Battle of Bunker Hill
This hill—not Bunker Hill—was where most of the so-called Battle of Bunker Hill actually took place.
What is Breed's Hill?
This term refers to banks refusing loans to people in certain neighborhoods, often because of race.
What is redlining?
This Paris fortress, stormed on July 14, 1789, was originally built in the late 1300s to protect the city during the Hundred Years’ War.
What is the Bastille?
LOL
What is "laugh out loud?"
Pennywise returns to terrorize Derry in this 2017 adaptation of a Stephen King classic.
What is It?
This British commander led three charges up Breed’s Hill during the battle.
Who is General William Howe?
This economic event, beginning after the stock market crash, led to a decade of high unemployment, poverty, deflation, plunging farm incomes, and a widespread loss of confidence in the future.
What is the Great Depression?
The revolutionaries who stormed the Bastille were mostly craftsmen and store owners from this social class.
What is the Third Estate?
SMH
What is "shaking my head?"
This 2017 Jordan Peele film explores racial tension through a terrifying visit to a girlfriend’s family estate.
What is Get Out?
This American colonel, who helped lead the defense of the hill, shared a first name with his British opponent.
Who is Colonel William Prescott?
This U.S. president introduced the New Deal to combat the economic hardships of the Great Depression.
Who is FDR? (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
The Bastille was attacked because it symbolized oppression and contained this essential material for weapons.
What is gunpowder?
IMHO
What is "In my humble opinion?"
In this 2018 film, a family must stay silent to avoid creatures that hunt by sound.
What is A Quiet Place?
This patriot doctor, later killed in the fighting, was one of the American leaders present at the battle.
Who is Dr. Joseph Warren?
These agreements, often written into property deeds, were used to prevent people of certain races or ethnicities from buying homes in specific neighborhoods, reinforcing segregation alongside redlining practices.
What are restrictive covenants?
This governor of the Bastille surrendered the fortress but was killed by the crowd after the battle.
Who is Governor de Launay?
FWIW
What is "For what it's worth?"
This 2022 slasher brings back Ghostface for a new generation in Woodsboro.
What is Scream?
American soldiers were given this famous instruction because they were low on ammunition.
What is “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes”?
The movement of six million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West between 1910 and 1970.
What is the Great Migration?
Today, July 14 is celebrated as this national holiday in France, similar to the Fourth of July in the United States.
What is Bastille Day?
ROFL
What is "Rolling on the floor?"
This 2023 film follows a group of teens who summon spirits using a mysterious embalmed hand.
What is Talk to Me?