European History
This French Monarch reigned for 72 years, has been dubbed 'The Sun King'
Who is Louis XIV
This 1950s American Senator from Wisconsin and Freak, helped stoke the flames of the red scare, with his "List of known Communists"
Who is Joesph Mccarthy
This Author wrote The Trial, The Castle, and Metamorphosis
Who is Franz Kafka
62 countries worldwide share an independence day from this colonial empire.
What is the The British Empire
In 1917, Woodrow Wilson famously declared that "the world must be made safe for" this kind of political system.
What is Democracy
This Peace Treaty signed in 1648 Ended the Thirty Years War as well as established the Nation-State system.
What is the Peace of Westphalia
This famed American Historian argued that the frontier was pivotal in the creation of American Democracy.
Bonus Points: What was the document called
Who is Frederick Jackson Turner
What is the Turner Thesis.
This flamboyant Irish author wrote “The Ballad of Reading Gaol” after the end of his two-year prison sentence for “gross indecency.”
Who is Oscar Wilde.
This civilization created the “priest-king” and “dancing girl” statues, which were found in they city of Mohenjo-Daro.
What is the Indus Valley Civilization.
This American Political movement was a reaction to an Increase flow of immigrants through New York.
What is Nativism
This 1815 Battle was the definitive end of Napoleon Bonaparte's reign.
What is The Battle of Waterloo
This famous Supreme Court case established Judicial Review in 1803.
What is Marbury v Madison.
This Supreme Court Justice claimed he was the victim of a “high-tech lynching” during hearings in which he was accused of sexual harassment by Anita Hill.
Who is Clarence Thomas.
The belief in the inherent evil of human nature led to this governmental philosophy.
What is Legalism
In 1921 the black flag flew at the funeral of Peter Kropotkin, philosopher of this famous political ideology.
What is Anarchism
This early form of sub-contracting labor gained prominence during the 17th and 18th centuries and was mostly used in cloth-making
What is the Putting-Out system.
The First Big Business in America, In terms of Finance, labor, and management.
What is the Railroad Industry
During The Troubles, members of the Provisional IRA were jailed at Maze Prison in this constituent country of the U.K
What is Northern Ireland
The Hyksos were able to conquer Egypt because of this ancient war innovation/technology.
What are horse-drawn chariots.
This democratic candidate from Minnesota lost 49 out of the 50 states in the 1984 presidential election.
Who is Walter Mondale.
This 19th Century Tsar is best known for the total upheaval of most of Russian society, by freeing the serfs.
Who is Alexander II.
This Anglo-American Treaty signed in 1794 Kicked the British out of the Great Lakes Region.
What is the Jay Treaty.
This President created N.A.S.A following the USSR's launching of Sputnik into space
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower
This region in northern Spain and south-west France is distinct from the surrounding communities as its language has no relation to that of the classic Indo-Europeans.
What is Basque Country
This American Figure co-founded the NAACP and was also the first African American to earn a doctorate at Harvard.
Who is W.E.B Dubois.