Presidents
Who was the first African-American president?
Barack Obama
WHICH WAR INCLUDED THE DROPPING OF THE ATOMIC BOMBS, THE D-DAY INVASION, AND THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY?
World War II
WHO WAS THE CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER WHO BELIEVED IN NON-VIOLENCE AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE?
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
WHICH EVENT STARTED THE WAR ON TERROR AFTER AL-QAEDA FLEW PLANES INTO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER AND PENTAGON?
SEPTEMBER 11TH - 9/11
WHICH AMENDMENT GAVE WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE (SUFFRAGE)?
19th Amendment
WHICH PRESIDENT SERVED FOUR TERMS AS PRESIDENT, FROM THE GREAT DEPRESSION THROUGH WORLD WAR 2?
Franklin D. Roosevelt/ FDR
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE SOVIET UNION AND THE UNITED STATES FOR POWER AND INFLUENCE AROUND THE WORLD?
Cold War
WHO WAS THE PERSON TO POPULARIZE THE USE OF ASSEMBLY-LINE PRODUCTION IN HIS CAR FACTORIES?
Henry Ford
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE MAJOR SCANDAL THAT EVENTUALLY FORCED PRESIDENT NIXON TO RESIGN?
Watergate
WHAT BOOK, WRITTEN BY UPTON SINCLAIR, DETAILED ALL THE UNHEALTHY PRACTICES IN THE MEATPACKING INDUSTRY DURING THE PROGRESSIVE ERA?
The Jungle
WHICH PRESIDENT HELPED BUILD THE PANAMA CANAL AND BELIEVED IN HIS OWN "BIG STICK DIPLOMACY?"
Theodore Roosevelt
WHICH WAR MADE THE UNITED STATES INTO AN IMPERIAL POWER AFTER THEY GAINED PUERTO RICO, GUAM, AND THE PHILIPPINES?
THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
WHO WAS THE WEALTHY STEEL INDUSTRIALIST WHO GAVE MUCH OF HIS MONEY AWAY TO PHILANTHROPY?
Andrew Carnegie
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE LARGE MOVEMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICANS OUT OF THE SOUTH AND INTO THE NORTH DURING WORLD WAR I AND THE ROARING 20S?
The Great Migration
WHAT SUPREME COURT CASE RULED THAT SEGREGATED SCHOOLS WERE UNEQUAL AND VIOLATED THE EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT?
Brown vs the Board of Education
Which president believed in supply side economics, conservative during the 1980s?
Ronald Reagan
WHAT "WAR" WAS FOUGHT AFTER 9/11 IN MANY COUNTRIES IN AN EFFORT TO ERADICATE THIS FROM THE WORLD?
THE WAR ON TERROR
WHO WAS THE WOMAN WHO WROTE "THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE" AND HELPED CREATE THE FEMINIST MOVEMENT IN THE 1960S?
Betty Friedan
WHAT MAJOR CRISIS OCCURRED DURING PRESIDENT CARTER'S PRESIDENCY THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO SOLVE, AND EVENTUALLY CAUSED HIM TO LOSE HIS NEXT ELECTION?
The Iran Hostage Crisis
WHAT ARE INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS CALLED?
MUCKRAKERS
WHICH PRESIDENT CAME UP WITH THE FOURTEEN POINTS AND HELPED CREATE THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS?
Woodrow Wilson
WHICH WAR WAS FOUGHT TO KICK IRAQ OUT OF KUWAIT IN THE 1990s?
The Persian Guld War
WHO IS THE PERSON WHO BELIEVED THE UNITED STATES NEEDED TO ENLARGE ITS NAVY IN ORDER TO BE A WORLD POWER?
ALFRED THAYER MAHAN
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL MOVEMENT IN THE 1920S WITH JAZZ, ART, POETRY, AND LITERATURE?
The Harlem Renaissance
THIS LAW, PASSED IN THE GILDED AGE, GAVE CITIZENS 160 ACRES OF FREE LAND IN THE WEST SPARKING A LARGE WESTWARD MIGRATION.
Homestead Act