U.S. History
1607-1866
1607-1866
This English colony, established on an island off the coast of North Carolina in 1587, completely disappeared by 1590, leaving behind only the word "Croatoan" carved into a post.
What is the Lost Colony of Roanoke?
This is the name given to the historic era immediately following the Civil War, during which the United States worked to rebuild the South and readmit the Confederate states back into the Union.
What is Reconstruction?
This U.S. President led the nation through the Great Depression with his "New Deal" programs and served as Commander-in-Chief during most of World War II.
Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?
In this 1995 animated Disney movie, the Pocahontas sings the famous song "Colors of the Wind" to teaches this captain to respect nature and the land.
Who is John Smith?
In 1940, over 330,000 Allied soldiers trapped on the beaches of this French city were rescued and evacuated across the English Channel by a massive fleet of military and civilian boats.
What is Dukirk?
These two events is Massachusetts highlighted the growing dissatisfaction the colonies had with the British government.
What are the Boston Tea Party and Boston Massacre?
The Great Depression began in October 1929 following this catastrophic economic event on Wall Street, where stock prices plummeted and investors lost billions of dollars.
What is the Stock Market Crash?
This U.S. President, nicknamed "Old Hickory," strongly pushed for the passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
Who was Andrew Jackson?
They were investigative journalists who reported about and exposed such issues as crime, fraud, and waste.
Who were muckrakers?
The violent conflict known as "Bleeding Kansas" erupted in the 1850s over whether the territory would allow slavery, a decision left to the voters under this political policy.
What is popular sovereignty?
This tense event started when U.S. intelligence discovered evidence of a general Soviet arms build-up on an island near Florida.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
He sued for his freedom under the precedent he free due to his residence in a free territory where slavery was prohibited.
Who is Dred Scott?
In this hit musical, Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton debates his financial plan with Thomas Jefferson in a series of rap battles styled as congressional debates, titled these "Rooms."
What are the "Cabinet Battles"?
While on the run, Everett and his friends record a hit song under this band name, which became an accidental radio sensation across Mississippi.
Who are The Soggy Bottom Boys?
This was the first state to secede from the Union before the start of the Civil War.
What is South Carolina?
Passed in 1882, this law became the first major federal legislation to suspend immigration into the United States based entirely on a specific group's nationality or race.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
She wrote about the corruption of Standard Oil in her book, The History of Standard Oil.
Who is Ida Tarbell?
Although he lies to his fellow escapees that he was arrested for robbing an armored car, the fast-talking Ulysses Everett McGill was actually sent to the chain gang for practicing this professional occupation without a license.
What is a lawyer? (practicing law)
In the movie adaptations of Little Women, this wealthy, fun-loving boy-next-door is taken in by the March sisters as an honorary brother, eventually proposing to Jo and later marrying Amy.
Who is Laurie?
This massive religious movement in the 1730s and 1740s swept through the 13 colonies, featuring passionate, emotional preachers who traveled from town to town drawing huge outdoor crowds.
What is the Great Awakening?
Historians often use an acronym to describe the four long-term causes that led to World War I (Name the Acronym and causes)
What is M.A.I.N., Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism?
This Gilded Age tycoon, famously nicknamed "The Commodore," built a massive horizontal monopoly by consolidating control over the nation's railroads and steamship lines, forcing competitors out of business.
Who was Cornelius Vanderbilt?
In the 1986 animated movie An American Tail, this Oscar-nominated, bittersweet ballad is sung simultaneously by the main character Fievel and his sister Tanya while they are separated in America, looking at the same night sky.
What is "Somewhere Out There"?
This 21st President unexpectedly took office in 1881 after the assassination of James A. Garfield. Despite being a product of corrupt political machines himself, he surprised everyone by signing the Pendleton Act, which created the modern civil service system.
Who was Chester A. Arthur?