9
17. Washington was commander of American army in Revolution 79.2
18. Churchill was prime minister of Great Britain in World War l 78.1
19. TV became new feature in American homes after 1950 78.1
20. Watergate led to resignation of Richard Nixon 77.4
21. Women worked in factories during World War II 77.3
22. Jamestown was first permanent English colony 76.1
23. Find West Germany on map of Europe                                                        76.1
24. Lindbergh made first solo flight across atlantic                                            76.1
25. Nazi decimation of Jewish people in Europe called the Holocaust                   75.8
26. The Great Depression was a period of mass unemployment 75.1
27. "Prohibition" refers to the ban on sale and consumption of liquor 74.6
28. The Great Depression occurred between 1900-1950 72.2
29. Vietnam War had strongest citizen protest movements 72.1
30. Civil rights movement of 1960s focused on equality for minorities 71.7
31. Discovery of gold in California was a cause of westward movement 71.3
32. Find area on US map that fought for independence from Mexico 71.0
33. Invention of cotton gin stimulated plantation economy in South 70.7
34. Germany and Japan were main US enemies in World War II. 70.7
35. World War II ended between 1943-1947 70.7
36. Indians were put on reservations after Civil War 70.5
37. Find Mississippi River on map of US 70.3
38. Find Great Britain on map of Europe 70.2
39. Most people in English colonies of North America worked as farmers   69.7
40. �Secession" refers to withdrawal of Southern states from Union   69.7
41. Susan B. Anthony was a leader of womens suffrage movement 68.9
42. Columbus discovered the New World before 1750               68.1
43. Abraham Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation 68.0
44. The Declaration of Independence was signed between 1750-18OO          67.8
45. The Declaration of Independence marks colonies' break with England      67.6
46. Stamp Act of 1765 was attempt by English to tax colonies                          67.3
47. US policy after World War II was to provide aid to Europe 67.2
48. Find France on map of Europe 65.8
49. US provoked to enter World War I by German submarine attacks      64.6
50. Watergate occurred after 1950 64.5
51. Brown decision of 1954 ruled school segregation unconstitutional              63.7
52. Alexander Hamilton known for urging strong national government     63.5
53. Find area of the Confederacy on map of US                                                63.4
54. Sputnik was the first man-made satellite                                                      62.7
55. Plessy vs. Ferguson decision approved racial segregation                          61.4
56. The southwestern US was explored and settled by Spain                              61.0
57. United States Constitution was written between 1750-1800                      60.9
58. East Coast of US explored and settled mainly by England                          60.6
59. Woodrow Wilson appealed for American entry into League of Nations      60.2
60. Japan bombed Pearl Harbor between 1939-1943                                         60.0
61. "Checks and balances" divides, power among branches of federal government   59.9
62. Heavy immigration in the 1970�s and 1980�s came from SE Asia and Latin America 59.5
63. Articles of Cofederation the instrument of govt during the Revolution 59.4
64. Representative government existed in the colonies 58
65. John D. Rockefeller formed Standard Oil 57.8
66. US foreign policy after WWII was containment of Communism 57.7
67. World War II took place between 1900-1950 57.3
68. B.T. Washington was a major black leader before WWI 57.1
69. Area on US map that was purchased from France 57.1
70. Prohibition took place between 1900-1950 56.4
71. Before 1800 most immigrants came from northern and western Europe        56.3
72. Eisenhower president between 1946-1963 55.6
73. Israel has never been invaded by the Soviet Union 55.4
74. Japanese Americans were forced into camps during WWII 55.2
75. Nixon established relation with the People�s Republic of China 55.1
76. A cause of population movement in the 1800�s was cheap land. 54.7
77. Social Security system was established during the New Deal. 54.7
78. US gave military support to South Korea with UN 53.9
