Who is the commander of the Confederate Army during the Civil War?
Who is Robert E. Lee
100
Why did Immigrants stay in U.S. cities instead of moving to rural areas?
What is "jobs were plentiful in cities"
100
Who was responsible for "yellow journalism" which helped push the U.S. into the Spanish-American War?
Who is William Randolph Hearst
100
Who was the longtime Mexican dictator forced to resign as president?
Who is Porfino Diaz
200
What island is the capital of Honolulu located on?
What is Oahu
200
Which state rejoined the "Union" first after the Civil War.
What is Tennessee
200
The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the U.S. from what country and in what year?
What is France in 1886 to President Cleveland
200
What U.S. ship was destroyed in Cuban waters which was the final straw that then pushed the U.S. into war with Spain?
What is the U.S.S. Maine
200
Who promised "democratic" reforms in Mexico to President Woodrow Wilson?
Who is Francisco Madero
300
What is the capital of West Virginia?
What is Charleston
300
General who led the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment at the Battle of Fort Wagner on Morris Island, South Carolina.
Who is General Robert Shaw
300
What were ALL the primary reasons immigrants came to America in the mid-1800s to early 1900s?
What is "Freedom of Religion", "War", "Escape Dictatorship/Evil Leaders", "the Economy"
300
What "territories" did the U.S. gain after the "Splendid Little War" (aka Spanish-American War)?
What are Cuba (given back except for Guantanamo Bay), the Philippine Islands (given back in 1946), Puerto Rico (still a U.S. territory) and Guam (still a U.S. held territory).
300
What U.S. general with the nickname "Black Jack" was sent to Mexico with U.S. Marines to stop Pancho Villa in his attacks against the Mexican leader and, more importantly, to stop him from attacking U.S. citizens in Mexico and in the U.S.?
Who is General John "Black Jack" Pershing
400
Providence is the capital of which state?
What is Rhode Island
400
General who came up with the "Union" naval blockade plan against the "South" during the Civil War
Who is General Winfield Scott
400
Who is the engineer that developed the electric trolley car in 1887?
Who is Frank J. Sprague
400
Who dedicated his life to achieving Cuba's independence from Spain?
Who is Jose Marti
400
What leader did President Wilson support by blocking all munitions from reaching his arch-rival in Mexico so that he could stay in power because the U.S. wanted to keep him in power?
Who is Venustiano Carranza
500
What is the capital of Kansas?
What is Topeka
500
What are "white-run governments that passed laws that restricted Freedman's rights?"
What are the "black codes"
500
What journalist studied the demographics in New York City and showed how the "Other Half Lives" in a book he wrote?
Who is Jacob Riis
500
What "stipulated that the Cuban government could not enter any foreign agreements, must allow the U.S. to establish naval bases as needed on the island, and must give the U.S. the right to intervene whenever necessary?"
What is the Platt Amendment
500
Who was known as the "butcher" ruling without the consent of the people of Mexico?