Upton Sinclair's book "The Jungle" graphically described the working conditions in this appetizing industry.
What is meatpacking?
100
This event is considered the start of the Great Depression
What is the Stock Market Crash or Black Thursday?
100
We are currently at war in this country.
What is Afghanistan?
100
This team was just crowned NHL Champions?
Who are the LA Kings?
200
This women refused to give up her seat on a bus and helped kick start the civil rights movement
Who is Rosa Parks?
200
These people were working to improve society during the late 1800s
Who were the Progressives?
200
The Eighteenth Amendment, otherwise known as _______, banned the sale and consumption of alcohol.
What is prohibition?
200
These two men are running for President this fall.
Who are Mitt Romney and Barack Obama?
200
This person will be your Social Studies teacher next year.
Who is Mr. Reed?
300
This law makes businesses be handicap friendly so people like Darius can access them.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
300
This man invented the telephone.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
300
This "color" of journalism is considered to have helped cause the Spanish-American War with inflammatory stories and headlines.
What is "Yellow" Journalism
300
A zombie scare happened in this state when a man was found on the highway eating someone's face (what state is it?)
What is Florida?
300
Mr. Reed used this character as a mascot for the Boston Bruins during the Stanley Cup Finals
Who is Bearataur?
400
This famous monument was not handicap accessible in "Darius Goes West"
What is the Gateway Arch?
400
During this protest, someone "threw a bomb that wounded many police officers and killed eight. The police fired into the crowd, killing several people and wounding 100 others."
What is the Haymarket Riot?
400
This President claimed to speak softly but carried a big stick, though he was never known to really speak softly.
Who is Teddy Roosevelt?
400
This country has used brute force and killed thousands of innocent civilians in recent weeks to stop an uprising.
What is the Syria?
400
This current "dwarf planet," far away from the sun, was considered a real planet when Mr. Reed was your age
What is Pluto?
500
This Amendement to the constitution would have given equality to women, but it never passed.
What is the Equal Rights Amendment?
500
This happens when one person owns each step of a manufacturing process.
What is Vertical Integration?
500
The end of WWI saw President Wilson push and fail to create this group in order to try and prevent future wars
What is the League of Nations?
500
This Senator from Maine is stepping down because she feels the politics in Washington has gotten so bad it's not worth it.