Domestic Turmoil
This 1890 massacre where the US Army killed over 250 Lakota Souix natives, many being women and children, marked the end of any major resistance by Native Americans in the West.
What is the Wounded Knee Massacre?
This man was chosen to intentionally sit down in a Whites-Only passenger car on a train in Louisiana in 1892/
Who is Homer Plessy?
The Spanish-American War began after the USS Maine blew up in Havana Harbor. It was there to monitor the Spanish Empire's response to this island nation's rebellion.
What is Cuba?
A family of rulers, often ruling over a single nation for generations.
What is a Dynasty?
It's Tony's turn in initiative order. He chooses to move 30 feet up to a Bugbear Warrior with an AC of 16 due to its wearing Breastplate. Tony uses his Attack Action to use his Two-Handed Greatsword. Tony's Attack Bonus with the Greatsword is +6. Tony picks up his 20-sided die and rolls a 9. Does Tony hit?
No. Tony rolled a 9 plus his +6 to attack, equals 15. The Bugbear's AC is 16, and you have to match or beat AC to hit.
A general strike that began at the Homestead Steel Works was brutally put down by US Steel, and a moment when the Robber Barons' control of newspapers cajoled Americans to take the side of the Steel Mill owners took place in THIS year.
What is 1892?
Plessy's accused this State of violating the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause when they arrested him under the state's Separate Car Act.
What is Louisiana?
Newspapers did not have much journalistic integrity in the 1890s, often taking one side or another. The most sensationalized papers, known as this type of Press, used their echo chambers to literally drive America to war with Spain.
What is the Yellow Press?
Define: Boycott
What is a form of protest where people refuse to buy or participate in the use of a product?
This "Texas Rattlesnake" became the definitive anti-hero of the WWE's Attitude Era in the 1990s-2000s, famous for dropping his boss with a "Stunner" and using foul language.
Who is Stone Cold Steve Austin?
When this industry's bubble burst in 1893, it lead to a general financial panic that lead to an economic depression.
What is the railroad industry?
The Supreme Court decided 7-1 against Plessy. Only this single Justice dissented, claiming the Constitution should be "color-blind".
Who is Justice John Marshall Harlan?
Roosevelt didn't want to simply command a group of college students and high school graduates when he formed the 1st US Volunteer Cavalry, also known as this. Instead, the enlisted men came from college graduates, professional athletes, and real cowboys.
Who are the Rough Riders?
Keeping groups of people separate based on things like race.
What is segregation?
Taking their name from a Victorian invented "Medieval Torture Device", this band pioneered the New Wave of British Heavy Metal and became well-known for their hit Fear of the Dark.
Who is Iron Maiden?
This 1896 Supreme Court ruling enshrined segregation as legally sanctioned by the Federal government, causing a period of oppression for over 60 years.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
The Supreme Court's "Separate, but Equal" decision led to this era, named after this same figure from the period of the Black Codes in the 1870s, of institutional oppression of non-whites in the throughout the former Confederate states.
What is the Jim Crow era?
When the New York Times and other newspapers ran the exclusive story about Theodore Roosevelt leading his troops up Kettle Hill, as well as this more famous hill, he became an instant American Hero.
What is San Juan Hill?
Define: Parliamentary
In 1971, a track coach ruined his wife's waffle iron creating a new rubber sole for his running shoes and went on to create this massive successful company.
What is Nike?
Looking at a timeline of this man's life during the 1890s is wild:
1890-95: Works as the Civil Service Commissioner reforming the Civil Service system under President Harrison.
1895: Becomes Police Commissioner of New York City.
1897: Becomes Under Secretary of the Navy.
1898: Resigns as Under Secretary and becomes a Lt. Colonel in the Volunteer Army.
1899: Elected Governor of New York.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
What I find most absurd and frankly spooky coincidence about this ruling by the 7 out of 8 Justices is that this many of Homer Plessy's great-grandparents were white.
What is 7 out of 8?
Who is Admiral George Dewey?
From the late 1800s to 1945, Belgium's position between England, France, and Germany created a natural kind of this, which is probably why Germany invaded France through Belgium in each of the World Wars.
What is a Buffer State?
If a meteor survives its fiery and explosive journey through our atmosphere and it actually hits the ground, its no longer referred to as a meteor, but a...
What is a Meteorite?