The Ol' Days (Revolutionary Era)
Just Say No..to Slavery (1830s to 1870s)
Wars n' Depression (1900s to 1940s)
I Know My Rights! (Civil Rights Era)
No Time Like the Present (1970s to today)
100
The original 13 colonies were primarily located along the ____________________ Ocean.
What is Atlantic?
100
Reconstruction of the South largely failed because __________________ was assassinated, and a southerner named Andrew Johnson became president instead.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
Japan surprise attacked this naval base during WW2, causing the United States to declare war.
What is Pearl Harbor?
100
This Civil Rights activist got herself arrested by openly defying racist bus laws. Her goal was to challenge them in court and capture the attention of the media.
Who is Rosa Parks?
100
In 2001, the United States invaded Afghanistan because the Afghan government refused to hand over this wanted man.
Who is Osama Bin Laden?
200
Name one cause of the American Revolution.
What is...Enlightenment ideas, taxation without representation, the Boston Massacre, the Proclamation of 1763?
200
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200
F.D.R's New Deal program tried to solve the Great Depression by making construction jobs, including the building of this famous Cape Cod landmark.
What is the Sagamore Bridge, Bourne Bridge, Cape Cod Canal?
200
Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, and later the 13th Amendment passed in 1865, banned this.
What is slavery?
200
For decades, the United States has imported this form of energy from the Middle East.
What it oil?
300
Thomas Jefferson sent a team of explorers led by _______________ to map the land gained by the ______________ Purchase.
What is Lewis and Clark & Louisiana?
300
In the 1830s, Andrew Jackson forced Native Americans to leave their land and move west of the Mississippi. Today, this painful journey is called ___________.
What is the Trail of Tears?
300
The 1920s were known for jazz music and the Black community's vibrant art scene known as the Harlem Renaissance.
The 1920s were also known for Prohibition, which unsuccessfully banned ____________.
What is alcohol?
300
This Civil Rights activist supported armed defense against racism, such as neighborhood patrols. He was often seen as Martin Luther King's rival.
Who is Malcom X?
300
This 1990s president was a Democrat. He signed NAFTA and oversaw the expansion of the internet, but was impeached for a cheating scandal. He got to stay in office.
Who is Bill Clinton?
400
The Constitution's 3/5 Compromise counted ____________ as 60% of a person. The Great Compromise split Congress into ______ parts.
What are slaves & two?
400
This Southern state was the first to leave the Union after Abraham Lincoln was elected President -- they blew up Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor.
What is South Carolina?
400
After the U.S.S. Maine mysteriously exploded, ___________ convinced Americans to go to war with Spain.
What is the media/newspapers?
400
This protest in 1969 was sparked by a police raid on a NYC gay bar. It is often seen as the start of the modern LGBTQ rights movement.
What are the Stonewall Riots?
400
The United States invaded Iraq because we thought Saddam Hussein had ____________________.
What are weapons of mass destruction?
500
Enlightenment thinkers such as John Locke believed that a government should protect people's _____________ at all costs.
What is liberty/freedom/rights?
500
Name one famous abolitionist other than Abraham Lincoln that we learned about in this class..
Who is Harriet Tubman, William Lloyd Garrison, Nat Turner, John Brown, Frederick Douglass?
500
Name one reason why the United States entered World War 1.
What is...because Germany was sinking U.S. ships, the Zimmerman Telegram, to make the world "safe for democracy."
500
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 banned laws requiring citizens to ___________ before voting.
What is take a literacy test / pay a poll tax?
500
This political crisis was caused by President Nixon’s attempt to spy on the Democratic Party HQ, resulting in his resignation.
What is Watergate?