1775-1900
Name of the theory according to which the US is destined by God to spread democracy across the North American continent.
Manifest Destiny
Nicknames given to the 1920s
the Jazz Age / the Roaring Twenties
Name the movement inspired by Malcolm X
Black Power
Who first developed the Internet?
the US military
When did the attack that started the "war on terror" on the Twin towers happened, and what is this its nickname?
9/11, 2001
What is the name under which the 13th Amendment is known and when was it signed?
The Emancipation Proclamation - 1863
During which years was alcohol banned in the U.S + name of the period
1920-1933 / Prohibition
Name of the Republican senator who started a campaign to find communists + the nickname given his campaign
Senator Joseph McCarthy / Witch hunt
Name two black artists of the period
Toni Morrison / Maya Angelou;
Michel Basquiat / Tyree Guyton
In which year did the Black lives matter movement started? Why?
2013, to oppose police brutality to African Americans.
Name the event and date that started the War of Independence.
The Boston Tea Party = colonists dumping a tea cargo into the Atlantic - 1773
What did General Motors start producing in 1908 and why is it significant?
Model T / beginning of assembly-line production
Name the two wars the U.S. fought trying to contain communism
Korea & Vietnam
Name of the protagonists of the 1998 scandal
Bill Clinton & Monica Lewinsky
in 2016, who was the first female candidate for presidency?
Hillary Clinton
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence and when was it adopted?
Thomas Jefferson / July 4, 1776
What right gives the 19th amendment and when was it signed?
Women get the right to vote / 1920
When was the ruling Brown v. Board of Education issued and what did it bring about
1954 / end of segregation
How did Ronald Reagan oppose the principle of the New Deal?
By cutting taxes and services
What started the #metoo movement?
Widespread sexual abuse by film producer Harvey Weinstein
What is the Indian removal act and when was it implemented?
Native Americans moved to reservations - 1830
When was Franklin D. Roosevelt elected and on which programme?
1932 / New Deal social programmes
1950s literary movement that rebelled against capitalism, consumer society and Cold War politics
Beat Generation
Topics on which Democrats and Republicans have polarized positions
taxation; gun-control; immigration; diversity
How and when did the subprime crisis start?
2008 – with the collapse of Lehman Brothers bank