American History
Which Founding Father created the New York Post?
Alexander Hamilton
What started WWI?
The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
Who fought in the Battle of Black Jack?
John Brown and Henry Clay Pate
What terrorist group is the Univerisity of Kansas's mascot named after?
Jayhawkers
What was Crazy Horse's name when he was a kid?
Curly Hair or Light-haired boy
Where did the H1N1 Pandemic of 1918 start? (Spanish Flu)
America (Kansas), Britain, France, China
Which U.S. president’s refusal to support U.S. Supreme Court decisions led to the Trail of Tears?
Andrew Jackson
Who/What kicked out the largely Black and Catholic population of Eudora Kansas?
Klu Klux Klan (KKK)
(The klan entered Kansas in 1921)
What University in Kansas experimented with Helium identifying it as a common element found on Earth?
The Univerity of Kansas (KU)
Who was Forrest High School in Florida named after?
The first grand wizard of the KKK
(changed in 2014)
What country was the first to develop paper?
China
(Created by Cai Lun)
Which President, under a claimed misunderstanding, let the Little Rock 9 not go into their newly integrated school?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
When did Kansas become the 34th State?
January 29, 1861
What was Fort Riley originally for?
To protect settlers and to Trade with settlers
What was the name of America's First Black Regiment?
The First Rhode Island Regiment
(George Washington did not like the idea)
When was Nelson Mandella elected President of South Africa, ending Apartheid?
May 10th, 1994
On his inauguration day, which president had his supporters at the white house that later turned into a mob, and he had to escape through a window
Andrew Jackson
What city did Brown V. The Board of Education happen in?
Topeka Kansas
During the Civil War, which state had the highest rate of casualties?
Kansas
Who was the first woman to serve in a cabinet position under the FDR administration?
Frances Perkins
(Created Social security, almost got Medicare for all past, pushed for minimum wage, pushed for child labor laws, supervised the Fair Labor Act, etc.)
Who conquered the Song Dynasty, unifying China and bringing Mongolia, Siberia, parts of the Middle East, and even parts of Europe into the Chinese Empire?
(Year was 1260 A.D.)
Kublai Khan
(Yuan Dynasty)
Who was the first black lady to run for President?
Charlene Mitchell
(Ran under the American Communist Party)
Who is Eudora named after?
Pascal Fish's daughter, Eudora
What Native American tribes were in Native to Kansas?
Arapaho, Cheyenne, Comanche, Kansa, Kiowa, Osage, Pawnee, and Wichita