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53 Cards in this Set
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capital of Canada |
Attawa |
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1st permanent English settlement in the New World |
Jamestown |
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Driest region of the world, found in South America |
Attacama Desert |
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Capital of Brazil |
Brassila |
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Fought in French and Indian War, had a reputation for being brave and wise |
George Washington |
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Indians who joined hte Pilgrims for the 1st Thanksgiving |
Wampanag |
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Largest canyon in the US |
Grand Canyon |
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Nazi leader of Germany during WWII |
Adolf Hitler |
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American patriot who said, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" |
Nathan Hall |
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1st main to walk on the moon |
Neil Armstrong |
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A person who wants to preserve traditional beliefs and values |
Constitutionalist |
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Man who devloped the assembly line method of production |
Henry Ford |
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What event/war is associated with VE Day |
WWI |
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1st atomic bomb |
WWII |
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Emancipation Proclamation |
Civil War |
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Rough Riders |
French and Indian War |
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Battle of Gettysburg |
Civil War |
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Bombing of Pearl Harbor |
WWII |
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Zimmermann Note |
WWI |
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Remember the Maine |
Spanish American War |
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November 11, 1918 |
Central Powers Surrendured |
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Who made the Red Cross |
Clara Barton |
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whose nickname is Angel of the Battlefield |
Clara Barton |
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Give me Liberty or give me Death |
Patrick Henry |
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Islamic terrorist group responsible for attacks including the attack of September 11, 2001 |
Al qaeda |
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2 countries where the US military attacked terrorist in the War on Terror |
Iraq and Afganastain |
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A great Opera singer, most admired woman |
Marian Anderson |
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Major Mountain Range in South America |
Andes Mountain |
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Black minister active in Civil Rights movement |
Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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Legislation that guaranteed voting, housing, and job rights for ethnic minorities |
Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
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President during the Cuban Missile Crisis |
John F Kennedy |
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1st president to resign from office |
Nixon |
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Most famous early South American Indian Civilization |
Inca |
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Black educator who served as a special advisor on Minority Affairs to Franklin D Roosevelt |
Mary McLeod Bethune |
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Operation Desert Storm was directed against what country |
Iraq |
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1st women justice was appointed to the US Supreme Court by what President |
Sandra Day O'Conner |
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President who helped bring about a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel |
Jimmy Carter |
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Communist leader who agreed to plan "perestroika, or restructuring" |
Gorbacher |
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Fascist leader of Italy during WWII |
Benoto Moussilean |
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Communist leader of Russia during WWII |
Joseph Stalin |
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What is home of the worlds largest tropical rain forest |
Brazil |
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founded Tuskegee Institue |
Booker T Washington |
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Plant Genius |
George Washington Carver |
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explorer who led the expedition which discovered the North Pole |
Robert Perry |
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Americas most famous Evangelist |
Dwight Moody |
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Gerorge Washington of South America |
Simon Boliviar |
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Invented the electric light bulb |
Thomas Edison |
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Invented the telegraph |
Samuel Morse |
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inventor of the airplane |
Wright Brothers |
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inventor of the 1st liquid fueled rocket |
Robert Goddard |
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inventor of the mechanical reaper |
Cyrus McCormick |
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Presdient during WWI |
Woodrow Wilson |
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Commander of Allied Powers in WWII, later became president |
Dwight Eisenhower |
