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123 Cards in this Set
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Generation X |
Lowest voting participation "What's in it for me?" Attitudes |
New York |
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Aerosmith |
Top selling hard rock band in all of history. 150 million records sold worldwide. Stephen Tyler, Joe Perry |
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Led Zeppelin |
Credited with having more influence on Rock n' Roll than the Beatles 5 diamond albums |
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I Love Lucy |
Considered most popular tv series ever aired |
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Citizen Kane |
Greatest film ever made |
Although it seems like it's an opinion, it's a fact |
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David Bowie |
Alter-ego Ziggy Stardust |
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Reganomics |
Trickle-down economics, national dept. tripled |
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Clintonomics |
Increased tax on rich, decreased tax on poor |
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Brat Pack |
Cast of the Breakfast Club and St. Elmo's Fire |
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Tinanmen Square |
The place of a pro-democracy protest; tank man |
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Guantanamo Bay |
US military prison in Cuba meant to interrogate war criminals |
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962) |
Ken Kesey (Author) Nurse Ratched |
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Faust |
Faustian "Sell out" Sacrifice morals for materials |
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Drinking the Kool-Aid |
Blindly following something without question Jonestown |
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McCarthyism |
Making accusations of treason without proper regard for evidence |
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Arthur Miller |
American Playwright Death of a Salesman The Crucible A Streetcar Named Desire |
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Marilyn Monroe |
Norma Jeane Mortenson Most popular sex symbol of all time |
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Alfred Hitchcock |
Master of Suspense Psycho |
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Maya Angelou |
Wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings |
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Langston Hughes |
Foremost poet of the Harlem Renaissance |
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Oliver North |
Iran-Contra affair and funded Nicaraguan rebels |
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American Pie |
Don McLean Plane wreck know as "the day the music died" |
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American Pie |
Don McLean Plane wreck know as "the day the music died" |
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Marx Brothers |
Comedy act of brothers Groucho, Chico, Harpo, Gummo, Zeppo |
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American Pie |
Don McLean Plane wreck know as "the day the music died" |
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Marx Brothers |
Comedy act of brothers Groucho, Chico, Harpo, Gummo, Zeppo |
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Challenger Explosion |
1986, Christa McAuliffe |
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American Pie |
Don McLean Plane wreck know as "the day the music died" |
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Marx Brothers |
Comedy act of brothers Groucho, Chico, Harpo, Gummo, Zeppo |
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Challenger Explosion |
1986, Christa McAuliffe |
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N.W.A. |
Earliest and most significant influence of gangsta rap Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube |
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Olympic Games |
Citius, Altius, Fortius (faster higher stronger) Five intertwined rings colors of every nation White background represents peace |
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Olympic Games |
Citius, Altius, Fortius (faster higher stronger) Five intertwined rings colors of every nation White background represents peace |
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Munich Massacre |
Black September 1972 Munich Olympics |
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Olympic Games |
Citius, Altius, Fortius (faster higher stronger) Five intertwined rings colors of every nation White background represents peace |
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Munich Massacre |
Black September 1972 Munich Olympics |
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Abbot and Costello |
"Who's on first..." |
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Olympic Games |
Citius, Altius, Fortius (faster higher stronger) Five intertwined rings colors of every nation White background represents peace |
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Munich Massacre |
Black September 1972 Munich Olympics |
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Abbot and Costello |
"Who's on first..." |
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James Dean |
Rebel Without a Cause |
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Olympic Games |
Citius, Altius, Fortius (faster higher stronger) Five intertwined rings colors of every nation White background represents peace |
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Munich Massacre |
Black September 1972 Munich Olympics |
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Abbot and Costello |
"Who's on first..." |
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James Dean |
Rebel Without a Cause |
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Hindenburg Explosion |
German Airship caught on fire in New Jersey |
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Olympic Games |
Citius, Altius, Fortius (faster higher stronger) Five intertwined rings colors of every nation White background represents peace |
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Munich Massacre |
Black September 1972 Munich Olympics |
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Abbot and Costello |
"Who's on first..." |
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James Dean |
Rebel Without a Cause |
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Hindenburg Explosion |
German Airship caught on fire in New Jersey |
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Sputnik |
October 4, 1957 Marked start of space age and the U.S.-U.S.S.R space race |
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Olympic Games |
Citius, Altius, Fortius (faster higher stronger) Five intertwined rings colors of every nation White background represents peace |
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Munich Massacre |
Black September 1972 Munich Olympics |
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Abbot and Costello |
"Who's on first..." |
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James Dean |
Rebel Without a Cause |
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Hindenburg Explosion |
German Airship caught on fire in New Jersey |
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Sputnik |
