Early American History
The first attempted English settlement in North Carolina was this "lost" colony
Roanoke
Secretary of State John Hay called this conflict a "splendid little war"
Spanish-American War
The United States entered World War II after what event
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
What was the name given to discriminatory laws against African-Americans
Jim Crow Laws
What is the belief that workers should own and equally distribute the means of production
Communism
Who wrote the declaration of independence?
Thomas Jefferson
The American Civil War started in what year
1861
World War I began when this man was shot and killed in Sarajevo
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What African-American leader advocated for slow progress and submission rather than speedy reform?
Booker T. Washington
This country took over 50 Americans prisoner after Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomenei helped overthrow the Shah
Iran
The Virginia colony took off thanks to this cash crop
Tobacco
This President's Doctrine stated that it was America's responsibility to prevent Europe from interfering in the Americas
James Monroe
What was the name of the nationalistic political system that took over Germany and Italy?
Fascism
What Alabama Governor stated "Segregation now, Segregation tomorrow, Segregation forever"
George Wallace
This 1964 incident gave the United States an excuse to escalate the Vietnam War
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
The city of New Bern was founded by Christoph de Graffenreid, an immigrant from this country
Switzerland
This document, coming from the Seneca Falls Convention, was this first major declaration of women's rights
Declaration of Sentiments
This Japanese city was the second to get an atomic bomb dropped on it
Nagasaki
In his famous speech, Malcolm X advocated for either THIS or the bullet
Ballot
What American general was fired after scuffling with President Truman and advocating to nuke Korea
Douglas MacArthur
Directly prior to the American Revolution, North Carolina suffered a rebellion by THESE people against Governor Tryon's taxes
Regulators
This American president, the hero of New Orleans, began the process of Native American removal and the Trail of Tears
Andrew Jackson
What American President was the driving force behind the landmark Treaty of Versailles
Woodrow Wilson
The Camp Logan Riot and largest murder trial in US history happened in this city
Houston
President Richard Nixon and SoS Henry Kissinger pursued this policy of reconciliation with China
Detente