American Presidents
This Republican "Bull Moose" president was famous for busting up trusts and "carrying a big stick" during his presidency from 1901 to 1909
Who is Teddy Roosevelt?
Not talking about COVID, JFK used this term to describe the military blockade he placed around Cuba to prevent war with the Soviets
What is Quarantine?
Owing to his 12 years as US president, FDR used this power a whopping 635 times to try and stop Congressional decisions he didn't like
What is the power to Veto?
This country was originally a member of the Axis Powers at the start of WWII, but joined the Allies against them in 1943
What is Italy?
This inventor created Alternating Current to compete with his former mentor and employer Thomas Edison's Direct Current electrical system
Who is Nikola Tesla?
Grandfather of the 23rd president of the United States, this man only served a month of his term before famously dying of Pneumonia, becoming the first president to ever die in office
Who is William Henry Harrison?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY:
This Soviet leader denounced his predecessor Joseph Stalin when he took over the USSR following his death
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
Andrew Jackson famously said in reference to this branch "John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it"
What is the Judicial Branch?
(Acceptable: What is the Supreme Court?)
This term refers to the illegal detainment of Japanese Americans following the Pearl Harbor attacks that brought the US into the war
What is Internment?
This wealthy banker acquired so much money in this period he was called to bail out the federal government in both 1895 and 1907
Who is JP Morgan?
The second president to ever be impeached, this man faced charges of Lying Under Oath and Obstruction of Justice for lying about an affair he had with the then White House intern Monica Lewinsky
Who is Bill Clinton?
This term refers to a reduction in Cold War tensions, a thaw if you will
What is Détente
This agency was created under president Eisenhower to "provide for research into problems of flight within and outside the earth's atmosphere, and for other purposes"
What is the NASA?
This beach was the site of D Day and the eventual freedom of France from German control during WWII under led by general Dwight D. Eisenhower
What is Normandy?
Reporters like Ida Wells, Jacob Riis, and Ida Tarbell were called this for sorting through the proverbial "mud" of the period
What are Muckrakers?
This man entered office when his predecessor Richard Nixon resigned following the massive Watergate Scandal, with one of his only major actions as president pardoning him
Who is Gerald Ford?
Named for a Wisconsin senator popularized during the Red Scare, this strategy involves making fierce accusations against others with little to no evidence backing up the claim
What is McCarthyism?
Not to be confused with the UN, Woodrow Wilson was a big proponent of this organization, but the US didn't join because of isolationist sentiments in Congress
What is the League of Nations?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY:
These were the original names for the first two atomic bombs ever created dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan
What are Fat Man and Little Boy?
This democratic New York City political machine was led by William "Boss" Tweed in an effort to gain votes and political power
What is Tammany Hall?
President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War, this man was indicted with treason but was never tried
Who is Jefferson Davis?
This "spirit" of good feelings between the US and the USSR, named for a presidential location, was shattered following the U2 Spy Plane Incident under president Eisenhower, ending a brief thaw in Cold War tensions
What is Camp David?
This department of the federal government was created under George W. Bush following the 2001 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center
What is the Department of Homeland Security?
This is the covert name for the top secret nuclear weapons development program started in Los Alamos in 1942
What is the Manhattan Project?
This American writer coined the term "Gilded Age" and has written multiple books and novels since
Who is Mark Twain?