This trading route connected China and Europe in the 13th century
What was the Silk Road?
Due to the Treaty of Paris (1763), the British got all the land east of this river
What is the Mississippi?
This is the name given to the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution
What is the Bill of Rights?
He is the oldest US President ever
Who is Joe Biden
This organization was formed after WW2 to ensure the catastrophic events of the devastating war did not happen again. It was developed to maintain global security and peace.
What is the United Nations (UN)?
This was the main agricultural product of early Mesoamerican civilizations
What is Maize?
President on the $50 bill
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
The first US constitution (1781-1789) which didnt last because it didn't have the power to collect taxes from states and regulate foreign trad
What were The Articles of Confederation?
He is the tallest US President ever
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
This empire formed in 1871 after many small states ruled by princes and nobles decided to unite after 900 years in order to defeat France in the Franco-Prussian War.
What is Germany (the German Empire)?
The alphabet in which written language gained its inspiration
What is the Phoenician alphabet?
The American plan to aid Western Europe, in which the US gave over $13 billion in economic support to help rebuild Western European economies after World War II
What is the Marshall Plan?
US Supreme Court cases which established "Separate but equal"
What is Brown v. The Board of Education?
The Statue of Liberty resides closer to this US state than the state that actually possesses the monument
What is New Jersey?
This Russian leader traveled to the Netherlands to learn more about shipbuilding from the Dutch. With this knowledge, he created the Russian fleet.
Who was Peter the Great (Tsar Peter I)?
This is the year in which Thomas Paine published "Common Sense"
When was 1776?
This man served under President Jackson and served under Jackson as his General in the War of 1812
Who was Sam Houston?
This was the last year in which there were more than 9 Supreme Court Justices
When was 1869?
He was the first US President to live in the White House
Who was John Adams?
This event during the French Revolution, shown in the painting above, consisted in the members of the Third Estate to swear that they would stick together until a constitution was formed.
What is the Tennis Court Oath?
Name of the man who rose to power amidst the French Revolution leading politically and militarily
Who was Napoleon Bonaparte?
This was the cost of Alaska per acre when buying the land from Russia
This US Amendment applies certain provisions of the Bill of Rights to the states through the principals of equal protection and due process of the law
What is the 14th Amendment?
On this date, Congress voted to free us from British rule
This centripetal force caused European people in the 1848 Revolutions to rise together and fight for independence. It also acted as a centrifugal force causing people to pull further apart, which caused Yugoslavia to dissolve.
What is nationalism?