-ologies
anthropology
What is human society/culture/evolution?
The first man to represent his political party in an election, he ran in an election where the main issue was slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Who is John C. Fremont?
This Roman emperor voluntarily stepped down after ending the empire's long-lived crisis and establishing the Tetrarchy
Who is Diocletian?
morphology
What is the form of organisms?
This president served during the Mexican-American War; Lincoln made his first appearance in the federal government during his presidency
Who is James Polk?
This author wins the Pullitzer Prize in 1961 for a classic novel set in the town of Maycomb
Who is Harper Lee?
genealogy
What are families/ancestry?
The southernmost portions of the last two of the lower 48 states were ceded to the Union following this treaty
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
Columbus proposes his exploration plans with this monarch in 1486
Who is Isabella I?
astrology
What is the interpretation of celestial bodies? (DO NOT ACCEPT descriptions pertaining to astronomy)
DAILY DOUBLE
This vice president's threatening response to a certain tariff served as the predecessor to the secession of states that led to the Civil War
This "father of [a certain field of classification]" publishes the work that laid the foundations of that field in 1753
Who is Carolus Linneaus?
DAILY DOUBLE
etymology
Emerson pioneered this philosophy that celebrated self-reliance and criticized organized ways of life such as government and industrialization
What is transcendentalism?
This ocean liner left New York in 1915 for what would be its final transatlantic journey
What is the Lusitania?