Spanish American War
This 1898 explosion in Havana Harbor helped push the United States toward war with Spain.
The USS Maine
Who was the first ever President of the United States to be assassinated while in office?
President Abraham Lincoln
Famous author who coined the phrase the Gilded Age?
What year did prohibition begin?
1920
What is Mr. Willis' hometown?
Austin, Texas
Now pick a team, rock paper scissors... winner take all.
This future U.S. president led the volunteer cavalry unit called the Rough Riders during the war.
Theodore Roosevelt
This president was assassinated in 1881 by Charles Guiteau after only a few months in office.
James Garfield
What year did WW1 begin?
1914
What city did they the infamous mobster Al Capone operate out of?
Chicago
If Mr. Willis had to choose between watching the animated Hercules from 1997 or Mulan 1998, which would he choose first?
This is tough as I love both movies dearly... I mean those soundtracks, simply perfection. But going back and analyzing deep internal biases that I possess I have come to the conclusion that I would ultimately choose Hercules. Makes me so darn happy. But best believe we playing Mulan next.
This conflict from 1899–1902 followed the Spanish-American War and involved a group against American occupation.
a) Cuban "Bay of Pigs" invasion
b) Philippine-American war
c) Occupation of Puerto Rico
b) Philippine-American war
This president was assassinated in 1901 at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
William McKinley
During World War I, soldiers on both sides dug long, narrow defensive ditches across the battlefield. These fortified lines stretched for miles, protected soldiers from enemy fire, and created a brutal stalemate where armies faced each other across “no man’s land,” often fighting with machine guns, artillery, and gas attacks.
Trench warfare
The name of the island prison Al Capone would be incarcerated?
Alcatraz
What is Mr. Willis' fish name?
Mr. Freeze
This treaty officially ended the Spanish-American War and transferred Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the United States.
Treaty of Paris
What location was President William McKinley shot at?
The World's Fair, New York
True or false:
During WW1, Russia and Japan were both allies of France and Britain?
True
The nickname given to the group of officers that could not be bribed by mobsters?
The Untouchables
Name the city of the first US capital?
Philadelphia
This newspaper publisher helped drive pro-war sentiment through sensational reporting and famously told an illustrator, “You furnish the pictures and I’ll furnish the war.”
a) George Pickens
b) Thomas Durant
c) William Randolph Hearst
c) William Randolph Hearst
What was the name of the doctor who treated President Garfield but did not believe in germ theory?
a) Dr. Howard William
b) Dr. Willard Bliss
c) Dr. James Trudeau
B) Dr. Willard Bliss
Whose assassination ignited the beginning of WW1?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What city did Al Capone eventually die in?
Miami, Florida
What subject is Mr. Willis' favorite to teach?
a) US History
b) World History
c) English
d) Government
b) World History