What had happened was...
What had happened was..
We were just trying to travel to a land of new opportunities and our wagon fell apart, we ran out of food, and our cousin got cholera. How unfortunate!
Oregon Trail
Bruh... Did the Germans just really sink this British passenger ship with their submarines? Are they trying to get us involved in WWI?
Lusitania
Germany, we see you trying to get with Mexico to invade us to drag us into World War I. Let's go ahead and publish that right quick and get people fired up.
Zimmerman Telegram
I can't even with these people not listening to me... I said to stay away from political parties and foreign affairs.
George Washington
With the publishing of "Uncle Tom's Cabin", I'm the "Little Old Lady who started this great war."
Harriet Beecher Stowe
What had happened was...
We had segregation but this overturned it.
Brown vs. Board of Education
Bruh...
This invasion didn't work because you refused to provide airpower to wipe out the Cuban air force. No way now that we'll be able to liberate Cuba from Castro's regime.
Bay of Pigs Invasion
You mean those presidents were just lying to the American people about what was going on in the Vietnam War. Hmmmm... Glad the Washington Post spilled the Tea on this.
What was this document called?
Pentagon Papers
DAILY DOUBLE
I can't even deal with Great Britain right now. They are not fixing to make me house these soldiers in my house.
What was this called?
Quartering Act
"We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy but because they are hard."
And other quotes...
John F Kennedy
What had happened was....
I didn't mean to give you smallpox but we did give you some horses too. We also got some corn, sweet potatoes, and other stuff for Europe.
Columbian Exchange
DAILY DOUBLE
Andrew Jackson, Bruh... Why you just giving jobs to all your friends. I am so much more qualified. You should give me a job.
What was this action called?
Spoils System
This style of journalism "spilled the tea" by exposing all of the issues in society during the Progressive Era.
Muckraking
This president couldn't even with European Powers making this doctrine to keep them out of the Western Hemisphere.
James Monroe
You need help assimilating into American Society.... Don't worry. I got you at the Hull House in Chicago.
Jane Addams
What had happened was...
In 1797, we sent three American agents to negotiate with the French, but their three agents wanted a bribe to even see France's Foreign Minister. We are not fixing to pay that.
XYZ Affair
Bruh... Did you see that Preston Brooks just whacked me upside the head with his cane... all over a debate over slavery.
Who am I?
Charles Sumner
Go ahead... Spill the tea and publish that list of communists. I bet you my friend is on it.
Joseph McCarthy/McCarthyism
The Underground Railroad
This group of people used their language during WWII and the Japanese couldn't understand them. They said it sounded like they were underwater.
Navajo Code Talkers
What had happened was....
We had prohibition but this amendment got rid of it.
21st Amendment
Bruh....
Let's go explore America! We gonna get those three G's!!!!
What are the three G's?
God, Glory, and Gold
Spill the tea.
We all know that you are a crook. Just go ahead and release those tapes you claim that you don't have. Those CIA agents weren't looking for a flashlight.
Watergate Scandal
You are trying to tell me that it is going to take me TWO MONTHS to travel around the coast of South America to deliver these goods. I can't even. Something needs to be done!
Panama Canal
In the Vietnam War, I carried wounded members of my platoon to rescue helicopters. Even though I was critically wounded I refused to stop gathering survivors. I was awarded the distinguished Service Cross and Congressional Medal of Honor.
Roy Benavidez