Wars
America participated in the largest war in human history because this country bombed an American naval base in Hawaii
What is Imperial Japan?
America is a two-party state; name the two main political parties
What are the Democrats and Republicans?
First president in American history
What is George Washington?
What is McDonald's?
Which president joked about being the Pope after Pope Francis's death?
What is Donald Trump?
In what war did America tear itself in half over slavery?
What is the Civil War?
The coronavirus pandemic was happening in America during the election of which president?
What is Joe Biden?
Longest serving president in American history
Which tech company is facing an antitrust suit right now?
What is Google?
What liquid flooded Boston in 1919 and killed 21 people?
What is Molasses?
During the Potsdam conference, where the allied powers met just outside of Berlin, they called on what country to surrender?
What is Imperial Japan?
A phenomenon where a population is deeply divided, often in a political context, and consensus can't happen
What is Polarization?
The first Republican to ascend to the presidency
What is Abraham Lincoln?
Which oil giant was exposed by Ida Tarbell for its anti-competitive practices?
What is Standard Oil?
President who was shot, but continued his speech even with a bullet in his chest
What is Theodore Roosevelt?
The final major battle of the Revolutionary War
What is the Siege of Yorktown?
What newspaper initially exposed Watergate?
What is the Washington Post?
President known for taking down trusts
What is Theodore Roosevelt/William Taft?
Which rail magnate also opened a university in Tennessee?
What is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
An initiative to conscript men, who would otherwise be rejected on mental grounds, for the _______ ___; this initiative was called McNamara's Morons by the public
What is the Vietnam War?
The common name for a series of wars America waged against extremists after the 9/11 attacks
What is the War on Terror?
Nixon started to crack down on drugs during the early 1970s, an effort that lasted for decades; what is the popular name for this operation?
What is the War on Drugs?
What is the Trail of Tears?
Which foreign company was implicated in the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the largest oil spill in history?
What is BP (British Petroleum)?
Disillusioned soldiers killed officers ("fragging") and smoked marijuana in this war
What is the Vietnam War?