October 4, 1957 Marked start of space age and the U.S.-U.S.S.R space race |
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Apollo 11 |
1969 Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins |
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Xanadu |
Paradise (Eden) Samuel T. Coleridge's poem-Kubla Khan |
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Lucky Linda |
Charles Augustus Lindbergh Spirit of St. Louis |
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Don Quixote |
Miguel de Cervantes Chasing windmills (foolhardy endeavor) |
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Don Quixote |
Miguel de Cervantes Chasing windmills (foolhardy endeavor) |
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Miracle on Ice |
1980 hockey US beats Soviet Union Greatest moment in sports history |
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Don Quixote |
Miguel de Cervantes Chasing windmills (foolhardy endeavor) |
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Miracle on Ice |
1980 hockey US beats Soviet Union Greatest moment in sports history |
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The Rat Pack |
Frank Sinatra Dean Martin Sammy Davis Junior |
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Don Quixote |
Miguel de Cervantes Chasing windmills (foolhardy endeavor) |
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Miracle on Ice |
1980 hockey US beats Soviet Union Greatest moment in sports history |
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The Rat Pack |
Frank Sinatra Dean Martin Sammy Davis Junior |
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Full Metal Jacket |
Stanley Kubrick |
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Don Quixote |
Miguel de Cervantes Chasing windmills (foolhardy endeavor) |
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Miracle on Ice |
1980 hockey US beats Soviet Union Greatest moment in sports history |
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The Rat Pack |
Frank Sinatra Dean Martin Sammy Davis Junior |
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Full Metal Jacket |
Stanley Kubrick |
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Quentin Tarantino |
Pulp Fiction |
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Don Quixote |
Miguel de Cervantes Chasing windmills (foolhardy endeavor) |
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Miracle on Ice |
1980 hockey US beats Soviet Union Greatest moment in sports history |
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The Rat Pack |
Frank Sinatra Dean Martin Sammy Davis Junior |
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Full Metal Jacket |
Stanley Kubrick |
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Quentin Tarantino |
Pulp Fiction |
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Richard Nixon |
Watergate Stepped down because he faced impeachment |
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Don Quixote |
Miguel de Cervantes Chasing windmills (foolhardy endeavor) |
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Miracle on Ice |
1980 hockey US beats Soviet Union Greatest moment in sports history |
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The Rat Pack |
Frank Sinatra Dean Martin Sammy Davis Junior |
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Full Metal Jacket |
Stanley Kubrick |
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Quentin Tarantino |
Pulp Fiction |
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Richard Nixon |
Watergate Stepped down because he faced impeachment |
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Watergate |
Political scandals between 1972 and 1974 |
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Don Quixote |
Miguel de Cervantes Chasing windmills (foolhardy endeavor) |
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Miracle on Ice |
1980 hockey US beats Soviet Union Greatest moment in sports history |
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The Rat Pack |
Frank Sinatra Dean Martin Sammy Davis Junior |
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Full Metal Jacket |
Stanley Kubrick |
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Quentin Tarantino |
Pulp Fiction |
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Richard Nixon |
Watergate Stepped down because he faced impeachment |
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Watergate |
Political scandals between 1972 and 1974 |
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"Just say no" |
Nancy Reagan War on drugs |
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Don Quixote |
Miguel de Cervantes Chasing windmills (foolhardy endeavor) |
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Miracle on Ice |
1980 hockey US beats Soviet Union Greatest moment in sports history |
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The Rat Pack |
Frank Sinatra Dean Martin Sammy Davis Junior |
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Full Metal Jacket |
Stanley Kubrick |
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Quentin Tarantino |
Pulp Fiction |
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Richard Nixon |
Watergate Stepped down because he faced impeachment |
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Watergate |
Political scandals between 1972 and 1974 |
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"Just say no" |
Nancy Reagan War on drugs |
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Iron Lady |
Margaret Thatcher |
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Don Quixote |
Miguel de Cervantes Chasing windmills (foolhardy endeavor) |
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Miracle on Ice |
1980 hockey US beats Soviet Union Greatest moment in sports history |
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The Rat Pack |
Frank Sinatra Dean Martin Sammy Davis Junior |
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Full Metal Jacket |
Stanley Kubrick |
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Quentin Tarantino |
Pulp Fiction |
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Richard Nixon |
Watergate Stepped down because he faced impeachment |
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Watergate |
Political scandals between 1972 and 1974 |
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"Just say no" |
Nancy Reagan War on drugs |
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Iron Lady |
Margaret Thatcher |
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Nighthawks |
Cafe with Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Frank Sinatra, and Elvis Presley |
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Mike Tyson |
Won heavyweight title three times by age 20 Hardest hitter of all time |
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Muhammad Ali |
Sportsman of the Century |
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Muhammad Ali |
Sportsman of the Century |
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Chief Joseph |
"I will fight no more forever." |
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Muhammad Ali |
Sportsman of the Century |
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Chief Joseph |
"I will fight no more forever." |
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Camelot |
King Arthur John F. Kennedy's reign |
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