Bans
Lasting from 1920-1933 this period of U.S. history was begun by the introduction of the 18th amendment and ended by the ratification of the 21st amendment.
Prohibition
Why was the Service one of the better job options for poor women?
Limited other options, low barrier to entry, often included room & board, many positions open.
Wheaton College was founded in what year.
1834
What were the 4 background causes that led to World War 1?
Military Forces, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism.
In China, fossils and bones (often of dinosaurs) are historically used for this purpose.
Medicine
In 1633 this author’s book Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems was banned by the Catholic Church for proposing a heliocentric model of the world.
Galileo Galilei
In large European households of the 19th century, which servant usually held the most power?
The Housekeeper/Butler
In 1636, this college was founded in Massachusetts.
Harvard
What new military innovation helped end World War I-style trench warfare?
Tanks
Early corsets got their structure from channels of bone from this animal.
Whale
This Chinese Emperor is reported to have burned hundreds of books and buried alive 460 Confucian scholars from 213-212 BCE.
What are some of the typical qualities of a servant or maid?
Young, unmarried, working class, immigrants, etc.
In what century was Oxford university formally founded?
13th Century
The “Zimmermann Telegram” revealed Germany’s intent to entice which country to join it against the U.S.?
Mexico
In the late 1700s, due to overcrowding of cemeteries and major collapses of the ground under Paris, France established this site as a solution.
The Catacombs of Paris
Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species was banned in England only by this institution, coincidentally also his alma mater.
Trinity College
Housemaids and lower servants would typically rise before dawn to complete which important daily task?
Lighting the Fires
What year did Wheaton College become a liberal arts institution?
1912
Which country did not join U.S. President Woodrow Wilson’s proposed postwar peace organization the League of Nations?
The United States of America
Located in the Czech Republic, this religious site features candelabras and a chandelier composed of human remains.
Bone Church / Kutna Hora / Sedlec Ossuary
From the 15th century onward this poem by Roman poet Lucretius faced heavy suppression throughout Europe due to its atomism and denial of divine creation.
De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things)
What is the name for the lowest rank of maid, often tasked with the undesirable tasks like prep work, laundry, and other menial chores?
Scullery Maid
When was the oldest university in the world founded?
859 AD/CE
Which treaty formalized the collapse of the Habsburg empire after World War I?
The Treaty of Saint-Germain
This wall-like structure, built by the Aztecs, was meant to display victims of human sacrifice both metaphorically and literally.
Tzompantli / Skull Rack