Statistics for U.S. History by Decade Quiz

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Decade	Description	Historic Event/Person/Thing	% Correct
1790s	First president, who set many historical preceents	George Washington	94%
1860s	War which led to the abolition of slavery	American Civil War	93%
1960s	Man with a dream who led a civil rights movement	Martin Luther King, Jr.	93%
1940s	War where the U.S. helped beat Germany and Japan	World War 2	92%
1920s	Period of unemployment and bankruptcy beginning in 1929	The Great Depression	91%
1910s	War which shaped events for the rest of the century	World War 1	91%
1820s	Seventh president, whose election started the Jacksonian Era	Andrew Jackson	90%
1780s	Document that is the law of the land	U.S. Constitution	89%
1970s	Scandal which ruined Richard Nixon's presidency	Watergate	89%
1800s	Purchase of land that doubled area of the country	Louisiana Purchase	86%
2010s	Controversial health care reform bill	Affordable Care Act	85%
1770s	War fought to gain American independence	Revolutionary War	85%
2000s	Deadly attack where 3,000 people were killed	September 11 attacks	84%
1830s	Path the Cherokee tribe took during forced removal	Trail of Tears	81%
1930s	"New Deal" president who helped end above period	Franklin D. Roosevelt	79%
1810s	War which led to creation of "Star Spangled Banner"	War of 1812	79%
1870s	Period of rebuilding in the Southern States	Reconstruction	70%
1880s	President who served two non-consecutive terms	Grover Cleveland	68%
1990s	Free trade agreement between U.S., Canada, and Mexico	NAFTA	60%
1890s	War in which America took over the Phillippines	Spanish-American War	60%
1950s	Supreme Court decision which helped end segregation	Brown v. Board of Education	50%
1840s	Expansionist doctrine used to justify the Mexican-American War	Manifest Destiny	50%
1980s	Term for Ronald Reagan's economic policies	Reaganomics	45%
1850s	Bill which required escaped slaves be returned to their slaveholders	Fugitive Slave Act	25%
1900s	Period of reform in the early 20th century	Progressive Era	17%