Nat'l Geographic
This U.S. territory in the Caribbean became a possession after the Spanish-American War and its residents are U.S. citizens.
What is Puerto Rico?
This term refers to the division of powers between the national and state governments.
What is federalism?
This early women’s rights activist co-authored the Declaration of Sentiments and worked with Susan B. Anthony.
Who is Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
This 19th-century invention by Eli Whitney transformed Southern agriculture and dramatically increased the demand for slave labor.
What is the cotton gin?
This international organization was formed after WWI to promote peace but failed to prevent WWII. (Hint: it was Woodrow Wilson's idea)
What is the League of Nations?
This HBO drama about a wealthy, dysfunctional family battling for control of a media empire ended with its fourth season in 2023.
What is Succession?
These 19th-century trails, including the Santa Fe and Oregon, helped facilitate westward migration before the rise of railroads.
What are overland trails?
This clause in Article I, Section 8 gives Congress broad power to regulate commerce among states and with foreign nations.
What is the Commerce Clause?
This free African American and former slave published The North Star and became one of the most powerful voices for abolition.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This agency was created in 1913 to stabilize the economy by controlling the money supply and interest rates.
What is the Federal Reserve (or "the Fed")?
Executive Order 9066 instituted a 1942–45 federal program "relocating" this group to camps away from the West Coast.
Who are Japanese Americans?
This Netflix series, starring Jenna Ortega as a morbid teenager with psychic powers, became a breakout hit in 2022.
What is Wednesday?
This Great Lakes city grew into a major industrial center and was central to the American auto industry.
What is Detroit?
This group opposed the ratification of the Constitution and demanded a Bill of Rights.
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
This African American leader founded the Tuskegee Institute and promoted vocational education as a path to equality.
Who is Booker T. Washington
These labor unions often clashed with business leaders during the Industrial Revolution. (Name one)
What are the Knights of Labor and the AFL
This 1961 failed invasion of Cuba by CIA-trained exiles was an early Cold War embarrassment for the U.S.
What is the Bay of Pigs invasion?
This 2023 FX and Hulu series, starring Jeremy Allen White as a fine-dining chef back in a chaotic Chicago sandwich shop, won multiple Emmys.
What is The Bear?
This mountain chain contains the highest peak in the lower 48 states
What is the Sierra Nevada Mountains?
The Fourth Amendment originally only restricted federal action; this post–Civil War amendment extended its protections to the states.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This Roosevelt-era agency regulated the stock market and was created in response to the 1929 crash.
What is the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)?
This Roosevelt-era policy aimed to pay farmers to destroy crops and livestock to increase prices during the Great Depression.
What is the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)?
During the Korean War, this line of latitude became the heavily guarded border between North and South Korea.
What is the 38th parallel?
This video game adaptation from HBO, starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey, portrays a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by infection.
What is The Last of Us?
This 1804–1806 expedition, launched after a major land acquisition, mapped the American West and sought a route to the Pacific.
What is the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
In Tinker v. Des Moines (1969), the Court ruled that students do not “shed” this constitutional right at the schoolhouse gate.
What is freedom of speech?
This African American journalist and activist campaigned against lynching through extensive writing and public speaking.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
This 19th-century innovation by Henry Ford revolutionized industrial production by speeding up the manufacturing process.
What is the assembly line?
This trail, used by North Vietnamese forces to transport weapons and supplies, stretched through Laos and Cambodia.
What is the Ho Chi Minh Trail?
This Apple TV+ sci-fi series, based on Isaac Asimov’s epic novels and featuring a clone dynasty ruling the galaxy, explores fate, rebellion, and mathematics.
What is Foundation?