People
This 16th President of the United States was known for his role in the fight against slavery and is one of the few American presidents to be assassinated.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Amendment that banned alcohol in the United States
What is the 18th Amendment?
Pearl Harbor Year
When is December 7, 1941?
a time in the United States from 1920 to 1933 when making, selling, and drinking alcohol was illegal.
What is Prohibition?
Mr. Pelz's favorite sport
What is soccer?
The only President to serve 3 consecutive terms, starting prior to the Great Depression and lasting to the middle of World War 2.
Who is Franklin D Roosevelt?
A time during the 1930s when poor farming practices and drought caused massive dust storms in the Great Plains
What is the Dust Bowl?
Atomic Bombs against Japan - Years
When is August 1945?
The time period after the Civil War (1865-1877) when the United States worked to rebuild the South and bring the Southern states back into the Union
What is Reconstruction?
Famous line from the Minecraft movie that also got banned in Mr. Pelz's room
What is "Chicken Jockey"
This President served during the Cuban Missile Crisis and was famously killed during a parade in Texas in 1963.
Who is John F Kennedy?
This Amendment banned slavery in the United States
What is the 13th Amendment?
Lincoln Assassination Year
When is April 14, 1865?
Immigration processing center that open in New York Harbor in 1892
What is Ellis Island?
What is the Long Island Sound?
This civil rights leader advocated for more aggressive forms of protest and later inspired the creation of the Black Panther Party.
Who is Malcolm X?
The Supreme Court case that declared racially segregated places are unequal and ordered all public schools to be desegregated
What is Brown vs. Board of Education?
The start year of World War 1.
When is 1914?
code name for the secret United States project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in World War II
What is the Manhattan Project?
The most popular Halloween candy in 2024
What is M&Ms?
This heir to the Austrian-Hungarian throne, was assassinated, which sparked global disputes that led to the start of World War 1 (must get both names)
Who is (Archduke) Franz Ferdinand?
Following World War 2, this public construction was made to separate Germany into two different countries.
What is the Berlin Wall?
Stock Market Crash - Year
When is October 29, 1929?
Amendment that gave women the right to vote
What is the 19th Amendment?
Before coming to the high school, Mr. Pelz taught this grade and class at this school.
What is 7th Grade Current Events at Bailey Middle School?