Colonial
The event done by the colonists to protest the Tea Act of 1773
What was the Boston Tea Party?
The conflict that almost split the U.S. on the issues of slavery and states‘ rights
What was the American Civil War?
The year in which women were given the right to vote
What is 1920?
The two schools that federated in 1967 to create our university
What were Case Institute of Technology and Western Reserve University?
The name of the president who served the most number of terms
Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt (4)?
The first battle of the Revolutionary War with the first “shot heard ’round the world”
What were the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
The period of dramatic and social change that began in this period and involved technology
What is the Industrial Revolution?
The event that economically devastated the world beginning in 1929
What was the Great Depression?
Name of the superhero created in Cleveland in 1938
Who is Superman?
The state that has produced the most US presidents
What is Virginia? (But Ohio is 2nd with 7!)
The year the Constitution was ratified
What is 1790?
The period in in which there was major industrial growth, technological advancements, and immense wealth, but also widespread corruption, inequality, and exploitation of the working class
What is the Guilded Age?
The two wars the U.S. was a part of following their containment policy during the Cold War
What is the Vietnam War and the Korean War?
The name of the famous physics experiment that proved the nonexistence of luminiferous ether
What was the Michelson-Morley experiment?
The first U.S. state
What is Delaware?
The first settlement in modern day U.S.
What is St. Augustine (Florida)?
The last US president to lead troops in battle while in office
Who was James Madison?
Woodrow Wilson’s plan for peace post-WWI
What were the Fourteen Points?
The original use for Guilford House on Mather Quad
What is a Women’s Dormitory?
The first music video to play on MTV
What is “Video Killed the Radio Star” by the Buggles
The name of the French military officer who was vital in the Siege of Yorktown
Who was Rochambeau?
The U.S. state that originally was an independent country before joining
What is Texas?
The name of the organization that began in 1960s that fought for Black Liberation
What was the Black Panther Party?
The electric item first seen in the U.S. in 1914 at the corner of E. 105th St and Euclid Ave
What is a traffic light?
The forced migration of Native American tribes from the South and Southeast
What was the Trail of Tears?