Random History 1
What famous French philosopher stated "I think, therefore I am"
Descartes
Who was the most famous Abolitionist during the Civil War time period?
Frederick Douglass
What minister was pivotal in the founding of of Rhode Island and was an advocate of the separation between church and state?
Roger Williams
What act prohibited discrimination in public places?
Civil Rights Act
What was the communication cable installed between US and England in 1866 called?
The Transatlantic Cable
What agricultural South American people group lived in the mountains was known for making ropes?
Incas
Who was the most famous leader of the Women's Suffrage movement during the late 1800s?
Susan B. Anthony
Hawaii is what type of geologic structure?
Archipelago
Who was the historical figure who led the Russian Bolshevik Revolution in 1917?
What was Machiavelli's "The Price" primarily about?
Government
The ends justify the means
What was the most famous piece of technology displayed at the Centennial Exposition?
Telephone
The type of government where people are completely subjected to governmental rule is ...
Totalitarianism
What was the Ancient Egyptian capital annexed by Romans?
Alexandria
What is the study of the workings of national or international economy, income, earnings, deficits?
Macroeconomics
Washington crossed the Delaware in which American war?
What was the centerpiece of the Centennial Exposition?
Corliss Steam Engine
What was the policy in the 1950s, 60s and 70s the US used to prevent the spread of communism?
Containment
Which river flooded annually and provided Egypt with bounty?
Nile River
Who is the President of the Senate?
Vice President
What was the radical American political organization founded in May 1869 by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to secure voting rights for women through a constitutional amendment?
The National Woman Suffrage Association
What two people groups helped build the transcontinental railroad?
Irish & Chinese
What war was a result of the U.S. containment policy?
Vietnam War
Who was the Father of Constitution?
Hint: Also wrote the Federalist Papers and Bill of Rights
James Madison
Who was responsible for inventing the process of refining inexpensive steel in the late 1800s?
Henry Bessemer?
Invented the Bessemer Converter
What major US scandal was the first test of executive privilege
Watergate