Carnegie, Rockefeller, Morgan, Vanderbuilt. Some might call them Captains of Industry.
Who are Robber Barons?
The amendment that gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
The program to fight the Great Depression, through Relief, Recovery, and Reform,
What was the New Deal?
George Washington ordered the Patriot army to attack the British at the Battle of Princeton during this War.
What is the Revolutionary War?
This 1960s standoff involved J.F.K., Khrushchev, and Fidel Castro.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
She was one of the leaders of the Women's Suffrage Movement, and friends with Fredrick Douglass.
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
The Supreme Court decision that stated that students do not lose their 1st Amendment rights in school, and that schools must prove conduct must “materially and substantially interfere” with the operation of the school before it can be banned.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
Passed in 1830 by a slim margin, this law dealt with the Cherokees and other Native Nations living in the deep South. It led to the Trail of Tears
What is The Indian Removal Act?
In this turning point Battle, General Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania was stopped by the Army of the Potomac
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
Yosemite, Yellowstone, Zion, Glacier. These are just a few of the places progressives set aside for conservation.
What are the National Parks?
The Populist President from Tennessee who is famous for the Battle of New Orleans, Wars against Native Americans, and killing someone in a duel.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
The amendment that made the manufacture and distribution of alcohol illegal.
What is the 18th Amendment?
The Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation happened during this year.
What is 1863?
The destruction of this naval vessel lead to the Spanish American war.
What is the U.S.S. Maine?
These political Advisors to the president are part of the "Unwritten Constitution".
Who are the Cabinet?
This former Union General turned President can be found on the $50 bill.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
December 7th, 1941, a day which will live in infamy.
What is the Attack on Pearl Harbor?
The World War that this propaganda poster was used to support the war on the Homefront.
What is World War II?
Jacob Riis, Ida B. Wells, Ida Tarbell, Lincoln Steffens all had this job description.
What is muckraker?
The debate over the national bank was led by these two political rivals.
Who are Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson?
The Supreme Court case that reinforced the Power of Judicial Review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
The Compromise of 1850 led to the passage of this act, allowing owners to easily travel north to take runaway slaves back to the south, angering abolitionists.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
The U.S. Invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq, beginning after the 9/11 Attacks.
What is the War on Terror?