Black History
This "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement" refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery in 1955.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This leader used non-violent civil disobedience to lead India to independence from British rule in 1947.
Who is Mahatma Gandhi?
This Labor leader co-founded the United Farm Workers (UFW) and popularized the slogan "Sí, se puede."
Who is Cesar Chavez?
This 13,000-mile long fortification was built across the northern borders of China to protect against invasions.
What is the Great Wall of China?
This martial artist and actor is credited with helping to change the way Asians were presented in American films.
Who is Bruce Lee?
In 1967, he became the first African American Supreme Court Justice in U.S. history.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This massive 17th-century white marble mausoleum in Agra was built by Emperor Shah Jahan for his wife.
What is the Taj Mahal?
This 1910–1920 conflict transformed Mexican culture and led to a new constitution and land reforms.
What is the Mexican Revolution?
From 1603 to 1867, this military government ruled Japan during a period of isolation known as "Sakoku."
What is the Tokugawa Shogunate?
This Mexican painter is world-renowned for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature of Mexico.
Who is Frida Kahlo?
This 19th-century abolitionist and "Moses" of her people made 19 trips to the South to lead over 300 slaves to freedom.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Established in the 1500s, this Empire ruled most of India and Pakistan for two centuries.
What is the Mughal Empire?
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Born in the Bronx to Puerto Rican parents, she became the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice in 2009.
Who is Sonia Sotomayor?
This 1882 U.S. law was the first significant law restricting immigration into the United States based on race.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
He was the first Native American (Kaw Nation) to serve as Vice President of the United States (1929–1933).
Who is Charles Curtis?
Known as "Black Wall Street," this prosperous district in Tulsa was destroyed during a 1921 racial massacre.
What is the Greenwood District?
This 1947 event divided British India into two independent dominions, leading to the displacement of 10–12 million people.
What is Partition?
This 1848 treaty ended the Mexican-American War, ceding 55% of Mexico’s territory to the United States.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
This 15th-century Korean King is credited with the creation of Hangul, the Korean alphabet.
Who is Sejong the Great?
This pioneer of environmental justice was the first African American woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize (2004).
Who is Wangari Maathai?
In 1896, this Supreme Court case codified "separate but equal," leading to decades of Jim Crow laws.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
He was the Mauryan Emperor who converted to Buddhism after the bloody Kalinga War in 261 BCE.
Who is Ashoka the Great?
This term describes the 1960s movement for Mexican-American empowerment, focusing on civil rights and cultural identity.
What is the Chicano Movement?
This 1868 event restored imperial rule to Japan, leading to rapid modernization and industrialization.
What is the Meiji Restoration?
This Indian mathematician, despite having no formal training, made extraordinary contributions to number theory.
Who is Srinivasa Ramanujan?