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#27 What senator switched from Republican to an independent, giving Democrats control of Senate?

James Jeffords

#20 What was the main issue in the 2004 presidential election?

national security

#85 What was Roe v. Wade about?

abortion

#59 first (and only) president to resign

Richard Nixon

#74 What position does John G. Roberts Jr. hold?

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

#102 Which amendment guarantees freedom of religion?

1st

#94 What is a recession?

a slump in business or the economy

#68 trade agreement between US, Canada, and Mexico

NAFTA

#4 Bush's policy to deal with social problems

compassionate conservatism

#7 date of worst attack in American history

September 11, 2001

#13 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

John G. Roberts Jr.

#5 terrorist group behind 9/11

al Qaeda

#52 racist Southern laws that restricted black Americans

Jim Crow laws

#86 What are reparations?

payments that loser of the war has to make to victor

#75 What happened in Benghazi in 2012?

2 U.S. diplomatic compounds were attacked by terrorists

#95 What is Social Security?

the government program for old-age insurance

#15 replaced Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court

Samuel Alito Jr.

#105 Which amendment guaranteed black men the right to vote?

15th

#44 said "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

#21 What was Bush's policy of dealing with terrorist attacks?

a preemptive strike

#38 Who was the first to make a nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean?

Charles Lindbergh

#88 What was Charles Lindbergh known for?

He made the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.

#10 group that attacked Saddam Hussein's forces

coalition of the willing

#81 What is November 11, 1918 known as?

Armistice Day

#72 What country is the Taliban in control of?

Afghanistan

#6 leader of al Qaeda

Osama bin Laden

#60 Supreme Court case that legalized abortion

Roe v. Wade

#108 Which amendment gave women the right to vote?

19th

#51 "lightning war"

blitzkrieg

#91 Who was Al Capone?

a famous Chicago gangster boss

#84 What was the Scopes trial about?

the legality teaching evolution in public schools (1925)

#71 What was the idea behind George W. Bush's compassionate conservatism?

to help with social problems, not by giving out government money, but by working with religious organizations

#69 What year did Al Gore lose to George W. Bush?

2000

#25 By 2000, what was true about the percentage of black Americans and Hispanic Americans?

It was the same.

#48 general that commanded Allied troops on D-Day

Eisenhower

#67 "scholarships" that give parents more choice in education

educational vouchers

#46 a slump in business or the economy

recession

#45 FDR's plan to get the nation out the Great Depression

The New Deal

#61 proposed amendment to guarantee equal rights to women

Equal Rights Amendment

#98 What does the German word "blitzkrieg" mean?

lightning war

#73 What was the coalition of the willing?

other countries that joined with the U.S. to fight Saddam Hussein

#2 lost the 2004 election

John Kerry

#93 What was the New Deal?

FDR's plan to get out the Great Depression

#3 deciding state in the 2000 election

Florida

#82 What is the American holiday that celebrates Armistice Day?

Veterans Day

#76 Explain George W. Bush's policy of preemptive strikes.

Strike the terrorists at their bases before they attack.

#70 What was controversial about the 2000 presidential election?

George W. Bush had barely more electoral votes than Al Gore. Gore called for Florida's votes to be recounted because of "hanging chads".

#79 What was the Zimmermann Note?

A telegram from Germany to Mexico during WW1, that promised parts of U.S. land to Mexico, if Mexico would aid the Germans.

#96 What country was Benito Mussolini dictator of?

Italy

#78 What did George W. Bush call the "first war of the twenty-first century"?

the War on Terror

#50 code name for WW2 atomic bomb program

Manhattan Project

#65 requirements that the government puts on businesses, but the government makes the business pay for them

unfunded federal mandates

#87 What was Henry Ford known for?

the assembly line; Model T Ford

#89 What was the 18th Amendment?

the Prohibition Amendment, prohibit alcohol

#83 What was the Red Scare?

the general public's fear of Communism in the 1920s

#33 Germany promised parts of the U.S. to Mexico in this telegram

Zimmerman Note

#35 November 11, 1918

Armistice Day

#66 proposed presidential power to take specific items out of the budget without Congress' approval

line-item veto

#28 What social class were most al Qaeda terrorists from?

Al Qaeda had Muslims from all social classes.

#53 court order to stop a strike

injunction

#12 Bush's secretary of state

Condoleeza Rice

#19 leaked National Security Agency information to American citizens

Edward Snowden

#8 radical Muslim government of Afghanistan

the Taliban

#23 What act of Congress made it easier for the U.S. government to fight terrorist threats at home in America?

Patriot Act

#42 famous Chicago gangster boss

Al Capone

#34 nickname for American soldiers from WW1

doughboys

#24 What did George W. Bush call the war on terror?

"the first war of the twenty-first century"

#11 first Hispanic attorney general

Alberto Gonzales

#106 Which amendment said that freedmen were citizens of the United States (at that anyone born here is a citizen)?

14th

#39 public fear of Communism in the 1920s

Red Scare

#92 What was the Dust Bowl?

drought in the Plains during the Great Depression

#16 place where 2 U.S. diplomatic compounds were attacked by terrorists in 2012

Benghazi, Libya

#47 the government program for old-age insurance

Social Security

#18 liberal Obama Supreme Court nominee

Elena Kagan

#14 most immigrants to the U.S. today are these 2 ethnicities

Hispanic and Asian

#32 year WW1 started

1914

#104 Which amendment abolished slavery?

13th

#49 dictator of Italy during WW2

Benito Mussolini

#54 tensions between the free world and the Communist world after WW2

the Cold War

#30 What scandal tarnished George W. Bush's image at the end of his first term?

Abu Ghraib prison scandal in Iraq

#40 highly publicized trial about teaching evolution

Scopes trial

#100 What was the Cold War?

tensions between U.S. and USSR after WW2

#37 Who developed the assembly line for his Model T?

Henry Ford

#63 a group pardon

amnesty

#41 Prohibition amendment

18

#103 Which amendment guarantees freedom of speech?

1st

#26 What did the presidential race between Al Gore and George W. Bush show about America?

The people were very divided.

#43 drought in the Great Plains during the Great Depression

Dust Bowl

#55 phrase that describes the division of free Europe and Communist Europe

Iron Curtain

#9 government department created in response to 9/11

Homeland Security

#1 lost the close 2000 election

Al Gore

#22 What religion was George W. Bush?

Christian

#107 Which amendment allowed the government to tax income?

16th

#56 protest in which MLK gave his "I Have a Dream" speech

March on Washington

#101 Which amendment is the right to bear arms?

2nd

#36 payments the loser of a war make to the winners

reparations

#29 What presidential candidate said, "I actually did vote for the $87 billion War in Iraq before I voted against it?"

John Kerry

#57 situation that was the closest the Cold War ever came to nuclear war

Cuban Missile Crisis

#80 What are doughboys?

American soldiers from WW1

#17 common name for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

ObamaCare

#58 forbade segregation in public places and discrimination in business

Civil Rights Act of 1964

#97 What was the Manhattan Project?

the WW2 program to develop an atomic bomb

#64 name for religious political conservatives

the Religious Right

#99 What is an injunction?

a court order that stops a strike

#90 What is amnesty?

group pardon

#31 his assassination sparked WW1

Archduke Francis Ferdinand (and his wife!)

#62 only president that was never elected to office

Gerald Ford

#77 What did the Patriot Act do?

It gave the government more power to fight alleged terrorists in America.