October Trivia 🍂🎃
This coffee company first introduced their famous Pumpkin Spiced Latte in the year 2004.
Starbucks
Boomtowns that were abandoned and left after there was no more gold to be found in an area.
Ghost towns
During the 1800s, Americans moved west to settle new lands and search for opportunities.
Westward Expansion
This group of immigrants faced racial prejudice as Congress passed a law which prohibited them from entering the US.
Chinese immigrants
In The Nightmare Before Christmas, this character is known as the Pumpkin King
Jack Skellington
Public lands where Native Americans were required to live by the federal government.
Reservations
The violent conflicts and battles between Native Americans and white settlers came to be known as this.
The Indian Wars
Ulysses S. Grant
This famous Michael Jackson song features a music video with zombies dancing in the streets.
Thriller
The building of this moved people and goods between the east and the west.
The Transcontinental Railroad
This process of encouraging Native Americans to adopt American customs, clothing, and education.
Americanization
A network of farmers' organizations that worked for political and economic reforms.
Farmer's Alliance
This Massachusetts town is famous for its witch trials in 1692.
Salem
This law gave 160 acres of land to persons willing to live on land and cultivate it for five years.
This movement brought farmers together to fight for better prices and fair railroad shipping rates.
The Grange Movement
Also known as the People's Party. This political party formed to advocate a larger money supply and other economic reforms.
Populist Party
This is the most popular Halloween candy sold in the US.
The law that created a civil service system for the federal government in an attempt to hire employees based on merit and qualifications rather than a spoils system.
Pendleton Civil Service Act
The first major mass migration of African Americans following the Civil War as they tried to escape racial prejudice and violence.
The Exoduster Movement
This man became known as the first presidential candidate to campaign by touring the nation and speaking directly to voters.
William Jennings Bryan