Civil Rights
What was the name of the 1954 Supreme Court decision that prohibited racial segregation in public schools?
Brown vs. Board of Education
Who were the King and Queen of France that were executed during the French Revolution?
King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
What was the first country to use chemical weapon attacks in the first world war?
France
What economic disaster marked the beginning of the Great Depression?
Stock Market Crash of 1929
How long was Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” speech?
17 Minutes
What French leader became the leader of France after a coup d'etat?
Napoleon Bonaparte
What was the name of the German submarine that sank the Lusitania?
U-20
What was the unemployment rate in the U.S. during the worst part of the Depression?
24.9% OR 25%
Who was the first African American to serve on the United States Supreme Court?
Thurgood Marshall
What was the name of the political faction that favored extreme and radical changes?
Jacobins
Which country was created as a result of the Treaty of Versailles?
Yugoslavia
What were the group of men who advised President Franklin D. Roosevelt called?
Brain Trust
What was the name of the collection of state and local laws that legalized racial segregation?
Jim Crow Laws
What was the name of the woman who was later known as the “Angel of Assassination?”
Charlotte Corday
Which country withdrew from World War I in 1917?
Russia
What book by John Steinbeck was influenced by the Dust Bowl in Oklahoma?
The Grapes of Wrath