America in the 20th Century
This amendment, ratified in 1920, gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
This inventor held over 1,000 patents, including one for the practical incandescent light bulb.
Who is Thomas Edison?
This TV sitcom featured Carol, Mike, Greg, Marcia, Peter, Jan, Bobby, and Cindy.
What is The Brady Bunch?
This island in New York Harbor processed millions of immigrants entering the United States.
What is Ellis Island?
Before calculators became common, many offices relied on this slide-and-rule predecessor with rows of beads.
What is an abacus?
This president launched the New Deal to combat the Great Depression.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This industrialist built one of America's largest steel companies and later funded thousands of public libraries.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
This singer's backing band was called the Tennessee Three.
Who is Johnny Cash?
This famous canal, completed in 1914, connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
What is the Panama Canal?
Families filled bookcases with these door-to-door reference sets sold by Britannica and World Book.
What are encyclopedias?
Construction of this major highway network began under President Eisenhower in 1956.
What is the Interstate Highway System?
This American led the Lewis and Clark Expedition after being chosen by President Thomas Jefferson.
Who is Meriwether Lewis?
This 1977 movie starring Richard Dreyfuss told the story of a man obsessed with UFOs.
What is Close Encounters of the Third Kind?
This island prison in San Francisco Bay once housed notorious criminals including Al Capone.
What is Alcatraz?
Before photocopiers became common, offices used this machine that produced copies with a distinctive purple ink.
What is a mimeograph machine?
This Senate hearing in the 1950s helped bring an end to Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist crusade.
What are the Army-McCarthy Hearings?
Before becoming president, this Allied commander led forces in Europe during World War II.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
This groundbreaking variety show featured regulars Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, and Tim Conway.
What is The Carol Burnett Show?
This Texas mission became famous during the Texas Revolution of 1836.
What is the Alamo?
This grocery store promotion rewarded shoppers with stamps that could be collected and redeemed for merchandise.
What are Green Stamps (S&H Green Stamps)?
Passed in 1944, this law helped millions of returning World War II veterans pay for college and buy homes.
What is the GI Bill?
This Supreme Court Chief Justice presided over the Court from 1953 to 1969 and oversaw landmark decisions including Brown v. Board of Education.
Who is Earl Warren?
This 1968 song by Simon & Garfunkel takes its title from a famous New York bridge.
What is The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)?
This famous Northeastern harbor was the site of a 1773 protest against British taxation.
What is Boston Harbor?
Before aluminum cans had pull-tabs, opening a soda often required this small metal tool.
What is a church key?