Carpenter/Bratton
In 1492, this explorer sailed across the Atlantic and is often credited with “discovering” the New World.
Christopher Columbus
Which US President campaigned on his economic plan, The New Deal
Franklin Roosevelt
This famous river, the longest in the world, was the lifeline of ancient Egyptian civilization.
The Nile
This syncretic religion, combining West African spiritual practices with Catholicism, is practiced in Haiti and Louisiana.
Voodoo
In ancient Greece, this physician, often called the “Father of Medicine,” emphasized observation, diagnosis, and the idea that illness had natural causes rather than being punishment from the gods.
Hippocrates
Founded in 1607, this Virginia settlement was the first permanent English colony in North America.
Jamestown
What major event during World War I created a high demand for labor in northern cities?
The Great Migration
This religion, founded in India around 1500 BCE, is one of the world’s oldest and is still widely practiced there today.
Hinduism
Unlike Voodoo, this African-American folk magic tradition is often practiced individually and focuses on charms, spells, and herbal remedies.
Ancient Egyptians used this type of professional, who combined practical treatments with religious rituals, to care for the sick and document medical knowledge on papyrus.
physician (or scribe-doctor)
The First Anglo-Powhatan War (1610–1614) ended with the marriage of this Powhatan leader’s daughter to English settler John Rolfe, temporarily easing tensions between the groups.
Pocahontas
Though its origins trace back to a Cleveland oil-refining business in 1863, what business did John D. Rockefeller start up in 1870?
The Standard Oil Company
This Chinese thinker, who lived in the 6th–5th century BCE, taught about filial piety, proper conduct, and social harmony.
Confucius
In Hoodoo and Conjure, this type of object, often a small bag filled with herbs, roots, and personal items, is used to bring luck, love, or protection
mojo bag (or gris-gris)
Hippocratic medicine taught that human health depended on balancing these four bodily fluids
blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile
This 1794 uprising by western Pennsylvania farmers protesting a federal excise tax on whiskey was the first major test of the new U.S. government’s authority under the Constitution.
The Whiskey Rebellion
What was the nickname given to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition due to the dazzling white Beaux-Arts architecture of its main buildings?
The White City
This Athenian statesman introduced democratic reforms around 508 BCE, earning him the title “Father of Athenian Democracy
Cleisthenes
In African-American Conjure traditions, this practice involves leaving offerings at literal or symbolic crossroads, often invoking spirits for guidance, protection, or revenge. It combines Kongo cosmology, West African ancestor veneration, and Catholic saint symbolism, and was historically used by enslaved people in the American South to subtly resist oppression.
Crossroads Magic
Before germ theory, many people believed diseases like cholera and the plague were caused by this “bad air” or poisonous vapor, which was thought to arise from rotting matter.
Miasma
This 18th-century Quaker, known for his dwarfism and dramatic protests, was an early abolitionist who publicly condemned slavery in Pennsylvania and beyond.
Benjamin Lay
In this 1884 case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Native Americans born into tribes were not automatically citizens under the Fourteenth Amendment because they were not considered “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States.
Elk v. Wilkins
This Roman law code, created around 450 BCE and displayed in the Forum, was the first attempt to write down Rome’s laws for all citizens to see.
Twelve Tables
Enslaved Africans in the American South often invoked this West African spirit, associated with iron, war, and communication, blending it with Catholic Saint Michael in Louisiana Voodoo rituals, demonstrating the syncretism of African religious systems and European influences.
Ogun
First formalized on the battlefields of World War I, this system prioritized treating wounded soldiers based on the severity of their injuries and likelihood of survival, rather than the order in which they were injured.
Triage