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Famous Person/Thing
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He was the first Catholic president, but was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald
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John F. Kennedy
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An American artist who was the leading figure in pop art
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Andy Warhol
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The author of "Tom Sawyer" and "Huckleberry Finn"
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Mark Twain
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The President of the United States who liked jelly beans
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Ronald Reagan
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A famous painter of lilypads
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Claude Monet
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The playwright who wrote "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "Hamlet"
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William Shakespeare
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The founder of Ripley's Believe It Or Not
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Robert Ripley
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A major character in the Bible who walked on water and was crucified
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Jesus
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America's first major ballerina
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Maria Tallchief
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A Roman Catholic Religious Sister who was a missionary in India
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Mother Teresa
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The 28th President of the United States
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Woodrow Wilson
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A former first lady and Secretary of State
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Hillary Clinton
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A pirate who had black facial hair
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Blackbeard
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A girl who was shot by the Taliban trying to get an education
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Malala Yousafzai
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A leader who took over most of the Middle East
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Alexander the Great
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The creator of most famous board games
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Milton Bradley
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A musician who was part of the Jackson 5
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Michael Jackson
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A woman who pretended she was a woman in the army
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Joan of Arc
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A New York Yankees player who recently retired
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Derek Jeter
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A musician who was the focus of a song by Eric Church
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Bruce Springsteen
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A female African American poet
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Maya Angelou
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An African American Olympic gold-medalist who competed at the berlin games in Germany
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Jesse Owens
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The author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series
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Jeff Kinney
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The Crocodile Hunter
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Steve Irwin
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A civil rights leader who was born a slave
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Sojourner Truth
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A famous race horse
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Seabiscuit
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A female French leader who was beheaded during the French Revolution
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Marie Antoinette
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An African American scientist who experimented with peanuts
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George Washingotn Carver
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A famous science fiction author
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Jules Verne
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Moe, Larry, and Curly
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The Three Stooges
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A famous architect
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Frank Lloyd Wright
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The author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy
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J.R.R. Tolkien
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The wife of the president who was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald
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Jacqueline Kennedy
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A famous British cook and chef
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Julia Child
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An author who wrote The Raven and The Pit and the Pendullum
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Edgar Allen Poe
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Two brothers who are famous for their collection of fairy tales
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The Brothers Grimm
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A musician who wrote and sang an Oscar winning song from The Lion King
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Elton John
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An African American blind musician
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Stevie Wonder
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The author of the Brer Rabbit stories
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Beatrix Potter
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The star of I Love Lucy
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Lucille Ball
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An American labor leader and civil rights activist
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Cesar Chavez
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The first Latina Supreme Court Justice
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Sonia Sotomayor
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A 1930s comedic actor who was in a lot of silent films
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Charlie Chaplin
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A princess and wife of Prince Charles
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Princess Diana
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A band who's lead singer is Mick Jagger
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The Rolling Stones
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A famous American monument who was a gift from France
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Statue of Liberty
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An expedition consisting of two men and one Native American who traveled across the country
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
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Where immigrants came to become a citizen
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Ellis Island
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What some slaves used to escape plantations, and Harriet Tubman was a part of it
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Underground Railroad
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An ancient city buried by the volcano Mt. Vesuvius
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Pompeii
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A huge blimp that burned down in a fiery crash
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Hindenburg
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A canal that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean
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Panama Canal
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When the pilgrims came over to America and had a feast with the Native Americans
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First Thanksgiving
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The beginning of World War II; the day of the Normandy landings
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D-Day
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A famous fort in Texas that was used in the Mexican-American War
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Alamo
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When the Japanese bombed a place in Hawaii
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Pearl Harbor
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When prospectors came from all over the country to get a mineral in California
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Gold Rush
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When the champions of MLB play in October
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World Series
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The turning point of the Civil War
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Battle of Gettysburg
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When colonists in Boston threw bxes of tea into the Boston Harbor
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Boston Tea Party
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When Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have A Dream" speech
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March on Washington
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They happened in Beijing, London, and Rio, for example
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Summer Olympics
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A document that was signed by Thomas Jefferson, John Hancock, and Ben Franklin, among others
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Declaration of Independence
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What two airplanes flew into on September 11, 2001
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Twin Towers
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The huge football championship game
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Super Bowl
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The event that had a dozen men and women hung in the 1600s
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Salem Witch Trials
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The fire that was supposedly caused when a cow knocked a lantern onto a pile of hay
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Great Chicago Fire
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A natural disaster that demolished a Californian city on 1908
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San Francisco Earthquake
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A hurricane that happened in New Orleans in 2005
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Hurricane Katrina
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A music festival that happened in the 1960s
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Woodstock
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When the dinosaurs roamed the Earth
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Age of the Dinosaurs
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The event that was nearly a decade long in the 1930s
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Great Depression
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When cowboys had long cattle drives in the Midwest
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Wild West
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A monument in the badlands in South Dakota that has four presidents on it
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Mount Rushmore
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A wall in China
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Great Wall of China
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A monument in Arizona that you can walk over
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Grand Canyon
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Where the president resides
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White House
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The tallst mountain in the world
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Mount Everest
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Monuments in Egypt
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Great Pyramids
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The river that is home to the most famous rainforest in Brazil
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Amazon
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A prison off the coast of San Francisco
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Alcatraz
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A bridge that connects Brooklyn to Manhattan
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Brooklyn Bridge
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A group of waterfalls in between the USA and Canada
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Niagra Falls
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A cluster of reefs off the coast of Australia
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Great Barrier Reef
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The place that is home to the statue of Athena
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Parthenon
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A circle of stones that no one knows why they are there
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Stonehenge
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A Roman monument that was home to gladiator battles
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Colosseum
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A building in India that has a reflecting pool in front of it
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Taj Mahal
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