WWII
This event got the US involved in WWII
What is Pearl Harbor?
Who was the only president to ever be elected for more than two terms?
FDR
The city and state that Ms. Jay is from
What is Louisville, Kentucky?
The court case that made segregation illegal
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Who the 7 Years War/French-Indian War was fought between
Who are the British and the French?
Native American tribes supported both sides, more tribes sided with the French
Who is Harry Truman?
The shortest term ever served by a president
31 days
(William Henry Harrison have the longest inauguration speech in US history and got phenomena after and died)
Where Ms. Jay went to college
What is the University of Wisconsin?
Court case that determined the "separate but equal" doctrine
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
War with the most US causalities
What is the United States Civil War?
The country with the most casualties in WWII
What is the Soviet Union?
(over 20 million people)
Who were three presidents (out of twelve) who did not earn a college degree?
George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, James Monroe, Andrew Johnson, Grover Cleveland, Martin Van Buren, Zachary Taylor, Harry Truman, William Henry Harrison, William McKinley or Millard Fillmore
Ms. Jay's favorite dipping sauce
What is buffalo sauce?
Percentage of court cases that the supreme court takes each year
What is less than 1%?
Year the Korean War ended
What is never? Technically the war never ended, just ended with a ceasefire
The dictator of Italy during WWII
Number of father-son duos who have been president and their names
2- Who are John Adams and John Quincy Adams and George H.W. Bush and George W Bush?
Ms. Jay's favorite time period in US History
What is WWI?
The decision made in the Dred Scott case
What is that enslaved men and women were not considered citizens and could not sue and also that enslaved men and women were considered property and going to a free state would not make them free?
Gross condition developed only by soliders in WWI
What is trench foot?
The shift in US foreign policy after WWII
What is the shift from isolationism/neutrality to interventionism?
The amendment that limited presidents to serve only two terms (number)
What is the 22nd Amendment?
Ms. Jay's favorite show as a kid that she later realized was very historically inaccurate
What is Liberty's Kids?
Court case that decided that the Supreme Court has the authority to determine a law unconstitutional (judicial review)
What is Marbury v. Madison?
What is 55%?