Plains, trains, and Submarines
The attack on this Hawaiian naval base brought the U.S. into World War II in 1941.
What is Pearl Harbor?
This railroad, completed in 1869, connected the East and West coasts of the United States.
a) The Roadrunner Rail
b) The Amtrak
c) The Transcontinental Railroad
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
This minister gave the famous “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963.
Who is MLK (Martin Luther King Jr.)?
This river was the lifeline of Ancient Egypt.
What is the Nile River?
Choose another group, any group and challenge them to 3 rounds of rock paper scissors...
When the winner is decided the answer shall be revealed...
The loser loses 100 points.
Who were the Axis powers?
What is Italy, Japan, and Germany
Immigrants arriving on the East Coast in the late 1800s were processed at this famous New York site.
Ellis Island
Rosa Parks sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott when she refused to give up her seat in this year.
a) 1952
b) 1882
c) 2012
d) 1955
What is 1955?
These giant stone tombs were built for pharaohs.
What is the Pyramids?
What is the best-selling video game all-time?
What is Minecraft?
These two Japanese cities were bombed with atomic weapons in 1945.
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
This invention by Alexander Graham Bell changed communication forever in 1876.
What is the telephone?
The U.S. became deeply involved in this Southeast Asian war during the 1960s.
What is the Vietnam War?
This “land between two rivers” was the birthplace of the first cities.
What is Mesopotamia?
What are Mr. Willis' dogs names?
What is Nova and Lazlo
This international peace organization was created in 1945 after World War II.
What is the United Nations?
This term described wealthy industrialists of the Gilded Age who were seen as exploiting workers.
a) "Robber Barrons"
b) "CEO's"
c) "Industrialists"
What is Robber Barrons?
This president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
a) JFK (John F. Kennedy)
b) LBJ (Lyndon B. Johnson)
c) Abe Lincoln (Abraham Lincoln)
Who is LBJ (Lyndon B. Johnson)?
This form of wedge-shaped writing was developed by the Sumerians.
a) cuneiform
b) hieroglyphics
c) cave drawings
What is cuneiform?
Who is Mr. Willis' favorite student in the class?
Mr. Willis is a man of the people, he cares for everyone you silly-billy.
The U.S. entered World War I in 1917 after the Germans attacked British ships with what.
What is submarines?
This man is often called the "steel king" of the late 1800s.
a) Andrew Carnegie
b) John D. Rockefeller
c) Thomas Durant
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
This 1954 Supreme Court case declared segregation in schools unconstitutional.
a) Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
b) Engel v. Vitale
c) Brown v. Board of Education
What is Brown vs. the Board of Education?
Name the two rivers Mesopotamia sits between?
What is the Euphrates and Tigress rivers?
Who did Mr. Willis' grandfather sell his chicken restaurant/business to?
Colonel Sanders of KFC.