TCNJ History
Cold War
American History
Early Modern History (1492-1789)
Ancient History
100
Renamed to ___ in 1996.
What is The College of New Jersey (TCNJ)?
100
This senator led a series of hearings with the intention of rooting out communists in American institutions.
Who is Senator Joe McCarthy?
100
This 1963 speech by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington became one of the most famous in U.S. history.
What is the “ I Have A Dream Speech”
100
This large Native American confederacy famously maintained an intricate system of decentralized representative governance.
What is the Haudenosaunee/Iroquois Confederacy?
100
This was the first emperor of Rome.
Who was Augustus?
200
Renamed to Trenton State College in this year.
What is 1958?
200
The launch of this Soviet satellite in 1958 is viewed by many as marking the start of the Space Race.
What is Sputnik?
200
This 1803 land deal with France nearly doubled the size of the United States.
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
200
This 17th century French philosopher made the claim "I think, therefore I am."
Who was René Descartes?
200
This conflict between Athens and Sparta is viewed as marking the end of the former’s golden age as well as that of Greece overall.
What was the Peloponnesian War?
300
The state legislature established the New Jersey State Normal School in this year.
What is 1855?
300
Richard Nixon famously normalized relations with this country.
What is China?
300
Issued on January 1, 1863, this wartime order applied only to states “in rebellion” and transformed the Civil War into a fight for freedom as well as union.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
300
It was in this West African kingdom that a series of famous brass sculptures were crafted around this period.
What was the Kingdom of Benin?
300
This Mesopotamian ruler created one of the first known law codes.
Who was Hammurabi?
400
Renamed to ___ in 1908.
What is New Jersey State Normal School at Trenton?
400
This was the alliance between the U.S.S.R. and seven Eastern European countries.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
400
This 1969 NASA mission’s lunar module, nicknamed “Eagle,” carried Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the Moon, while Michael Collins orbited above.
What was the Apollo 11?
400
This series of treaties brought an end to the Thirty Years’ War in 1648.
What is the Peace of Westphalia?
400
This Mesoamerican culture was the point of origin for many features that we associate with later societies such as the Maya and the Aztecs.
What is the Olmec Culture?
500
The name preceding Trenton State College, but after New Jersey Teachers College and State Normal School at Trenton.
What is New Jersey State Teachers College at Trenton?
500
The Soviet Union’s response to this uprising would cause a split in the British left which would see the creation of the slang term “tankie.”
What is the Hungarian Revolution of 1956?
500
This 1848 convention is commonly known as the start to the women's rights movement in the U.S.
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
500
The three great unifiers of Japan who brought an end to the Warring States period are Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and ______.
Who was Tokugawa Ieyasu?
500
This emperor was the most famous ruler of the Maurya Empire.
Who is Ashoka?