When this federal standard went into effect in 1938, it was 25 cents per hour; today, it's $7.25 |
the minimum wage |
200 |
February 24, 2011 |
A devastating earthquake & fire in this city in 1906 caused 3,000 deaths & $400 million in damages |
San Francisco |
400 |
February 24, 2011 |
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Returning from their 1804 through 1805 expedition, these two men split up: one sought a shortcut from the mountains to the Missouri; the other explored the Yellowstone River |
Lewis & Clark |
600 |
February 24, 2011 |
In 1800 these 2 men tied for electoral votes & the House had to decide the outcome |
Jefferson & Aaron Burr |
800 |
February 24, 2011 |
In October 1973 he resigned as vice president & pleaded no contest to one count of income tax evasion |
Spiro Agnew |
1000 |
February 24, 2011 |
In 1963 he spoke of his "dream" that his children would one day "not be judged by the color of their skin" |
Martin Luther King, Jr. |
200 |
July 25, 2007 |
On August 21, 1959 it became our 50th state |
Hawaii |
400 |
July 25, 2007 |
It's the period, 1920 to 1933, when alcoholic beverages were illegal |
Prohibition |
800 |
July 25, 2007 |
Stephen Douglas proposed the act that repealed the Missouri Compromise & created these 2 territories |
Kansas & Nebraska |
1000 |
July 25, 2007 |
Seen here, he was the earliest president ever to be photographed, & the first to have a middle name |
John Quincy Adams |
|
July 25, 2007 |
In 1949 he presented his "Fair Deal" as part of his State of the Union address |
Truman |
200 |
May 27, 2004 |
The U.S. blockade of this country was made public October 22, 1962 |
Cuba |
400 |
May 27, 2004 |
When these people struck in Boston, Coolidge said, "There is no right to strike against the public safety by anyone" |
the police |
600 |
May 27, 2004 |
In 1851 students at VMI couldn't stonewall this professor of natural & experimental philosophy |
(Stonewall) Jackson |
800 |
May 27, 2004 |
Marcus Garvey, born on this island nation in 1887, was deported back there by the U.S. in 1927 |
Jamaica |
1000 |
May 27, 2004 |
In March 1836 he was named commander of the Texas army; by October he was president of the republic |
Sam Houston |
200 |
December 23, 2002 |
In May 1968 the Post Office celebrated the 50th anniversary of this kind of service |
air mail |
400 |
December 23, 2002 |
The base camp Richard Byrd dubbed Little America in 1929 is on this continent |
Antarctica |
600 |
December 23, 2002 |
The Job Corps came out of Lyndon Johnson's "War on" this |
Poverty |
800 |
December 23, 2002 |
On July 8, 1853 Matthew Perry presented a letter from President Fillmore to the emperor of this country |
Japan |
1000 |
December 23, 2002 |
The so-called "Noble Experiment" in the 1920s, an amendment brought it about |
Prohibition |
200 |
June 14, 2002 |
In the 1992 presidential election this Independent garnered over 18% of the vote |
(Ross) Perot |
400 |
June 14, 2002 |
In 1955 the Montgomery bus boycott split people apart & these 2 major labor groups merged |
AFL and CIO |
600 |
June 14, 2002 |
This commodore said Manila & the Philippines were "terra incognita" when he sailed there in 1989 |
George Dewey |
800 |
June 14, 2002 |
In 1854 antislavery Whigs, Democrats & Free-Soilers joined others to form this new party |
Republican |
|
June 14, 2002 |
He began selling watches by mail order in 1886 & later hired a repairman named A.C. Roebuck to work for him |
Richard Sears |
100 |
December 14, 2000 |
In 1937 FDR's opponents accused him of trying to "pack" this |
The Supreme Court |
200 |
December 14, 2000 |
In 1972 the "T" in the newsmaking SALT stood for this, not "treaty" |
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks |
300 |
December 14, 2000 |
This paper that had sent Stanley to find Livingstone merged with the New York Tribune in 1924 |
New York Herald |
400 |
December 14, 2000 |
Geronimo was buried in this state in 1909, 2 years after statehood |
Oklahoma |
|
December 14, 2000 |
Since 1937 this military post has been the site of the United States' gold bullion depository |
Fort Knox, Kentucky |
100 |
September 29, 2000 |
Total number of stars on the U.S. flag in 1777 |
13 |
200 |
September 29, 2000 |
He's the leader of the Union forces, seen here |
Ulysses S. Grant |
300 |
September 29, 2000 |
After a plea from his son, Abe Lincoln was the first to give a presidential pardon to one of these birds |
(Thanksgiving) Turkey |
400 |
September 29, 2000 |
On July 22, 1987 this Soviet leader agreed to a U.S. proposal to ban medium- & short-range nuclear weapons |
Mikhail Gorbachev |
500 |
September 29, 2000 |
