Historical Organizations Trivia Questions
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Which organization, founded by Jane Addams and Helen Keller, is abbreviated as ACLU?
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american civil liberties union
Which organization did Ballington Booth leave after a dispute with his father before founding the Volunteers of America?
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salvation army
What group, which thrived in the 1920s, had a hierarchy including the Exacted Cyclops and the Imperial Wizard?
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ku klux klan
Which organization, abbreviated as ACLU, did Elizabeth Gurley Flynn help found?
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american civil liberties union
Which organization granted the PLO observer status and suspended South Africa in 1974?
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united nations
What organization did 29 countries join on October 24, 1945?
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united nations
What organization, founded in 1888 by 33 explorers and scientists, has its headquarters in Washington, D.C.?
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national geographic society
In 1942, what name did 26 countries at war with the Axis first call themselves, which later became the name of a world organization?
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united nations
In which former country did the Stasi serve as the secret police with 200,000 informants, including children?
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east germany
Who became the first president of an organization that promotes firearm safety in 1871?
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national rifle association
In which Colombian city was the Organization of American States founded in 1948?
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bogotá
In 1997, Martin Luther King III was elected president of which group, also known as the SCLC?
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southern christian leadership conference
In what war were nurses returning from when the YWCA was founded in London in 1855 to find them housing?
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crimean war
In 1944, which organization's framework was developed at the Dumbarton Oaks Conference held in Washington, D.C.?
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united nations
Which U.N. agency, abbreviated as W.H.O., was established in 1948?
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world health organization
What national detective agency, founded in 1850, has the motto 'We Never Sleep'?
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pinkertons
What organization was formed in 1878 when the Christian Mission rebranded, with William Booth becoming its first general?
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salvation army
In 1867, what type of vehicle did the ASPCA begin operating to carry horses, most likely without a siren?
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ambulance
Which religious group founded the American Friends Service Committee, an organization that shared the 1947 Nobel Peace Prize?
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quakers
Which European mercenaries, who served from the 15th to 19th century, now exist solely to protect the Pope?
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swiss guard
Which organization of citizen-soldiers, symbolic of the Revolutionary War, existed only for about 6 months?
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minutemen
In 1669, the last meeting of the Diet of which confederation of German cities took place?
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hanseatic league
In 1949, the Youth League of which organization, led by Oliver Tambo and Nelson Mandela, gained control of its operations?
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african national congress
Which organization was established in 1910 by black and white social workers to assist rural Southerners in adapting to city life?
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national urban league
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