Native American History
The three sisters of Native American farming… corn, ___, and ___.
What are corn, beans, and squash?
The Amazon Prime show, My Lady Jane, centers around this member of the Tudor Family who sat on the Throne of England for 9 days.
One of the best generals of his time, this (not that short) man led France to significant military and political success in the 18th-19th century.
Who is Napoleon?
This car tycoon built the Model T, and mastered the art of the assembly line production process to reduce the price of his cars.
Who is Henry Ford?
The battle and location in which the Revolutionary War ended.
What is Yorktown/The Battle of Yorktown?
The forced relocation of thousands of Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Seminole peoples to Oklahoma, resulting in immense suffering and death.
What is the Trail of Tears?
This rapper won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2018.
Who is Kendrick Lamar?
This abolitionist figure was known for his radical and wild tactics, including a raid on Harper’s Ferry, where he and his team took weapons and freed slaves.
Who is John Brown?
Invented in 1793, this machine decreased factory labor and increased enslaved labor.
What is the cotton gin?
This year was dubbed “The Springtime of Nations” for the unusually high number of revolutions across Europe.
What is 1848?
Institutions designed to assimilate Native American children by suppressing their languages, religions, and cultural identities through forced education.
What are "Indian Boarding Schools"?
What is Video Killed the Radio Star?
This French scientist discovered 2 elements on the periodic table, she died of radiation exposure to these toxic elements.
This “commodore” owned 25% of all railroads in the US at his peak, and now has an SEC university named after him.
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
This machine was prominently used during the French Revolution for executions and was last used in 1977.
What is the Guillotine?
A gathering celebrating Native American culture through traditional dancing, drumming, singing, food, and community fellowship.
What is a powwow?
This 1994-95 celebrity murder trial had gripped the nation for about 11 months.
What is The People vs. O.J. Simpson?
This Egyptian pharaoh was one of the last of the pharaohs, and married a Roman emperor!
Who is Cleopatra?
This novel by this author revealed the horrible nature of the meat packing industry.
What is The Jungle by Uptown Sinclair?
A period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia in 1968 which expanded on the loosening of censorship, freedom of speech, and “socialism with a human face”.
What is Prauge Spring?
The largest federally recognized tribe in the United States with over 300,000 members (The ___ Nation).
What is the Cherokee Nation?
At the 1845 funeral of former US President Andrew Jackson, his pet parrot, Poll, had to be removed from the service for doing what?
What is Mimicking Jackson's voice and screaming a string of blue-collar profanities?
Author of “The Art of War”, this Chinese general was one of the most brilliant military minds of the ancient world
Who is Sunzi Bingfa?
What year was the first federal law created to reduce/limit child labor?
What is 1916? (Keating–Owen Act AKA Wick’s Bill)
This 1791 Revolution led by Toussaint L’Ouverture abolished slavery under French authority and stoked fear in the hearts of southern slaveholding Americans.
What is the Haitian Revolution?