Fill in the blank:
"I am not a _______"
-Richard Nixon
"I am not a CROOK."
-Richard Nixon
100
Who was the US president during WWI?
Woodrow Wilson
100
Who led the civil rights movement?
Martin Luther King Jr.
200
Who fought for temperance and is known for her hatchet?
Carrie Nation
200
Who invented Barbed Wire?
Joseph Glidden
200
Fill in the Blank:
"Remember the _______, to hell with _______!"
"Remember the MAINE, to hall with SPAIN!"
200
Which of the following was NOT an Allied power?
Great Britain, Serbia, Russia, Bulgaria
Bulgaria
200
What Legion did President Johnson send in to protect the Little Rock Nine?
The 101st Airborne
300
Who became the symbol for feminism?
(Hint: "We can do it!")
Rosie the Riveter
300
Who invented the Telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
300
What event do the following lyrics refer to?
"Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming,
Four dead in Ohio."
The Kent State Massacre
300
Whose assassination triggered the events of WWI
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
300
How many days did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?
381 days
400
In what industry did the Lowell girls work?
Textile mills
400
In what country was Nicola Tesla Born?
Serbia
400
Who said it?
"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty."
John F. Kennedy
400
What three countries formed the triple alliance?
Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy
400
Who was the first African-American child to attend a white school?
Ruby Bridges
500
In what year was the 19th amendment ratified?
1920
500
What was Thomas Edison's Nickname?
The Wizard of Menlo Park
500
Fill in the Blank:
“From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, a(n) ________ has descended across the continent.”
“From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an IRON CURTAIN has descended across the continent.”
-Winston Churchill
500
What was Woodrow Wilson's 14th point?
The league of Nations. He managed to salvage this from the treaty of Versailles but it ultimately failed.