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This served as the natural western boundary of the original 13 colonies.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
This document preceded the Constitution (1781-87).
What is the Articles of Confederation.
This movement sought to ban the sale and consumption of alcohol in the early 20th century.
What is the Temperance Movement?
This term describes this a kind of hands-off government role in the economy.
What is “laissez-faire”
This alliance system, known as the “Triple Entente,” included Britain, France, and this country during WWI.
What is Russia?
This South Korean group, known for hits like "Dynamite" and "Butter," announced a group hiatus as members entered mandatory military service.
Who is BTS?
This line, drawn in the Missouri Compromise of 1820, was used to determine the legality of slavery in western territories.
What is 36°30′ latitude?
This amendment clause protects freedom of religion by preventing the creation of a national church.
What is the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment?
This type of Progressive Era journalist exposed corruption and injustice through investigative reporting.
What is a muckraker?
The 1933 Banking Act established this system to insure individual bank deposits.
What is the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)?
This U.S. president authorized the use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
This critically acclaimed 2023 indie film starring Paul Giamatti as a curmudgeonly prep school teacher earned Oscar attention for its nuanced storytelling.
What is The Holdovers?
This state was an independent republic for nearly a decade before joining the U.S. in 1845.
What is Texas?
Under the Constitution, this branch has the power to declare war.
What is Congress?
She led the National American Woman Suffrage Association and helped win support for the 19th Amendment.
Who is Carrie Chapman Catt?
The phrase “the business of America is business” is associated with this 1920s president.
Who is Calvin Coolidge?
This Cold War military alliance was formed in 1949 to counter Soviet power.
What is NATO?
This Nigerian artist made waves globally with his hit song “Calm Down,” later remixed with Selena Gomez.
Who is Rema?
The U.S. acquired this vast territory from Spain in 1819, adding a strategic Gulf Coast region to the nation.
What is Florida?
The Fourth Amendment protects against searches unless authorities have this legal document.
What is a warrant?
The Progressive reform known as this allowed voters to remove elected officials before the end of their term.
What is a recall?
This 1890 law aimed to curb the power of monopolies and promote fair competition.
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?
This Cold War strategy aimed to stop the spread of communism without provoking direct war with the USSR.
What is containment?
This rapper, known for Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers, won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Music and continues to push hip-hop's boundaries.
Who is Kendrick Lamar?
During the Dust Bowl, thousands of families fled this region, hit hardest by drought and over-farming.
What is the Southern Plains (or the Great Plains)?
This landmark 1967 case ruled that the Fourth Amendment protects people, not just places, in wiretap cases.
What is Katz v. United States?
This former slave and women’s rights advocate famously delivered the “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech.
Who is Sojourner Truth?
This New Deal agency employed young men in conservation projects like building trails and planting trees during the Great Depression.
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?
This 1964 incident in Southeast Asia led Congress to give the president broad military powers in Vietnam.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Incident?
This Japanese animated film from Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki, released internationally in 2023, is titled after a mythical bird.
What is The Boy and the Heron?