Statistics for Basic American History #2

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
This "King of Pop," is famous for songs such as "Smooth Criminal" and "Thriller."	Michael Jackson	96%
Women gained the right to vote in which year?	1920	79%
Bars during the Prohibition were called this.	Speakeasies	79%
The war in this country was called a "police action" by President Harry S. Truman.	Korea	63%
This famous cemetery holds the graves of thousands of military reservists and POWs.	Arlington Cemetery	58%
This president's first language was Dutch.	Martin Van Buren	54%
Harper Lee published this book in 1960, which focused on an Alabama girl discovering the power of racism.	To Kill a Mockingbird	54%
This word is Latin for "before the war."	Antebellum	50%
The 18th president's middle initial, S, stands for what?	Nothing	46%
This state did not attend the first Continental Congress.	Georgia	38%
This Supreme Court case made racial segregation in schools illegal.	Brown vs. Board of Education	33%
These initials became popular in 1940 and indicate a soldier or airmen in the military.	G.I.	33%
This economic depression, which began in 2007, lasted 18 months.	the Great Recession	33%
She was the first First Lady who was not the wife of the President.	Martha "Patsy" Jefferson (daughter)	17%
This land was fought over by the British and French during the French and Indian War.	the Ohio Valley	17%