American History
Captain John Smith became president of this Virginia colony's council in September 1608
what is Jamestown
The 1957 Civil Rights Act set up a Civil Rights division in this cabinet department
What is Justice
Step on a rusty nail & you better hope you've had your booster shot for this
What is tetanus
The clue I am reading had an example of a shift in this
what is Tense
A shiv is this type of weapon
what is knife
He served as the first chief justice of New York before he became first chief justice of the U.S
Who is John Jay
This slightly homosexual pair of super friends are said to be an allegory to 2 major civil rights leaders
Who are Professor X and Magneto
In ancient times, it was an elaborate stone coffin fit for a king
what is sarcophagus
Its the typographical mark that is missing in the first line of this clue.
what is apostrophe
This British term for a police spy or informer sounds like it's related to drugs, but it dates from the mid-19th C
what is narc
It was necessary for George Washington to surrender Fort Necessity July 3, 1754, during this war
What is The French and Indian War
The court case Missouri ex rel. Gaines was part of the NAACP's long challenge to segregation in these institutions
What are Schools
The Sutlej & Ravi are major tributaries of this river
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what is indus
In a sentence, this noun & its verb has -- excuse me, have to agree in number
what is subject
Often following "head", this term for someone in charge comes from the Japanese for "squad leader"
what is honcho
This president's political enemies referred to him as the "Beast of Buffalo
Who is Grover Cleveland
On the 4th of July in 1965, 2 years after "I Have a Dream", Martin Luther King preached on this "dream"
what is The American Dream
Based partly on Plutarch's "Lives", it's Shakespeare's one-word-title tragedy about an ancient Roman warrior
what is coriolanus
Flout, meaning "to show scorn for", is often confused with this word meaning "to show off"
what is flaunt
If you hang a Ralph or hang a Louie, you're not dispensing justice but doing this
what is making a turn
Aaron Burr & Molly Pitcher distinguished themselves at the June 28, 1778 battle of this
what is Monmouth
When shot in 1963, Medgar Evers was carrying shirts with the slogan this character, a segregation symbol, "Must Go"
Who is Jim Crow
Remember the Titans? They were cast into this region below Hades by Zeus
what is tartarus
8-letter term for a "sentence" error. Found in the present clue.
what is fragment
An equine extremity is part of this old-timey slang word for a dancer
what is hoofer