A Mixed Bag?
Who were the two European dictators of the 1940s during World War II?
Who are Mussolini and Hitler?
What do we call the factors that cause someone to leave their homeland permanently (to immigrate)?
What are push factors?
What group of people were utilized for building the Central Pacific side of the Transcontinental Railroad? (ethnicity)
What are the Chinese?
Which President utilized the radio to do frequent addresses to the American people? These addresses were called the Fireside Chats.
Who is F.D.R.?
Which iconic movie, released in the 1980s, features a high school student traveling back in time in a modified DeLorean?
What is Back to the Future?
What device allowed farmers to grow more cotton for profit and was created by Eli Whitney? (It also contributed to more slavery!)
What is the Cotton Gin?
Who was the US president that oversaw westward expansion with the Louisiana Purchase doubling the size of the country?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Which U.S. president was responsible for creating the Peace Corps in 1961?
Who is J.F.K?
What do we call the movement in which wealthy landowners bought up and fenced in huge pieces of land in Britain?
What is the enclosure movement?
In the 1990s, what was the name of the fictional coffee shop where the main characters of the TV show "Friends" spent much of their time?
What is Central Perk?
Where did the industrial revolution begin?
What is England?
Which US president was associated with the belief in Manifest Destiny and oversaw the annexation of Texas?
Who is James K. Polk?
Which president moved the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, recognizing it as the capital of Israel?
Who is Donald Trump?
What device was created to quickly spin thread?
What is a Spinning Jenny?
Which pop culture phenomenon from the early 2000s involved collecting and trading small, colorful creatures with special powers?
What is Pokemon?
What do we call the massive shift in production of goods from the home or farm to the cities using machinery and more workers?
What is the Industrial Revolution?
What term refers to the US policy of intervening in Latin American countries to protect American interests?
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
What is the Truman Doctrine?
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
What is the Marshall Plan?
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
Who was the architect of the New Deal to combat the Great Depression?
Who is F.D.R.?
Who created the Steam Engine?
Who is James Watt?
What is the name of the 1980s iconic film starring Tom Cruise as a high school student who becomes a skilled bartender and falls in love with his older mentor?
What is Cocktail?
What term is used for journalists and writers who exposed corruption and social injustices in the early 20th century?
What is muckrakers?
What were the names of the two stations through which immigrants passed?
What is Ellis Island and Angel Island?
In what movie did the characters Joseph and Shannon come to America with the hopes of getting their own land?
What is Far and Away?
Which U.S. president facilitated the Camp David Accords in 1978, leading to a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt?
Who is Jimmy Carter?
What band, formed in the early 2000s, gained massive popularity with songs like "Mr. Brightside" and "Somebody Told Me?"
What is The Killers?