YAPPING
ABRAHAM LINCOLN GAVE THIS SPEECH TO RALLY SUPPORT FOR THE MORAL CAUSE OF THE UNION
GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
CURRENTLY ON LOAN IN D.C. THE AMERICAN PROGRESS PAINTING IS AN ALLEGORY FOR THIS WESTERN MOVEMENT
MANIFEST DESTINY
‘BOOMERS’ CONTINUE TO IMPACT OUR ECONOMY TODAY, BUT THEIR NAME ORIGINATES FROM THIS TERM FOR THE EXPLOSION OF BIRTHS JUST AFTER WWII
BABY BOOM
THE INTOLERABLE ACTS WERE A SERIES OF PUNITIVE TAXES IMPOSED ON THE COLONIES AFTER THIS ACT OF REBELLION
BOSTON TEA PARTY
THE CIVIL WAR WAS A CULMINATION OF GOVERNMENTAL FAILURES TO STOP THIS (GROWING TENSIONS BETWEEN REGIONS)
SECTIONALISM
MLK’S FAMOUS “I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH” WAS GIVEN DURING THIS FAMOUS MARCH
MARCH ON WASHINGTON
THIS TWENTIETH-CENTURY MOVEMENT FROM SOUTH TO NORTH OFFERED MORE OPPORTUNITY TO THE BLACK POPULATION IN URBAN CENTERS
GREAT MIGRATION
THIS PRESIDENT’S SUPPLY-SIDE ECONOMICS HAD INTENTIONS TO BOOST THE ECONOMY
RONALD REAGAN
THE BATTLE OF FORT SUMTER IN CHARLESTON, S.C., IS CONSIDERED THE FIRST IN THIS WAR
CIVIL WAR
THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT SUCCEEDED IN ACHIEVING THIS (OF COURSE, THAT FAILED TO STOP ANYONE, AND THE LAW WAS REVERSED)
PROHIBITION (BANNING ALCOHOL)
HIGHLIGHTING BROAD INEQUALITIES, THIS ABOLITIONIST AND SUFFRAGIST REMARKED “AIN’T I A WOMAN?” IN AN 1851 SPEECH
SOJOURNER TRUTH
WHITE FLIGHT IS ONE TERM FOR THE MOVEMENT IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY FROM CITIES TO THESE OUTSKIRTS
SUBURBS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE BOOMED DURING THIS EARLY PROCESS OF THE TRANSOCEANIC SWAPPING OF GOODS, PEOPLE, CROPS, ANIMALS, CULTURE, AND DISEASE
COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE OR TRIANGLE TRADE
WORLD WAR II WAS FOUGHT IN TWO THEATRES: THE EUROPEAN AND THIS ONE, THAT INCLUDED THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY
PACIFIC
THIS TREATY ENDED WORLD WAR I, BUT WOULD FAIL TO STOP A SECOND WORLD WAR
TREATY OF VERSAILLES
“WE CHOOSE TO GO TO THE MOON” IS A QUOTE IN A COLD WAR SPEECH BY THIS POPULAR PRESIDENT
JFK
MANY BEARING THIS NUMERICAL NAME MOVED TO CALIFORNIA WITH HOPES OF CASHING IN AFTER A BIG DISCOVERY
1849ERS/49ERS
FACTORIES IN THE NORTH GOT THEIR MONEY UP BY MAKING USE OF THIS ELI WHITNEY INNOVATION DURING THE MARKET REVOLUTION
INTERCHANGEABLE PARTS
REMEMBER THE MAINE! REMARKED YELLOW JOURNALISTS RALLYING FOR THIS WAR
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
JIMMY CARTER’S INABILITY TO BRING HOME THE HOSTAGES IN THIS COUNTRY WAS A MAJOR FAILURE FOR HIS ADMINSTRATION
“DON’T CRUCIFY ME ON A CROSS OF GOLD,” IS A FAMOUS SPEECH QUOTE FROM THIS HISTORICAL FIGURE (HE MAKES AN APPEARANCE AGAIN IN THE SCOPES TRIAL!)
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
HOME IS WHEREVER YOU MAKE IT… OR SO THOUGHT THOSE WHO TOOK CONGRESS UP ON THEIR OFFER OF 160 ACRES FROM THIS 1862 ACT
HOMESTEAD ACT OF 1892
A BOOM IN CONSUMERISM IN THE 1920s INCLUDED A PRACTICE OF BUYING STOCKS ON THIS (WHAT COULD GO WRONG?)
THE MARGIN
HARRY S. TRUMAN’S CHOICE TO SUPPORT THE NON-COMMUNIST SOUTH IN THIS CONFLICT WAS AN EXAMPLE OF COLD WAR CONTAINMENT POLICY
KOREAN WAR
JFK’S DISASTROUS FAILURE IN THE BAY OF PIGS INVASION IN CUBA WAS INTENDED TO OVERTHROW THIS COMMUNIST LEADER
FIDEL CASTRO