79. Dust Bowl of the 1930�s fostered movement to California. 53.8
80. Amendment 20 granted the right to vote to women 53.7
81. Joe Stalin was the leader of USSR during WWII 53.6
82. Populist party advocated government support for farmers 52.8
83. New Deal identified with changes in social economic policies 52.3
84. Franklin Roosevelt was president between 1929-1946 52.0
85. Before Civil War, nation debated spread of slavery 51.6
86. "Give me liberty or give me death"--Patrick Henry 51.1
87. "Laissez-faire" means minimal government regulation of economy 51.0
88. Monroe Doctrine said Europe should not gain land in western hemisphere 50.9
89. Washington's Farewell Address warned against foreign alliances 50.3
90. Canada and Mississippi valley first explored by France 50.3
91. Samuel Gompers was first president of AFL 49.8
92. Martin Luther King, Jr., rose to prominence in Montgomery bus boycott 48.9
93. US dropped first atomic bomb between 1943-1947 48.6
94. Valley Forge was lowest point in Revolutionary War 47.9
95. Women's right to vote was not guaranteed after Civil War 47.3
96. An issue in War of 1812 was Great Britain's interference with shipping 47.0
97. Andrew Carnegie was associated with development of steel industry 46.9
98. Thomas Jefferson was president between 1800-1820 45.6
99. The Constitution divides powers between states and federal government 43.8
100. Missouri Compromise admitted Maine as free, Missouri as slave state 43.0
101. Woodrow Wilson was president between 1912-1929 42.9
102. Senator Joseph McCarthy involved in controversy about Communism 42.6
103. "nullification" related to states' rights           42.4
104. Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt were presidents during Depression   41.1
105. Jane Addams founded settlement houses to help the poor    41.0
106. "Reconstruction" occurred between 1850-1900     40.2
107. The Federalist advocated adoption of Constitution    40.1
108. Dred Scott decision: slave who moved to free state was not free   39.5
109. D-Day occurred between 1943-1947                  39.5
110. Renaissance was characterized by cultural, technological advances   39.3
111. Paine's Common Sense argues for colonial independence    38.3
112. Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in Confederacy    38.2
113. Union membership grew in the 1930s because of new laws   38.2
114. Jamestown founded before 1750      38.0
115. Restrictions on immigration were not part of New Deal    37.8
116. "Three.fifths compromise" in Constitution defined status of slaves   37.7
117. Immigration from southern and eastern Europe grew, 1890-1910   37.6
118. Immigration restriction in 1921, 1924 aimed at SE Europeans   37.3
119. Scopes trial was about teaching evolution     37.2
120. Upton Sinclair, Lincoln Steffens, Ida Tarbell known as muckrakers 37.1
121. Theodore Roosevelt was president between 1895-1912    36.9
122. Articles of Confederation failed to provide adequate taxing power   36.8
123. Find region on US map acquired from Mexico in war    36.2
124. Religious toleration in colonies due to common interest of many groups 36.0
125. Jonas Salk invented polio vaccine      34.3
126. Spanish American War made US an international power    33.0
127. American foreign policy after World War I known as isolationist   32.3
128. The Civil War occurred between 1850-1900     32.2
129. US foreign policy in early 1900s: "Speak softly, carry a big stick"   31.6
130. Purpose of Jim Crow laws was to enforce racial segregation   30.7
131. Magna Carta is foundation of British parliamentary system   30.6
132. Andrew Jackson was president between 182~l840    29.9
133. Reformation led to establishment of Protestant sects    29.8
134. The United Nations was founded between 1943-1947    25.9
135. The Seneca Falls Declaration concerned women's rights    25.8
136. Abraham Lincoln was president between 1860-1880    24.7
137. Lyndon Johnson's term included Medicare and Voting Rights Act   23.9
138. Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem led women's movement in 1970s   22.6
139. Progressive Era is the period of reform before WWI    22.6
140. "Reconstruction" refers to readmission of Confederate states   21.4
141. John Winthrop and the Puritans founded a colony in Boston   19.5

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