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Question 1 of 51 · History

Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples’ Day?

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  1. 1Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples’ Day?
  2. 2Alexander Hamilton or Thomas Jefferson?
  3. 3Boston Tea Party or Declaration of Independence?
  4. 4American Revolution or French Revolution?
  5. 5World War I or World War II?
  6. 6Ancient Egypt or Ancient Greece?
  7. 7Leonardo da Vinci or Michelangelo?
  8. 8Romans or Vikings?
  9. 9Magna Carta or Bill of Rights?
  10. 10Civil War or Revolutionary War?
  11. 11Abraham Lincoln or George Washington?
  12. 12Tudor dynasty or Plantagenet dynasty?
  13. 13The Great Wall of China or The Colosseum?
  14. 14Queen Elizabeth I or Queen Victoria?
  15. 15Salem Witch Trials or McCarthyism?
  16. 16Greek gods or Roman gods?
  17. 17Lewis and Clark Expedition or Oregon Trail?
  18. 18Sherman’s March or Appomattox Court House?
  19. 19Prohibition or Roaring Twenties?
  20. 20Teapot Dome scandal or Watergate scandal?
  21. 21Industrial Revolution or Agricultural Revolution?
  22. 22Medieval knights or Samurai warriors?
  23. 23Sphinx or Pyramids?
  24. 24Stonehenge or Machu Picchu?
  25. 25Eleanor Roosevelt or Jackie Kennedy?
  26. 26The Cuban Missile Crisis or The Berlin Wall?
  27. 27Aztecs or Incas?
  28. 28Elizabethan era or Victorian era?
  29. 29Pearl Harbor or D-Day?
  30. 30The Battle of Hastings or The Battle of Waterloo?
  31. 31Isaac Newton or Galileo Galilei?
  32. 32Marie Antoinette or Queen Cleopatra?
  33. 33Al Capone or Bonnie and Clyde?
  34. 34The Civil Rights Act or Women’s Suffrage?
  35. 35The Pony Express or The Transcontinental Railroad?
  36. 36The Space Race or The Arms Race?
  37. 37The Age of Exploration or The Age of Enlightenment?
  38. 38The American West or The Wild West?
  39. 39Joan of Arc or Catherine the Great?
  40. 40The Trail of Tears or The Gold Rush?
  41. 41The Enlightenment or The Renaissance?
  42. 42The Scopes Monkey Trial or The Salem Witch Trials?
  43. 43The Industrialization of Britain or The American Industrial Revolution?
  44. 44The Magna Carta or The Mayflower Compact?
  45. 45The Boston Massacre or The Boston Tea Party?
  46. 46The Underground Railroad or The Abolition Movement?
  47. 47The Louisiana Purchase or The Gadsden Purchase?
  48. 48The Emancipation Proclamation or The Gettysburg Address?
  49. 49The Spanish Inquisition or The Salem Witch Trials?
  50. 50The Russian Revolution or The Chinese Revolution?
  51. 51The Invention of the Printing Press or The Invention of the Telegraph?

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