American Labor History
In April 2022, warehouse workers voted in favor of and became this major corporation's first National Labor Relations Board-recognized union.
What is Amazon?
The man who created an empire across the Ancient Mediterranean and has a lasting legacy
Who is Alexander the Great
This woman is best known for her participation in the Montgomery Bus boycott when she refused to give up her seat
Who was Rosa Parks?
In 1995, Lehigh's mascot changed from this figure to the Mountain Hawks
What are the Engineers?
What is the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
Filipino and Mexican American agricultural workers led this years-long strike and boycott in 1960s California.
What is the Delano Grape Strike?
Famous stone with 3 different written languages that allowed us to decipher hieroglyphics
What is the Rosetta Stone
This poet is best known for her book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Who was Maya Angelou?
Lehigh was founded in 1865 by this industrialist
Who was Asa Packer?
This 1962 agreement between the U.S. and the USSR to avoid nuclear war
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis agreement?
The 1911 killing of 146 garment workers that resulted in major labor reforms
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire?
The Greeks invented these fun games that we still see today
What are the Olympics
This Black trans activist is best known for her participation in the Stonewall Uprising in New York in 1969
Who was Marsha P. Johnson?
In this year, the first women were admitted to Lehigh as undergraduate students
What is 1971?
The senator who perpetuated the Red Scare.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
Created with the aim to improve conditions and pay for railroad workers and was the first Black union to negotiate a major new contract.
Who are the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters?
7 Wonders of the Ancient World
What are the Pyramid of Giza, Lighthouse of Alexandria, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Colossus at Rhodes, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
This woman helped found the #MeToo movement. She also recently visited Lehigh!
Who is Tarana Burke?
In 2012, Lehigh men's basketball beat this historically dominant team during March Madness
What is Duke University?
The political campaign against gay individuals working in the government in which they were fired for fear of being communist subversives.
What is the Lavender Scare?
The killing of 21 people during the Colorado Coalfield War which began as a result of a strike led by the United Mine Workers of America.
What is the Ludlow Massacre?
This place is where the Israelites first settled
What is Canaan
This activist, known for founding the Green Belt movement, became the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace prize
Who is Wangari Maathai?
The Lehigh-Lafayette football rivalry is the longest running NCAA football rivalry, with this many consecutive games played
What is 124?
This Soviet leader introduced a series of reforms that hastened the collapse of the Soviet Union, effectively ending the Cold War.
Mikhail Gorbachev