Loaded Questions 1/6/22 - American History
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1. What African-American investigative journalist published the 1892 pamphlet "Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases"?
2. The 1678 Treaty of Casco Bay ended what conflict, best documented by Mary Rowlandson who wrote a captivity narrative?
3. In June 1889, Andrew Carnegie published what article that described the responsibility of philanthropy by the self-made rich? It was originally published in the North American Review.
4. What Democratic representative who served California's 11th was assassinated in Guyana while visiting Jonestown in 1979?
5. Mary G. "Mother" Jones was nicknamed the "most dangerous woman in America" after working to help create strikes with the UMW, which stood for what union?
6. "For the old man is comin' just to carry you to freedom" is a lyric from what famous folk song that is attributed to Peg Leg Joe?
7. Harry Truman was forced to live in the Blair House for a time as president as he was in a 1950 assassination attempt by two activists that championed what specific cause?
8. Along with the USS C. Turner Joy, what destroyer was the main ship involved with the Gulf of Tonkin incident?
9. Who served as governor of Maryland from 1967 to 1969?
10. On February 14, 1929, the St. Valentine's Day Massacre saw the killing of seven members of the North Side Gang that belonged to what gangster?
11. What activist and former professor is known for a 1970 trial involving the Soledad brothers and ran as a vice presidential candidate on the Communist Party ticket in 1980?
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ANSWERS:
1. Ida B. Wells
2. King Philip’s War
3. The Gospel of Wealth
4. Leo Ryan
5. Union of Mine Workers
6. Follow The Drinking Gourd
7. Puerto Rican independence
8. USS Maddox
9. Spiro Agnew
10. Bugs Moran
11. Angela Davis