Clothing History
American Imperialism and World Wars
The Cold War
Immigration and Labor
Random US History Trivia!
100
Seen here, this style represented women's increased sense of freedom and independence during the 1920s
What were flappers
100
The US took possession of Hawaii through this action
What is annexation
100
this aspect of the Cold War involved the US and the USSR competing over who could build the most nuclear weapons
What was the arms race
100
This immigration law passed in 1882 was one of the first ever full bans of a racial or ethnic group from immigrating or gaining citizenship in the US
What was the Chinese Exclusion Act
100
These popular high top sneakers started out as a basketball shoe in the early 20th century, named after a famous player at the time, they became the first celebrity-endorsed shoe.
What are Converse Chuck Taylor All Stars
200
This denim company was founded in the Gold Rush in San Francisco, to make durable pants for miners and other hard laborers
What is Levi Strauss
200
The Zimmerman telegram was a factor in the US entering this war
What is World War I
200
This policy, authored by George Kennan after WWII, said that the main foreign policy objective of the US should be to prevent the spread of Communism globally
What is Containment Policy
200
This 1965 law reversed the impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act and other immigration restrictions, resulting in a major increase in immigration for people from Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East
What was the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 (aka Hart-Cellar Act)
200
He was the famous orator who was born into slavery and rose to be a leading abolitionist, in his time one of the most famous men in the world
Who was Frederick Douglass
300
This clothing style, popular during the 1940s among Mexican American teens who borrowed the look from African American jazz musicians, led to violent backlash and riots in Los Angeles and other major American cities.
What are Zoot Suits
300
This legislation, first passed during WWI, required that men 18 and older register for any possible draft into mandatory military service
What is the Selective Service Act
300
In this country, the CIA secretly fund a coup and regime change in 1954 to overthrow the democratically elected president and instal a puppet dictator who would support United Fruit/Chiquita Banana
What is Guatemala
300
Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta were leaders of the United Farm Workers (UFW) who carried out this famous strike and boycott
What was the Delano Grape Strike/Boycott
300
He was President of the Philippines following independence from Spain, when he was told by the US they would support his independence movement, before they went back on this and purchased the Philippines, leading to the Philippine-American War
Who was Emilio Aguinaldo
400
The tragic Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911 resulted in greater support for unions and workplace safety regulations. What was the name of the popular trend that the "shirtwaist" was part of?
What is the Gibson Girl style
400
These laws passed in 1917 and 1918, said to prevent wartime spying, had the effect of strictly limiting free speech rights - especially limiting protest against the war or the draft
What were the Espionage and Sedition Acts
400
This Vietnamese leader wanted full independence and self-determination for his nation and people, to free them from foreign rule by France, Japan, and the United States
Who was Ho Chi Minh
400
This time period in the late 1800s/early 1900s was characterized by immense wealth among the very rich, a large wealth divide between classes, monopolies, exploitation of workers, and political corruption
What was the Gilded Age
400
She was enslaved by Thomas Jefferson, and also gave birth to six of his children
Who was Sally Hemings
500
David Bowie, Grace Jones, and Boy George were all known for this gender-transgressing style during the 1980s.
What is androgyny
500
This linked WWI and WWII, fueling the start of WWII by harshly punishing Germany for WWI
What is the Treaty of Versailles
500
This secretive plan by the US CIA ran from 1979-1992 and included sending over $20 billion in money and weapons to mujahideen fighters in Afghanistan to support them in a proxy war against the Soviet Union. These militants later evolved into the Taliban and Al Qaeda.
What was Operation Cyclone
500
Though this strike in the late 1880s was not exactly successful in its overall goals against the railroad tycoon its named for, we did get the Labor Day holiday off work because of it
What was the Pullman Strike
500
The length of time, in centuries, that Korea was one nation before the US divided it in half by offering the north to the USSR.
What is 1300 years.