Voting and Civil Rights
Passed in 1965, this landmark legislation banned the use of literacy tests as a requirement for voting.
What is the Civil Rights Act?
This generation was named for the massive spike in birth rates that occurred after soldiers returned home from World War II.
Who are the Baby Boomers?
These were JFK’s final words, spoken in response to the comment, "Mr. President, you can’t say Dallas doesn't love you".
What are “No, you certainly can't”?
Invented by James Naismith in 1891, the first "hoops" used for basketball were actually these fruit-harvesting containers.
What are peach baskets?
Bill Clinton later admitted that this 1994 legislation was his "biggest mistake" as president
What is the 1994 Crime Bill?
This term describes the discriminatory practice where banks refused mortgages to people living in Black neighborhoods, preventing them from building wealth.
What is redlining?
In 1893, American and European businessmen overthrew Queen Liliuokalani to protect their profits in this future island state.
What is Hawaii?
This single word was the final utterance of Union General and 18th President Ulysses S. Grant.
What is “Water”?
The first-ever basketball game ended with this final score.
What is one to zero (1-0)?
This 1807 act by Thomas Jefferson was intended to protect American interests but instead cost the country tens of millions of dollars and thousands of jobs.
What is the Embargo Act?
These were fees required to vote, which disproportionately hurt African Americans and poor voters during the Jim Crow era.
What are poll taxes?
This micro-generation, born roughly between 1977 and 1983, sits on the cusp of Generation X and Millennials.
Who are Xennials?
In a remarkable historical coincidence, these two rivals and founding fathers both died on the exact same day: July 4, 1826.
Who are Thomas Jefferson and John Adams?
On March 2, 1962, this legendary center scored 100 points in a single game that was famously never televised.
Who is Wilt Chamberlain?
Approximately 60,000 people from five Native American nations were forcibly displaced during this tragic event under Andrew Jackson’s administration.
What is the Trail of Tears?
A famous visual trick in the Louisiana literacy test asked test-takers to read a triangle containing this phrase, where the word "the" was repeated.
What is "Paris in the the spring"?
This 1820 legislation eased tensions by admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
He is the only U.S. President to be buried with a Confederate flag instead of an American one.
Who is John Tyler?
When the ABA launched in 1967, it introduced this scoring feature that wouldn't be adopted by the NBA until 1979.
What is the three-point line?
This 1819 economic crisis was caused by the National Bank printing too much currency and then suddenly tightening lending.
What is the Panic of 1819?
This 1970 Supreme Court case officially upheld the ban on literacy tests.
What is Oregon v. Mitchell?
This landmark 1937 Supreme Court case involving a hotel housekeeper effectively ended the "Lochner Era" and upheld minimum wage laws.
What is West Coast Hotel v. Parrish?
While he was initially recovering from an assassin's bullet, this president actually died of septic shock caused by doctors using unsterilized instruments.
Who is James Garfield?
Who is the best player in the NBA today?
This president delivered a largely incoherent speech at his 1865 inauguration ceremony after reportedly consuming too much alcohol before the event.
Who is Andrew Johnson? (literally me)