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Interesting Tidbits
American Women
100
What was the first successful English colony in the New World?
Jamestown
100
Who were the two presidents during the Great Depression in the 30s?
Herbert C. Hoover and Franklin D Roosevelt
100
Women who had short hair and short, straight dresses were called...
Flappers
100
Which presidents were assassinated in office?
Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy
100
What Amendment gave women the right to vote?
19th Amendment
200
What countries were involved in the Triangle Trade/ Transatlantic slave trade?
American colonies, West Indies, and Africa
200
How did President Hoover's economic policy of Trickle-down Economics work?
Creating a surplus of money and benefits to the rich would eventually trickle down to the rest of society, known as the middle class.
200
What was Warren G. Harding's campaign slogan?
"Return to Normalcy"
200
Who was president during the era of good feelings?
President James Monroe
200
Who wrote the Feminine Mystique?
Betty Friedan
300
Who said, "we shall be a city upon a hill" in 1630?
John Winthrop
300
When did the Stock Market Crash?
October 29, 1929
300
How were people buying stocks before the Stock Market Crash?
Over-speculation and Margin buying.
300
What was signed by President Roosevelt that allowed the removal of Japanese Americans on the West coast into internment camps?
Executive Order 9066
300
What was the Supreme Court Case about Abortion that deemed it constitutional for women to be able to have an abortion?
Roe v. Wade
400
What is the difference between Puritans and Separatists religious people?
Puritans wanted to purify the church of England, while Sepratists wanted to separate from the church of England.
400
How many Alphabet Agencies were there in the New Deal?
11 agencies
400
What was the first talking movie?
The Jazz Singer
400
Of the four, who were 2 world leaders involved in the Big Four during the Paris Peace Conference in 1919?
Woodrow Wilson (USA), George Clemenceau (France), David Lloyd George (Britain), Vittorio Orlando (Italy)
400
Who designed the First American Flag with 13 stars on it?
Betsy Ross
500
What is Mercantilism?
An economy policy that stated that the colonies provided raw materials to the Mother Countries, and received manufactured goods in return.
500
Who was the famous demagouge that said "share the wealth" and "every man a king"?
Huey Long.
500
What was the group name of Warren G. Harding accomplices' in the Teapot Dome Scandal?
Ohio gang
500
Who was involved with the caning indecent in Congress in 1856?
Charles Sumner and Preston Brooks
500
Where was the first woman's rights convention held in 1828?
Seneca Falls, New York