That Was So Long Ago
Planes were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in this year.
What is 2001?
Unlike the one in the 1930s, the one in from 1815-1821 was caused by wartime inflation and a panic related to the dropping price of cotton.
What is a depression?
The Treaty of Paris of ___________ (year) ended the Spanish American War.
What is 1898?
Cesar Chavez
What is Activist?
The Louisiana Purchase is famous for being 3 cents/acre, but this land, nicknamed "Seward's Folly", was actually cheaper (2 cents/acre).
What is Alaska?
This world changing device was introduced by Apple in 2007.
What is the iPhone?
The USS Merrimack was this type of ship, unlike the USS Hornet which was an aircraft carrier.
What is an ironclad (battleship)?
This treaty ended WW1
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
Joan Baez
What is Musician?
Wilmer McClean gets the unwanted distinction of having the start and finish of this event occur in his house.
What is the War Between the States?
In 2012, the US Rover Curiosity takes a selfie in this far out location.
What is Mars?
Unlike the Barbary Pirates, Charles Gibbs was a pirate in the waters of this closer body of water.
What is the Caribbean Sea?
This treaty ended the war with Japan after peace was declared in 1945.
What is the Treaty of San Francisco?
Sandra Day O'Connor
What is Politician (Supreme Court Justice)?
The symbol for the democratic party originated when this president was called an ugly name by his opponent. (The symbol is a donkey.)
Who is Andrew Jackson?
In 1996, this animal is successully cloned by scientists who name it Dolly.
What is a sheep?
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 is well-known, but this country's attack on Orleans, Massachusetts, in 1919 is not-so-well-known.
Who is Germany?
This Treaty ended the Mexican-American War.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
William Lloyd Garrison
What is Activist?
In 1864, this general sent a telegram to the White House giving the city of Savannah, GA, to Lincoln as a Christmas gift.
Who is General Sherman?
Suprisingly younger than video games, this multi-colored square puzzle was invented in 1980.
What is a Rubix cube?
While Ronald Reagan may have earned a Golden Globe award as an actor, this president earned a PhD which helped him during his terms as president in the 1910s.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
This ended the War Between the States.
What is Lee's surrender at Appomattox?
Dan Quayle
What is Politician? (VP under GHW Bush)
During World War 2, Americans renamed this fast food item a "Liberty Steak" because they thought its real name sounded too German.
What is a hamburger?