Important Places
This Island was once home to a federal prison, but also served as home to Native American protestors for 19 months.
Alcatraz Island
This president became the first to be assassinated after he took on a controversial political issue.
Abraham Lincoln
This war is named for its lack of actual fighting.
The Cold War
This Shoshone woman led a group of explorers to the Pacific Ocean.
Sacagawea
This is the practice of expanding the territory of a country as much as possible to gain resources.
Imperialism
This thriving Tulsa neighborhood was nearly completely destroyed by racist violence in the early 20th century.
Black Wall Street
This president was the only world leader to ever order a nuclear attack.
Harry Truman
This war is the most recent war to force US citizens into military service against their will.
Vietnam War
This woman was the rightful queen to her kingdom, but was overthrown by American businessmen.
Queen Liliuokalani
The idea that the United States was meant to cover the continent stretching from Atlantic to Pacific
Manifest Destiny
Named for a river at the location, this battleground was a the setting for a decisive victory for Native American warriors
Little Bighorn
This Confederate sympathizer became the first president to be impeached. Among shortcomings were public intoxication, "verbal harangues", and "high-crimes and misdemeanors".
Andrew Johnson
This war set the stage for the American Revolution by creating a large war debt.
Seven Years War
This Shawnee chief sought to unify the eastern tribes against US expansion, he was killed during the War of 1812.
Tecumseh
Pioneered by Karl Marx, this idea took off in Russia, but was feared in the United States.
Communism
This carribean island was under Spanish rule until the Spanish American War helped it gain its "independence".
Cuba
This president became so popular for leading the country out of a terrible economic slump that he was elected president a total of four times.
Franklin Roosevelt
This war was the first large scale modern war featuring tanks and airplanes.
World War I
This leader is featured on a mountain carving in the Black Hills, a monument to his stand at Little Bighorn.
Crazy Horse
The Wave shows how this idea functions, offering structure and power in exchange for obedience to a leader.
Fascism
This part of Chicago was home to a 19th century labor strike which grew out of control when someone threw a dynamite bomb.
Haymarket Square
This president was the first to expand the territory of the United States by purchase.
Thomas Jefferson
This war is the reason New Mexico and Arizona are US states
Mexican American War
This man fought in court for his right to be recognized as a human being by the law; he wanted to be allowed to go home to bury his son.
Standing Bear
This false idea says that poor people are poor because they are genetically inferior to the wealthy.
Social Darwinism