Gilded Age
What famous railroad was constructed during the Gilded Age
Transcontinental Railroad
What was the military alliance formed in 1949 by the United States and allied nations called?
Black Tuesday is known as the start of the Great Depression. What does Black Tuesday refer to?
Stock Market Crash
A way of life where personal happiness and social status are closely tied to material possessions and the ability to buy more goods.
Consumerism
What is Teachout's favorite color
Blue
Bonus Teachout Trivia questions: Which historical pair of US explorers does Teachout believe are not as important as most people think. 1800s
Lewis and Clark
The doctrine that guided US Foreign Policy in the Cold War that encouraged the US to stop the spread of Communism globally.
Containment
What president was known for creating the New Deal
FDR (Franklin Roosevelt)
This law represented the first time an entire country was banned from immigrating to the US.
Chinese Exclusion Act
What is Teachout's favorite vegetable
Potato
This Gilded Age industrialist is famous for making his money in the steel industry and his philanthropy
Andrew Carnegie
This armed conflicted lasted for more than 20 years, and with US combat troops for 10 years.
Vietnam War
This economic philosophy encouraged Herbert Hoover to do little to help people during the early years of the Great Depression.
Laissez Faire
What artistic movement emerged in New York during the 1920s
Harlem Renaissance
Does Teachout prefer crunchy or creamy peanut butter
Crunchy
What was the name of the political movement created by American Farmers in the 1880s and 90s
Populist Movement
Name 4 US Presidents that fought the Cold War.
Truman, Eisenhower, JKF, LBJ, Nixon, Carter, Reagan, George H.W. Bush
What do the three R's of the New Deal stand for?
Relief, recovery, and reform
The policy tool that the Immigration act of 1924 used to limit immigration to the US
Quota/ Immigration Quota
Teachout has 3 college degrees what are they in
History, Political Science, Education
Which noted US author and thinker gave this time period the name "the Gilded Age"?
Mark Twain
The second conference between the United States' allies at the end of WWII that attempted to negotiate the future of Europe and Asia.
Potsdam Conference
According to David Wheelock the "edurancing cause of the Great Depression" was what
Decline/decrease in the money supply
Which specific global regions were targeted by changes made from the Emergency immigration act of 1921 to the Immigration Act of 1924
Southern and Eastern Europeans
Closest team gets the points: What is Mr Teachout's road 5 kilometer personal best
16:29