Presidents
This president, elected in 1980, oversaw a conservative revolution and instituted his "supply side economics" along with the "War on Drugs" and his battles with labor unions.
Ronald Reagan
This amendment officially ended slavery
13th
This man was the King of England during the Revolutionary War.
King George III
What was the transfer of new crops, livestock, culture, disease, technology, and ideas between Europe and the New World after Spanish settlement (named for Christopher Columbus)?
Columbian Exchange
This is the first name of Mr. Berkley's wife. It was one of the most popular names of 1994.
Sarah
Which political party was led by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, was pro-French, strictly interpreted the U.S. Constitution, opposed the national bank and high tariffs, wanted a small peacetime army and navy, and was supported by skilled workers, small farmers, and plantation owners?
Democratic Republicans
Also known as the Serviceman's Readjustment Act of 1944, this granted money to any serviceman during World War II to attend college, buy a house, or further their education.
G.I. Bill
What was the name of Thomas Paine’s 1776 pamphlet that argued in clear and forceful language that the colonies should become independent states and break all political ties with the British monarchy?
Common Sense
What was the revolutionary ideal that women needed to be educated to raise virtuous citizens, called on women to teach republican values within the family, and granted women a new importance in American political culture?
Republican Motherhood
This is the mascot of the high school that Mr. Berkley attended. There is a taxidermized one of these in the entryway to the school that was shot in Botswana.
Leopards
Presidents James Buchanan and Franklin Pierce were nicknamed this because they were Northerners who could be molded to support southern interests.
Doughfaces
The 18th Amendment was known as the "Prohibition Amendment" - Which amendment overturned the 18th Amendment?
21st Amendment
What was the name of Union General Winfield Scott‘s three-part plan to defeat the Confederacy, which included the use of the U.S. Navy to blockade Southern ports to cut off supplies, taking control of the Mississippi River to divide the Confederacy in two, and raising and training an army of 500k to conquer Richmond?
Anaconda Plan
Which Revolutionary War battle is considered the turning point in favor of the American colonists?
Battle of Saratoga
This is the name of Mr. Berkley's cat. Also the name of the 2000s rapper who sang "Hot in Herre"
Nelly
Who won the presidential election of 1864?
Abraham Lincoln
What was the U.S. policy that warned European nations that the U.S. would not allow foreign powers to establish new colonies in the Western Hemisphere or permit existing colonies to be influenced by outside powers?
Monroe Doctrine
This man was the founder of the NAACP and leader of the civil rights movement in the early 1900s.
W.E.B. DuBois
This was the name of the 1968 attack carried out by the Viet Cong against American and South Vietnamese troops. While the American troops won the battle, it showed that the war was far from over.
Tet Offensive
This artist was Mr. Berkley's #1 most played on his Spotify Wrapped for 2024. (The main reason is that his music shows up on a lot of running playlists)
Kendrick Lamar
William McKinley
What was the name of the British declaration that prohibited American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains after the Seven Years’ War?
Proclamation of 1763
Who founded the Hull House (settlement house) in Chicago in 1889, which provided education, daycare, health services, and English lessons for immigrant children and families in the surrounding poor neighborhoods?
Jane Addams
This 1925 trial took on the debate of the teaching of evolution in schools.
During Mr. Berkley's failed attempt to run for class president in 8th grade, this was his campaign slogan (it is really corny and rhymes)