Quotes in History
Roaring 20's
People
World War 2
Colonial Period
100
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
FDR
100
Young western women who flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behavior.
Flappers
100
An iconic figure for all women during WW2.
Who is Rosie the Riveter?
100
The event where 6 million Jews were murdered.
Holocaust
100
Why was Jamestown, Virginia Important/Historical?
The first permanent successful English Colony.
200
"I pledge to you that we shall have an honorable end to the war in Vietnam."
Who is Nixon?
200
What is another name for the roaring 20's?
The Jazz Age
200
The general who later became the first president of the United States
George Washington
200
France and Great Britain gave Hitler land so they try to avoid conflict.
Appeasement
200
The first democratically-elected legislative body in British North America. This group of representatives met from 1619 until 1776.
House of Burgesses
300
"Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery. I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally."
Abraham Lincoln
300
What is the 18th Amendment
The illegal consumption, selling or transport of alcohol.
300
The men who went on the first American expedition to cross what is now the western portion of the United States
Lewis and Clark
300
The day the U.S. and British troops landed on Normandy Beach in France?
D-day
300
A person who supports the separation of a particular group of people from a larger body on the basis of ethnicity, religion, or gender.
Separatist?
400
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
MLK
400
A social, cultural, and artistic center bringing a new identity to African Americans
Harlem Renaissance
400
A Spanish explorer, conquistador, and governor. Best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
400
What is Pearl Harbor?
The reason why the United States joined WW2.
400
Trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people. In colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693.
Salem Witch Trials
500
"Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them."
Ronald Reagan
500
What is the Valentine's Day Massacre?The murder of seven men who were killed by Al Capone's gang.
Valentine's Day Massacre
500
The woman who helped Lewis and Clark on their expedition.
Sacagawea
500
It was created to help Veterans of World War ll with benefits such as education.
G.I. Bill
500
An armed conflict between American Indian inhabitants of present-day New England and English colonists and their Indian allies in 1675-78
King Philip's war
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