Feeling Presidential
WAR... What is it good for
Imperialism State of Mind
Busy Big Businesses
THATS SO RANDOM
100
What war split the US into the Union vs. The Confederacy?
What is the American Civil War.
100
What US state was bought from what country?
What is Alaska was bought from Russia
100
What is it called when a business is the only one who sells a particular good or is the only one who provides a certain service?
What is a Monopoly.
100
What is the national bird of the US?
100 Extra Points if you can name the bird Ben Franklin wanted to switch it to.
What is the Bald eagle
What is the turkey
200
Name TWO presidents who were assassinated.
EXTRA 100 points if you can name two from the time frame we've learned about
Who is... A. Lincoln, J. Garfield, W. McKinley, J.F. Kennedy.
200
What were the journalists called that exposed the terrible working conditions people endured in the 1800s?
What are muckrakers.
300
How did Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt Become President?
What is he was McKinley's Vice President and when McKinley was assassinated he was next in line.
300
Explain the anaconda plan
What is the anaconda plan was a plan by the Union to suffocate and cut off supplies from the southern states so they would have to surrender.
300
What law was passed to limit the power of big businesses?
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What is the Sherman Anti-trust Act.
400
What were three results of the Spanish American War.
What is...
1. The US acquired or took control of Guam, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Philippines
2. Spain fell as a world super power
3. The US began to be seen as a world superpower
4. Spain lost all it colonial holdings
5. The US gained footholds in the Caribbean and the Pacific
6. The US proved it had a strong, large, and capable military.
400
Who was the youngest president of the US?
Who is Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt. He was 42.
500
According to legend which US president was so large he got stuck in the bathtub at the White House and they had to make him a new larger one?
Who is William Howard Taft.