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Did you take the Quiztory last week? Now it’s time to check your answers:

1. Who succeeded Hitler as president of the Third Reich? Karl Doenitz

2. Under what law was Margaret Sanger, women’s rights activist and birth control advocate, arrested and prosecuted in 1916? The Comstock Law which made it illegal to distribute information about contraceptives.

3. Which ethnic population was largely responsible for building the Central Pacific railroad, and for what reason did this group go on strike in 1867? The Chinese went on strike because non-Chinese workers were paid better.

4. In what way did farming practices give rise to the Dust Storms of the 1930s? Farmers over-harvested the land and allowed livestock to overgraze it. A drought began in 1931, killing many crop yields. The dust storms began because there were few crops and very little grass to hold the dry soil in place.

5. What motivated the Soviets to impose the Berlin Blockade? Following WWII, the Soviet Union feared that Germany could again become a military power and wanted to keep it weak.

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
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1. What famous media magnate tried to prevent the 1941 release of the classic film, “Citizen Kane”?  William Randolph Hearst

2. What company was behind the first commercial jet flight, and what became of it? The British Overseas Airway Corporation was the first company to fly a jet commercially. The 1952 flight of the Haviland Comet was a success, however three subsequent Comet flights crashed, compelling British authorities to ground the fleet.

3. How did cooperation between the War Department and U.S. media blunt the impact of Japan’s “balloon bomb” attacks on the U.S. during World War II?  The media complied with a government request to censor information about the balloon bomb campaign in hopes that the Japanese would believe it was ineffective. After six people in Oregon died, the government informed the public about the threat.

4. In 1970, what was the announcement by President Nixon that led to protests at conservative Kent State University, which ended with four students dead? President Nixon announced the invasion of Cambodia.

5. What cause did both German and American investigators cite for the Hindenburg explosion at the time of the incident? Sabotage. The Hindenburg was a symbol of Nazi Germany.

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
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1. Where were members of the Easter Rising rebellion imprisoned? Frongoch internment camp

2. Who formed the Suez Canal Company? French diplomat Ferdinand de Lesseps

3. Where did the residents of Pripyat relocate to following the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown? Slavutych

4. What was the first commercially successful steamship in the U.S.? The Clermont

5. Which pope canonized Joan of Arc? Pope Benedict XV

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
Tags: Quiztory, The Answer Sheet

Did you take the Quiztory last week? Now it’s time to check your answers:

1. Where were members of the Easter Rising rebellion imprisoned? Frongoch internment camp

2. Who formed the Suez Canal Company? Ferdinand de Lesseps

3. Where did the residents of Pripyat relocate to following the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown? Slavutych

4. What was the first commercially successful steamship in the U.S.? The Clermont

5. Which pope canonized Joan of Arc? Pope Benedict XV

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
Tags: Quiztory, The Answer Sheet

Did you take the Quiztory last week? Now it’s time to check your answers:

1. What country sent missiles to Cuba after the failed Bay of Pigs invasion? Soviet Union

2. Who was the mayor of San Francisco during the 1906 earthquake? Eugene E. Schmitz

3. What was the first-ever nationally televised congressional inquiry? Army-McCarthy hearings

4. How long did the Mariel boatlift exodus last? Seven months

5. Who was the leader of the Jewish resistance movement within the Warsaw ghetto? Mordechai Anielewicz

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
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1. What position did Jackie Robinson play for the Brooklyn Dodgers? Second base

2. Where was Napoleon exiled for the second time? St. Helena

3. When was the reentry malfunction of Vostok 1 revealed to the public? 1996

4. Which Polish director made a film about the Katyn massacre in 2007? Andrzej Wajda

5. Who killed John Wilkes Booth? Union soldier Boston Corbett

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
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1. How much money did the Marshall Plan provide in aid to Europe? More than $13 billion

2. Who was Martin Luther King Jr. speaking with when he was fatally shot? Jesse Jackson

3. What disease did Anne Sullivan suffer from as a child? Trachoma

4. Which U.S. president continued production of the neutron bomb after President Jimmy Carter temporarily halted production? Ronald Reagan

5. How long did the “Mercury Seven” serve in Project Mercury? 5 years

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
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1. Who did Gov. Dick Thornburgh advise to evacuate after the nuclear meltdown at Three Mile Island? Children and pregnant women

2. From what movie did John Hinckley Jr. get the idea to assassinate President Ronald Reagan? “Taxi Driver”

3. When was the Alaskan territory officially transferred to the United States? Oct. 18, 1867

4. What document issued by King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella declared that all Jews must leave Spain before the end of July 1492? The Alhambra Decree

5. Who called the Falkland Islands conflict between Argentina and Britain “two bald men fighting over a comb”? Jorge Luis Borges

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
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1. How far was the Selma-to-Montgomery march? 54 miles

2. When was the Equal Rights Amendment most recently reintroduced? October 2009

3. Following Patrick Henry’s “Liberty or Death” speech, who ordered royal soldiers to remove gunpowder from Williamsburg so that it couldn’t be used by colonialists? Lord Dunmore, royal governor of Virginia

4. What event at a New York City factory galvanized the labor and progressive movements of the early 1900s? Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire

5. Which 1978 document outlined a framework for peace between Egypt and Israel? Camp David Accords

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
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Did you take the Quiztory last week? Now it’s time to check your answers:

1. A 1990 documentary claimed that who was responsible for the November 1974 Birmingham pub bombings? Seamus McLoughlin

2. How many times was Caesar stabbed by a group of senators hoping to restore the Roman republic? 23

3. What did St. Patrick use to teach new believers about the Holy Trinity? A three-leaf clover

4. When did the Academy Awards first air on national radio? 1944

5. What was Gandhi’s protest march called in which thousands of people symbolically made their own salt from seawater? “March to the Sea”

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
Tags: Quiztory, The Answer Sheet