US from the Civil War to the
present
present
This ended slavery in the United States
What is the 13th Amendment?
This man saw his opportunities and took 'em
Who was Boss Plunkitt?
This was the main center of immigration in NYC for most of the 20th century
What is Ellis Island?
Thomas Jefferson is said to have brought this to the United States
What is ice cream?
This is the second greatest enemy of humankind
What is cotton candy or bubble juice?
This lasted from 1910-1970
What is the Great Migration?
These two cities merged in 1898
What are Brooklyn and New York?
This banned the immigration of people from China into the United States
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
This food started in the Americas and then returned to the United States in the form of pizza
What is the tomato?
This is obviously the best Taylor Swift song
What is there is no correct answer?
This began for the United States in December of 1941
What is World War Two?
This man exposed the horrible living conditions of the poor in his book, How the Other Half Lives.
Who was Jacob Riis?
People from this part of the world came to the United States in the early 20th century to escape religious violence
What is Eastern Europe?
Many people immigrated from Ireland because this crop failed in the 1840s
What was the potato crop?
This is the last time the NY Mets won the World Series
What is 1986?
This gave women the right to vote
What is the 19th Amendment?
This was dedicated in 1886?
What is the Statue of Liberty?
This limited immigration into the United States in 1924
What is the Reed-Johnson Act?
This deli on the Lower East Side serves a nice pastrami sandwich
What is Katz's Deli?
This man has three middle names - one of which is Brian
Who is Dumbledore?
This Supreme Court decision said that Black people were not citizens of the US
What was the Dred Scott decision?
These are the 5 boros of NYC
What are Manhattan, Brooklyn, Staten Island, Queens and the Bronx?
This was the main center of immigration in NYC in the 19th century
What is Castle Clinton (Garden)?
This drink arrived from Taiwan
What is boba tea?
Both of Chris' grandfathers served during this war
What is World War One?