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Eric Adams
What is the name of our current mayor?
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19th Amendment
Which amendment franchised women?
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Rosa Parks
Who led the Montgomery bus boycott?
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Rank Choice Voting (RCV)
What voting system did NYC employ in the June 2021 primary?
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Legislative, Executive, Judicial
What are the three branches of government?
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
Who is the most recently confirmed supreme court justice?
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965
What legislation is accredited with "ending" Jim Crow?
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September 24, 2019 or September 2019
When did the biggest climate justice protest take place?
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David Banks
Who is our current DOE chancellor?
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The House of Representative and the Senate
What are the two parts of Congress?
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Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming
What are four states in the U.S. with trigger laws that outlawed abortion in June 2022?
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White, landowning men over the age of 21
When the U.S. was founded, who could vote?
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George Floyd/BLM Protests (estimated attendance: 15M to 26M)
What is the biggest protest in American history?
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Brad Lander
Who is our current comptroller?
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Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Kagan, Sotomayor, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett, Jackson
Who are three of our nine Supreme Court Justices?
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Inflation Reduction Act
What is the name of the recently passed climate bill?
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The "Motor Voter" law
What is the common name of the National Voter Registration Act of 2002?
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Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, Opal Tometi
What is the name of one of the three founders of the Black Lives Matter Movement?
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Fiorello H. La Guardia, Robert F. Wagner Jr., Ed Koch, Michael Bloomberg (only necessary to name one)
Who is the longest-serving mayor in NYC history?
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Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer
Who are the current NY senators?
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Lee Zeldin
What is the name of the Republican candidate for governor?
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1971
In what year was the voting age lowered to 18?
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Mahatma Gandhi and his model of nonviolent resistance
Whose writings and practices inspired Martin Luther King Jr. and other nonviolent civil rights protesters?
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51 seats
How many seats are there on the NYC City Council?
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1984 (the Reagan election)
What is the last time NY voted Republican in a national election?
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