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This was the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
What is Delaware?
The most powerful family in Italy during the Italian Renaissance.
Who was the Medici family?
This person was the richest to ever live.
Who was Mansa Musa?
The current chair of the History Department at Geneseo
Who is Dr. Behrend?
Alissa's pet that keeps appearing on the power points.
Who is Nugget the guinea pig?
Before Rosa Parks's famous arrest, this fifteen-year-old was arrested on a Montgomery bus for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger.
Who is Claudette Colvin?
The person who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Who is Gavrilo Princip?
This is the actual name of the Iroqouis, not the name given to them by European colonizers.
Who are the Haudenosaunee?
The newest professor to join the History Department.
Who is Dr. Ansari?
The name of the official History Club mascot.
Who is Sturgie?
Juliette Gordon Low established this organization in 1912.
What is Girl Scouts of the USA?
French artist Gustave Courbet, famous for his paintings of the late 1840s and early 1850s, was a leader of this artistic movement.
What is Realism?
This revolutionary figure first fought against the French, then for them, and finally against the French again for the cause of Haitian independence.
Who was Toussaint L'Ouverture?
The History Department holds these meetings to give students an opportunity to read and critique professors' writing.
What are brown bags?
In 1920, eight MLB players were indicted in this scandal.
What is the Black Socks Scandal?
Out of eleven articles of impeachment, most of the charges against Andrew Johnson centered on his alleged violation of this federal law.
What is the Tenure of Office Act?
12th-century historian Geoffrey of Monmouth is known for his detailed accounts of this figure.
Who is King Arthur?
The construction of the Great Wall of China (as it appears today) was completed during this Chinese dynasty.
What is the Ming Dynasty?
These two History Department professors are twins.
Who are Kathleen and Mary Mapes?
This 1922 German film repopularized vampires.
What is Nosferatu?
This 1995 Smithsonian Air and Space exhibition was canceled after failing to meet the demands of competing interest groups.
What is Enola Gay?
The publication of this 16th century scientist's work, On the Fabric of the Human Body, is considered to have changed the course of science and the study of human anatomy.
Who is Andreas Vesalius?
Before Simon Bolivar led the country to independence, Bolivia was known as this under Spanish rule.
What is Upper Peru?
These two History Department dogs share the same name.
Who are Bowie Babovic and Bowie Cope?
A woman who changed how we celebrate Halloween by organizing Halloween celebrations in the early twentieth century.
Who is Elizabeth Krebs?