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May 1955

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  1. 1st May 1955Who accidentally discovered penicillin's antibacterial effect, and in what year?
  2. 2nd May 1955What did John Snow do with cholera deaths during the 1854 Soho outbreak?
  3. 3rd May 1955What is significant about the first day of the Battle of the Somme in terms of British casualties?
  4. 4th May 1955In what way did mustard gas, introduced in 1917, work differently from chlorine and phosgene?
  5. 5th May 1955In what year was the SS (Schutzstaffel) created, and how did it differ from the SA?
  6. 6th May 1955By what year had Hitler Youth membership become effectively compulsory?
  7. 7th May 1955What is the difference between a Plains Indian tribe and a band?
  8. 8th May 1955What did the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 attempt to set out for different Plains Indian nations?
  9. 9th May 1955What kind of linking language should a strong narrative account use?
  10. 10th May 1955Name the Polish movement that won elections in 1989, marking one of the first breaks from communist control in Eastern Europe.
  11. 11th May 1955What did President Reagan propose in the early 1980s that worried the USSR?
  12. 12th May 1955Why did some Catholics regard Elizabeth as illegitimate?
  13. 13th May 1955Which French territory did England lose shortly before Elizabeth became queen?
  14. 14th May 1955What happened to the group of settlers sent to Roanoke in 1587?
  15. 15th May 1955Give one reason government legislation on public health increased through the nineteenth century.
  16. 16th May 1955Give one reason the Second World War helped speed up the development of penicillin.
  17. 17th May 1955What action did Snow persuade local officials to take?
  18. 18th May 1955Give one specific way the mud at Passchendaele affected the treatment of wounded soldiers.
  19. 19th May 1955Why did mustard gas cause huge numbers of casualties but comparatively fewer deaths than phosgene?
  20. 20th May 1955Why is the period 1925-1928 sometimes called the Nazi Party's 'lean years'?
  21. 21st May 1955Why were some restrictions on women working quietly relaxed later in the 1930s?
  22. 22nd May 1955What did many Plains Indian peoples believe about the ownership of land?
  23. 23rd May 1955What did the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 provide funding for?
  24. 24th May 1955What is the key difference between the 'explain two consequences' question and the 'narrative account' question?
  25. 25th May 1955Which country opened its border with Austria in May 1989, creating a route for East Germans to escape westward?
  26. 26th May 1955What two reform policies did Gorbachev introduce inside the USSR from 1985?
  27. 27th May 1955In what year did Elizabeth I become queen of England?
  28. 28th May 1955Name one unpaid role that carried out government business in the localities.
  29. 29th May 1955When and where was Drake knighted by Elizabeth?
  30. 30th May 1955What kind of government response did the Great Plague of 1665 see?
  31. 31st May 1955What had Fleming noticed in his contaminated laboratory dish?