US History
What Act was protested by colonists during the Boston Tea Party?
Stamp Act
What was the name of the international group formed to maintain world peace after World War I?
The League of Nations
What products did Madam C.J. Walker make and sell?
Hair grower/haircare products
Who was the mother of Mary Shelly?
Mary Wollstonecraft
Which ancient Greek physician is known as the "Father of Medicine"?
Hippocrates
Who was president for the majority of the “Era of Good Feelings” ?
James Monroe
Who founded the Republic of Turkey after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire?
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
What was Harriet Tubman’s nickname that she was given for her work within the Underground Railroad?
Moses
Ada Lovelace, an English mathematician, is considered to be the world’s first what?
Computer programmer
Tenochtitlan was the capital city of which society?
The Aztecs
Who authored The Jungle the book that exposed Chicago’s unsanitary meatpacking industry?
Upton Sinclair
During which Chinese dynasty was Journey to the West written and published?
Ming Dynasty, 16th century
Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?
Jack “Jackie” Robinson
Who wrote The Feminine Mystique and coined the term “the problem that has no name”?
Betty Friedan
How many of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still exist?
One (The Pyramid of Giza)
Which single day battle during the civil war was considered to be the bloodiest?
The Battle of Antietam
What treaty formally ended the Russo-Japanese War?
Treaty of Portsmouth
For how many years was Nelson Mandela imprisoned?
27
Who was the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature?
Toni Morrison
What philosopher tutored Alexander the Great?
Aristotle
Which president signed the Equal Pay Act (mandating equal pay for equal work)?
John F. Kennedy
What is the only southeast Asian country never to have been colonized by a European power?
Thailand
Who was the first African American woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress?
Shirley Chisholm
Which U.S. state was the first in the country to grant women the right to vote?
Wyoming
Which civilization is believed to have developed the first writing system?
The Sumerians