Colonial Times
This group left England aboard the Mayflower and founded Plymouth colony.
Who are the Pilgrims?
The “Gilded Age” was so-named after a novel written by this famous author.
Who is Mark Twain?
WWII officially started when this country invaded Poland in 1939.
What is Germany?
This US president started the 1970’s still stuck in the Vietnam War.
Who is Richard Nixon?
This US President is found on the $1 bill.
Who is George Washington?
This was the other group of colonists who settled in Massachusetts and focused on religious freedom from England.
Who are the Puritans?
The rise of this “movement” led to unrest and reforms for American workers.
What is the American labor movement?
This US naval base in Hawaii was attacked by the Japanese in 1941, bringing America into the war.
What is Pearl Harbor?
Scarcity and price shocks of this precious commodity drove economic turmoil during the second half of the decade.
What is oil?
If someone describes a year as “BC”, then BC means this.
What is Before Christ?
This famous Quaker was given a large amount of territory that would later become the state of Pennsylvania.
Who is William Penn?
Any 1 of these 4 industries and their main business leaders dominated the Gilded Age.
What/Who is: US Steel/Andrew Carnegie OR Standard Oil/John D Rockefeller OR Railroads/the Vanderbilts OR Banking/JP Morgan
This country fought alongside the allies in WWII before being quickly conquered by Germany in 1940.
What is France?
Richard Nixon resigned as a result of this scandal.
What is the Watergate scandal?
If an event happens in 1621, it is in this century.
What is the 17th Century?
This “debtor’s colony” was given to James Oglethorpe and named in the English King’s honor
What is Georgia?
The Gilded Age saw a rise in racist and bigoted laws in the south collectively known under this group of laws.
What are Jim Crow laws?
After bombing Hiroshima with the atomic bomb and Japan refusing to surrender, the US bombed this second Japanese city.
What is Nagasaki?
This year saw the US ally, the Shah of Iran deposed and replaced by the Islamist regime.
What is 1979?
This country is credited with inventing gun powder.
What is China?
This puritan was kicked out of Boston over his controversial views and later founded the colony of Rhode Island.
Who is Roger Williams?
This Christian movement during the mid-to-late 19th century Christian social welfare.
What is the Revivalist movement?
One of these 3 theories given in class are a reason as to why Hitler led Germany to defeat in WWII.
What is letting the allies escape Dunkirk, France in 1940 OR Germany invading Russia in 1941 OR Germany declaring war on US after Pearl Harbor?
This event ended the political career of Jimmy Carter and helped the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980.
What is the 444 day Iranian Hostage Crisis?
This founding father is displayed on the $100 bill.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?