Presidents
Who was the populist Democratic presidential nominee known for the "Cross of Gold" speech?
William Jennings Bryan
What is the capital city of Louisiana?
Baton Rouge
What U.S. naval harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941?
Pearl Harbor
What was the name of the African-American reformer who called for the "talented tenth" to be immediately granted the opportunities of white Americans?
W.E.B. DuBois
Who became US president after Herbert Hoover?
Franklin D Roosevelt (1933)
This state was the home of the Comstock Lode and became a state in 1864?
Nevada
Which President was brought down by the Watergate Scandal in 1974?
Richard M. Nixon
This president was known for the "Big Stick" policy?
Theodore Roosevelt
What is the United State's highest concrete dam?
The Hoover Dam
What was the last major assault conducted by the Axis powers during WWII?
The Battle of the Bulge
Which city was the first American city with a skyscraper?
Chicago
Who was the United States general that lead the Pacific Theater in WW2?
General Douglas MacArthur
Who was president when the United States took up the battle-cry of "Remember the Maine"?
William McKinley
What river separates the United States from Mexico?
The Rio Grande
What was the name of the long union struggle in the West Virginia coal mines?
The Mining Wars
What are the names of the two cities that the United States dropped the atomic bomb on in 1945?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Upton Sinclair
Which president was assassinated in 1963 after campaigning as a force for progressive change?
John F. Kennedy
What area was promised to the Sioux Tribe by the federal government during Westward Expansion?
The Black Hills
What was the Imperial German policy of attacking any ships flying the flags of their enemies or their enemy's allies during WWI?
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
What was the major city the allies sought to liberate after D-Day?
Paris
Who was the architect responsible for the idea of "form follows function"?
Louis Sullivan