Music
In August 1969, this historic three-day music festival drew over 400,000 people to a dairy farm in upstate New York, becoming the defining cultural touchstone of the 1960s counterculture movement.
Woodstock
This social media platform was founded by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004.
This 19th-century cultural belief held that the United States was divinely ordained and destined to expand its democratic and white-settler civilization across the entire North American continent, from coast to coast.
Manifest Destiny
In August 1969, this historic three-day music festival drew over 400,000 people to a dairy farm in upstate New York, becoming the defining cultural touchstone of the 1960s counterculture movement.
Woodstock
Before shifting into a massive streaming giant, this entertainment company fundamentally disrupted the premium television market in 2007 by launching its internet video "Watch Instantly" service to millions of DVD-by-mail subscribers.
Netflix
Originally sung by British soldiers to mock disorganized American colonists, this upbeat tune was proudly adopted by the Continental Army as a patriotic anthem during the Revolutionary War.
Yankee Doodle
This singer is known as the "Queen of Pop."
Madonna
Fought in the freezing winter of 1776, George Washington famously led his troops across the icy Delaware River on Christmas night to launch a surprise, morale-boosting victory over Hessian forces in this New Jersey city.
Seventy-two years before the 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote nationwide, this historic 1848 convention held in upstate New York officially kicked off the organized US women's rights movement.
Seneca Falls Convention
This movie became the first film to earn more than $1 billion at the box office.
Titanic
This New Orleans-born musician, famous for his trumpet playing and gravelly voice, helped make jazz popular worldwide.
Louis Armstrong
This U.S. state was the last to join the Union in 1959.
Hawaii
During the 1787 Constitutional Convention, this highly controversial compromise was agreed upon to determine how enslaved individuals would be counted toward a state's total population for taxation and congressional representation.
Three-Fifths Compromise
Introduced by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to pull the United States out of the Great Depression, this massive package of 1930s economic reforms radically transformed American society and created the Social Security system.
The New Deal
Before becoming president, this actor starred in the films Bedtime for Bonzo and Knute Rockne, All American.
Ronald Regan
Widely considered the birthplace of hip-hop, this New York City borough is where DJ Kool Herc hosted a legendary 1973 back-to-school party, using two turntables to isolate the drum "break."
The Bronx
This famous prison was located on an island in San Francisco Bay.
Alcatraz Island
This massive 1848 treaty officially ended the Mexican-American War, forcing Mexico to cede nearly half its territory—including modern-day California, Nevada, and Utah—to the United States for 15 million dollars.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Passed by Congress in August 1964 following an alleged naval skirmish off the coast of North Vietnam, this joint resolution gave President Lyndon B. Johnson nearly unlimited authority to deploy US military forces without a formal declaration of war.
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Directed by Steven Spielberg in 1993, this groundbreaking sci-fi blockbuster seamlessly blended practical animatronics with cutting-edge computer-generated imagery (CGI), shattering global box office records to become the highest-grossing film of its time.
Jurassic Park
With hits like "Fortunate Son," this iconic 1960s rock band wrote the definitive soundtrack to the anti-war movement protesting US involvement in the Vietnam War.
Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR)
This famous route connected Chicago and Los Angeles.
Route 66
Fought in March 1836 during the Texas Revolution, this legendary 13-day siege at a San Antonio mission resulted in the deaths of all its Texan defenders—including Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie—inspiring a famous battle cry.
Alamo - Battle of the Alamo
In a major Cold War triumph broadcast to an estimated 650 million viewers worldwide, this NASA spaceflight mission successfully landed the first two humans on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
Apollo 11
Premiering on CBS in 1972, this brilliant military comedy-drama centered on Hawkeye Pierce and the staff of a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean War, eventually concluding its 11-season run with the most-watched scripted television episode in history.
M.A.S.H.