Famous American Trials
This retired football player and movie star was accused of killing his wife and fled in a low-speed chase in his white Bronco before being captured
OJ Simpson
The nationwide group of Mafia families working together was known as what?
The Commission
The first ever human civilization began here, a place whose name translates to "between two rivers"
Mesopotamia
Washington crossed this river Christmas night to surprise the British
The Delaware River
Made alcohol illegal
18th Amendment
Following a religious panic in which MA women were accused of dealing in the dark arts, 19 were executed
Salem Witch Trials
This Chicago gangster is the reason we have expiration dates on milk
Al Capone
This man controlled the Mongol Empire, at its peak the largest connected land empire in history
The first Catholic to ever be elected president, he was assassinated while driving through Dallas
JFK
Gave women the right to vote
19th Amendment
This Supreme Court case ended segregated schools, undoing the "separate but equal" precedent set in Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
The American Mafia made its roots in this city after Giuseppe Esposito immigrated from Sicily
NOLA
This Roman leader was stabbed 23 times in the Senate after overthrowing the Republic and declaring himself emperor
Julius Caesar
The Statue of Liberty was a gift from which country?
France
26th Amendment
This president was forced to answer to Congress after his affair with a White House staffer, ultimately leading to his impeachment.
Bill Clinton Impeachment Trials
This act led to the decline of the Mafia as it allowed the government to hold Don's accountable for crimes they ordered
RICO
These countries made up the Axis powers during World War II
Germany, Italy, Japan
He was the President of the Confederacy during the Civil War and was named after a Founding Father who also owned slaves
Jefferson Davis
Limited Presidents to two terms
22nd Amendment
This Supreme Court case declared that enslaved people were not American citizens and could not sue for their freedom
Dred Scott Trial
This Union leader is suspected of being killed by the Mafia but his body has never been recovered
Jimmy Hoffa
This civilization invented the number 0
India
This East Coast city was the first capital of the United States
3rd Amendment