Reformers
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This invention of the industrial revolution opened up the west to new travelers, as travel was much safer and faster.
What is the locomotive/steam engine?
This "I Have a Dream" speech author was one of the Civil Rights' movements leading advocates.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This abolitionist stirred up violence between Northerners and Southerners; and was later hung for his role in the Raid on Harper's Ferry.
Who is John Brown?
This Dua Lipa song was on the Billboard top 40 list EVERY week of 2021 (from Nov 2020 to Nov 2021). It spent 40 of those weeks in the top 10.
What is Levitating?
This abolitionist wrote an autobiography of his life as a slave entitled "An American Slave"
Who is Frederick Douglass?
What is the Mexican-American War?
She exposed the truth about vicious lynchings that took place across the South after the 13th amendment.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
This election year proved to be the final straw that would begin the Civil War.
What is the Election of 1960?
Gi-Hun is the main character in this Netflix hit TV show of 2021.
What is Squid Game?
Daily Double!! (Wager any amount of your current points)
These two suffragists are organizers of the Seneca Falls Convention, the first major women's rights event in the U.S.
This is the term given to describe Americans' right to expand westward.
What is Manifest Destiny?
These were people who rode integrated buses in the segregated South to protest segregation
Who are freedom riders?
This inventor's creation quadrupled the value of slaves, and may have led to the South's fervent advocacy of slavery
Who is Eli Whitney?
This is the subtitle of the Spiderman film releasing today; the third Spiderman film in the MCU.
What is No Way Home?
Who is Neal Dow?
What is transcendentalism?
This city was a focal point for Civil Rights protests during the movement. MLK Jr. was arrested here and wrote one of the most influential American documents from behind bars in this city.
Where is Birmingham?
The Lincoln-Douglas debate was largely focused on the issue of slavery. Lincoln argued for this side of the argument in which slavery would not be permitted in new states admitted to the Union.
What is Free Soil?
When the U.S. military withdrew from this country, it marked the end of America's longest war.
Where is Afghanistan?
This slave led a rebellion that ultimately failed, but led to a series of laws preventing slaves from learning how to read or write.
Who was Nat Turner?
What is Bleeding Kansas?
Marcus Garvey began this movement, encouraging Black people to start their own society free of oppression.
What is the Back-to-Africa movement?
The first instance of a state threatening to Secede was after this event. Andrew Jackson threatened immediate military intervention and prevented secession.
What is the Nullification Crisis?
This is the best-selling video game of 2021 to date.
(Note: this is not the best selling video game of all-time)
What is Call of Duty: Black Ops?