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What is Roe v. Wade
The decision in this court case which occurred in 1973, has been challenged multiple times since including recently
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What is Jefferson City
This is the capital of the state of Missouri
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What is the Battle of Bunker Hill
This battle took place on June 17th, 1775 in Boston
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What is the Statue of Liberty
This landmark was a gift from France
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What is Veterans Days
This holiday used to be called "Armistice Day" until 1954 when it got changed
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What is freedom of the press
This constitutional right mentioned in the bill of rights was in question in the court case New York Times v. United States
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What is Virginia
This Virginia is further west
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What is the Battle of Fort Sumter
This battle was the start of the Civil War
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What is the Empire State Building
A famous skyscraper in New York City built between 1930 to 1931
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What is Memorial Day
This is the only history related holiday in May
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What is the establishment clause
Engel v. Vitale questions which clause in the 1st Amendment
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What is the Sierra Nevada
A major chain of mountains in California
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What is Washington crossing the Delaware
Daily Double
The Battle of Trenton was the day after this famous event |
What is Mt. Rushmore
South Dakota has this landmark
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What is Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Sunday, December 7th, 1941, "a date which will live in infamy"
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What is the 14th Amendment
In Brown v. Board of Education, the Court stated that the segregated schools violated this Amendment
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What is Florida
This is the flattest state in America
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What is the Battle of Nashville
This Battle in a southern state lasted from December 15th, 1864 - December 16th, 1864 in which the Union won
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What is the World Trade Center
This landmark is the tallest in America, the Western Hemisphere, and 7th tallest in the world
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What is Constitution Day
Daily Double
This holiday honors Madison's work of art which is celebrated on the 17th |
What is Gideon v. Wainwright
This court case occurred in 1963
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What is Lake Michigan
This Great Lake is located entirely in the borders of the US
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What is the Battle of Iwo Jima
This Battle was won by the United States which has a famous picture/statue of soldiers raising the American flag
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What is the Washington Monument
This tall landmark was originally supposed to have a "national pantheon" underneath it styled with statues of 30 Revolutionary War heroes and signers of the Declaration inside
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What is Martin Luther King Jr. Day
This holiday honors a major historical figure on the 18th
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