England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. The Dutch colony of New Amsterdam is transferred to England. What is it renamed? 1674
New York
84.4%
New Jersey
5.8%
Vermont
4%
Boston
5%
Daniel E. Sickles, a New York Congressman, is acquitted of murder on grounds of ______. This is the first time this defense is successfully used in the United States. 1859
Temporary Insanity
77.4%
Insufficient Evidence
4.6%
Self Defense
13.1%
Juror Misconduct
3%
William J. Schroeder becomes the first recipient of an artificial ______ to leave a hospital. 1985
Heart
73.6%
Lung
11.3%
Brain
1.7%
Hand
6%
This Polish mathematician and astronomer, known for his geometric model of a heliocentric universe, is born. 1473
Nicolaus Copernicus
70%
Johannes Kepler
12.7%
Galileo Galilei
13.7%
Isaac Newton
3.5%
NASA's Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of this planet using its thermal emission imaging system. 2002
Mars
64.9%
Venus
13.3%
Pluto
6.9%
Mercury
7.2%
The United Kingdom grants independence to this Mediterranean island nation. 1959
Cyprus
37.4%
Malta
39.4%
Corsica
4.7%
Jamaica
11.6%
United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the ______, allowing the United States military to relocate Japanese-Americans to internment camps. 1942
Executive Order 9066
19.9%
Japanese Internment Act
57.9%
Relocation Bill
9.3%
Wartime Executive Order
8.1%
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