Historical World Events
This war, fought between 1846 and 1848, resulted in the U.S. acquiring vast southwestern territories.
What is The Mexican-American War?
A contemporary of Chávez and Revueltas, this composer is known for this work, a vibrant orchestral piece inspired by Mexican folk dances.
Who is Jose Pablo Moncayo?
The form of dance started which was an outgrowth of Juba dance?
What is tap dance?
The year The Oregon Treaty was signed.
What was 1846?
This 19th-century belief held that the United States was divinely ordained to expand its territory across the North American continent.
What is Manifest Destiny?
Of the more than 300 compositions in Florence Price's catalogue, how many of those are symphonies?
What is 4?
A significant rebellion that took place in 1739, which led to slave owners banning the use of drums on plantations by the enslaved.
What is the Stono Rebellion in South Carolina?
The year Nellie Bly circumvented the globe.
What was 1889?
This landmark 1954 Supreme Court case declared state-sponsored segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
What is Brown vs. Board of Education?
This composer's most famous work, Sinfonía India, incorporates melodies from Indigenous Mexican tribes.
Who is Carlos Chavez?
A regional folk musical style of Mexican Son from Veracruz.
What is Son Jarocho?
The year Czar Alexander II was assassinated.
What was 1881?
Beginning in Sicily in January 1848, this series of widespread republican revolts against European monarchies spread rapidly across the continent, with the exceptions of Russia, Spain, and the Scandinavian countries.
What is The Revolutions of 1848 (or Sprintime of Nations)?
Dvorak's time in America included a stay in this Bohemian community in Iowa.
What is Spillville?
The name of the instrument made from the jawbone of a mule or horse.
What is a quijada?
The year P.I. Tchaikovsky was born.
What was 1840?
This 1910 revolution began as a revolt against the long-standing dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz, fueled by social and economic inequalities.
What is The Mexican Revolution?
Just as in 2 other operas of his ('Mazepa' and 'the Queen of Spades'), Tchaikovsky found the plot of 'Eugene Onegin' in the works of this literary giant.
Who is Fyodor Dostoyevski?
The name of the wooden box the dancer uses for dancing and to articulate footwork.
What is a tarim?
The year Juventino Rosas died.
What was 1894?