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This Empire was known for its broad practice of human sacrifice and the initiation of ritual "Flower Wars" to capture sacrificial prisoners.
What was the Aztec Empire
This president led the U.S. through most of the Great Depression and created the New Deal.
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
This leader gave the famous “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This major 1969 music festival became a symbol of the counterculture movement and an anchor point for music history.
What is Woodstock?
This author wrote the Goosebumps series.
Who is R.L. Stine?
This crop was a staple of most Mesoamerican diets and central to their religious mythology.
What is maize?
This environmental disaster of the 1930s forced many farmers off their land in the Great Plains.
What is the Dust Bowl?
This woman refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, sparking a major boycott.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This war sparked widespread protests among young Americans.
What is the Vietnam War?
In the 2017 Netflix adaptation of A Series of Unfortunate Events, this actor portrays the deadpan narrator Lemony Snicket.
Who is Patrick Warburton?
This Aztec capital city was built on a lake and later became modern-day Mexico City.
What is Tenochtitlán?
This disease left FDR permanently paralyzed from the waist down, though he worked to conceal the extent of his disability from the public.
What is Polio?
This leader of the Nation of Islam was Malcolm X’s mentor during his early years as a minister.
Who is Elijah Muhammad?
This term described young people who rejected traditional values and embraced peace, music, and communal living.
What are hippies?
This author created Percy Jackson and modern Greek mythology adventures.
Who is Rick Riordan?
A series of Spanish land grants that forced Indigenous people to labor for colonists under the guise of protection and conversion.
What is the encomienda system?
This president succeeded FDR after his sudden death in 1945, and was responsible for the decision to bomb Japan with atomic weapons.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
This organization, led by Martin Luther King Jr., focused on using churches as a base for nonviolent civil rights activism.
What is the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)?
Richie Havens improvised this song during multiple encores as the opening act at Woodstock in 1969.
What is "Freedom"?
Featuring characters like Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, this book and film franchise centers on the battle against Lord Voldemort.
What is Harry Potter?
This Dominican friar condemned Spanish treatment of Indigenous peoples and later became known as the “Protector of the Indians.”
Who is Bartolomé de las Casas?
This sweeping set of federal programs and reforms sought to provide relief, recovery, and reform during the Great Depression.
What is the New Deal?
Prompted by violence on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, this legislation expanded federal oversight of elections in states with discriminatory practices.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Jimi Hendrix’s Woodstock performance of this song used guitar effects to mimic the sounds of bombs and war, reflecting the Vietnam era.
What is "The Star-Spangled Banner"?
This director, known for his dark, gothic style, directed the film adaptation of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children.
Who is Tim Burton?