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History Hunt connects people and events with the places, causes, and consequences around them. The goal is not only to remember a date but to understand why it mattered.
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- Ancient civilizations
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- Revolutions and reform
- Modern world history
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1. Robert E. Lee commanded the Confederate army at Gettysburg. Who led the Union forces?
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Answer: George Meade
2. Which of these is one of the reasons why the United States entered World War I?
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Answer: Germany tried to persuade Mexico to enter the war
3. During WWII, in 1945, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the two Japanese cities of Hiroshima and what other city?
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Answer: Nagasaki
4. What was Tsarskoye Selo?
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Answer: The residence of the imperial family south of St. Petersburg
5. In 1453, which important city fell?
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Answer: Constantinople
6. Which one of these famous writers took part in the Klondike Gold Rush?
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Answer: Jack London
7. The faction of the Russian Social Democratic Workers Party, led by Lenin, succeeded in overthrowing the regime of Alexander Kerensky by revolution. When did it take place?
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Answer: 1917
8. The Burnside Bridge is related to which Civil War battlefield?
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Answer: Antietam
9. Who was the Union commander at the Battle of Antietam?
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Answer: George McClellan
10. The seed drill was invented by which British inventor?
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Answer: Jethro Tull
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