Early America
The "lost colony"
What is Roanoke?
The winner of the battle of Gettysburg
The Union
The author of "The Jungle"
Who is Upton Sinclair?
This led to the U.S.’s involvement in WWII.
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
Organization responsible for terrorist attacks on 9/11
What is Al Qaeda?
The indentured servant rebellion in Virginia in 1676 due to discontent with the governor for failing to protect them
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
The president of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
The name given to the men who participated in the U.S.’s first volunteer cavalry led by Theodore Roosevelt
Who are the Rough Riders?
The imaginary boundary that separated the satellite states and free states in Europe after WWII
What is the Iron Curtain?
First woman supreme court justice
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?
the Sons of Liberty attacked a British ship in 1772 and set it on fire
What is the Gaspee Incident?
The first southern state to succeed from the union
What is South Caroline?
The passage of this amendment gave the U.S. control over Cuban affairs
What is the Platt Amendment?
The event that brought the U.S. and Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The White House intern that President Clinton denied having “sexual relations” with
Who is Monica Lewinsky?
The Founding Father who said: "Give me liberty, or give me death"
Who is Patrick Henry?
The line of latitude that the Missouri Compromise divided future slave states and free states from
What is the 36th parallel?
The piece of writing that ridiculed President McKinley and increased the likelihood of war with Spain
What is the De Lome Letter?
The president that said "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
Who is Ronald Reagan?
The creation of this executive branch agency represents an organizational response to the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001
What is the Department of Homeland Security?
The commander of the British forces at the surrender of Yorktown
Who is Lord Charles Cornwallis?
The book that Harriet Beecher Stowe write about slavery
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Filipino leader who fought for independence from Spain then later the U.S.
Who is Emilio Aguinaldo?
The political leader that led the cuban revolution in 1953
Who is Fidel Castro?
US presidents from the Democratic Party from FDR to Barack Obama have all shared this area of social policy as a focus for reform
What is healthcare?