Radical Republicans impeached & tried to remove this president in 1868 |
Andrew Johnson |
100 |
April 28, 1999 |
This avuncular nickname for the government was coined by those against the War of 1812 |
"Uncle Sam" |
200 |
April 28, 1999 |
When East & West were linked by this in October, 1861, the days of the Pony Express were numbered |
the telegraph |
300 |
April 28, 1999 |
In 1851 Stonewall Jackson became an instructor at VMI, this school |
Virginia Military Institute |
400 |
April 28, 1999 |
This Secretary of State retired in 1869, 2 years after his "folly" |
William Seward |
500 |
April 28, 1999 |
It was the last battle in which George Armstrong Custer saw action |
Little Big Horn |
100 |
April 9, 1999 |
Her first attempt to fly around the world ended in March 1937 when her plane crashed in Hawaii |
Amelia Earhart |
200 |
April 9, 1999 |
Of the AFL, NFL or NHL, the one Samuel Gompers helped found |
AFL (American Federation of Labor) |
300 |
April 9, 1999 |
Cuban hill that was stormed by the Rough Riders on July 1, 1898 |
San Juan Hill |
400 |
April 9, 1999 |
In 1952 Congress approved this commonwealth's new constitution |
Puerto Rico |
|
April 9, 1999 |
The political ring led by this man stole as much as $200 million from NYC before it was ousted in 1871 |
Boss Tweed |
100 |
June 25, 1998 |
John Adams appointed this John chief justice |
John Marshall |
200 |
June 25, 1998 |
President who signed the Alaskan Pipeline Act during the energy crisis |
Richard Nixon |
300 |
June 25, 1998 |
The Glass-Steagall Banking Act of 1933 created this agency that guarantees bank accounts |
FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) |
400 |
June 25, 1998 |
This state's constitution of 1849 led married women retain control of their own property |
California |
500 |
June 25, 1998 |
Big events in 1835: Mr. & Mrs. Clemens had a bouncing baby boy, Samuel, & this comet circled by |
Halley\'s Comet |
100 |
March 16, 1998 |
In 1915 he called San Francisco from New York City & spoke with Dr. Thomas A. Watson |
Alexander Graham Bell |
200 |
March 16, 1998 |
In 1807 this former VP was tried & acquitted on a charge of treason |
Aaron Burr |
300 |
March 16, 1998 |
On May 30, 1911, with a time of 6:42:08, Ray Harroun won the first running of this |
Indianapolis 500 |
400 |
March 16, 1998 |
This general addressed a joint session of Congress April 19, 1951 |
Douglas MacArthur |
500 |
March 16, 1998 |
In 1858 it was "Pikes Peak or Bust!" for gold miners who rushed to this state to find their fortune |
Colorado |
100 |
January 13, 1998 |
In 1890 William Kemmler was in the hot seat as he became the first criminal to die by this method |
Electric chair |
200 |
January 13, 1998 |
On Sept. 17, 1796 he issued his farewell address |
George Washington |
300 |
January 13, 1998 |
Built to replace the Challenger, this space shuttle made its maiden voyage in May of '92 |
Endeavour |
400 |
January 13, 1998 |
John Sevier was the first governor of Tennessee & the first & only governor of this short-lived state |
Franklin |
500 |
January 13, 1998 |
Edmund Randolph's Virginia Plan was used as the basis for this important American document of 1787 |
The Constitution |
100 |
April 8, 1997 |
Some of Wells Fargo's stagecoaches came from a factory in this New Hampshire capital |
Concord |
200 |
April 8, 1997 |
After the 1881 gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Virgil Earp lost his job as this city's marshall |
Tombstone |
300 |
April 8, 1997 |
In 1900 the Taft Commission supervised the transfer of military to civil govt. in these Pacific islands |
Philippines |
400 |
April 8, 1997 |
The first major engagement for U.S. troops in this 20th century war was the Battle of Belleau Wood |
World War I |
500 |
April 8, 1997 |
This 1803 territorial acquisition gave the U.S. free navigation of the Mississippi River |
Louisiana Purchase |
100 |
March 21, 1997 |
At age 26 Jonathan Dayton of New Jersey was the youngest signer of this 1787 document |
The Constitution |
200 |
March 21, 1997 |
On December 6, 1976 this congressman was chosen to replace Carl Albert as Speaker of the House |
Tip O\'Neill |
300 |
March 21, 1997 |
In 1973 L. Patrick Gray resigned as head of this agency because he destroyed Watergate records |
FBI |
400 |
March 21, 1997 |
Successor to the Manhattan Project, this agency, the AEC, was established in 1946 |
Atomic Energy Commission |
500 |
March 21, 1997 |
In 1981, just minutes after President Reagan was sworn in, the 52 hostages in this country were released |
Iran |
100 |
February 20, 1997 |
In 1950 2 Puerto Rican nationalists made an attempt on this president's life |
Harry S. Truman |
200 |
February 20, 1997 |
Robert McNamara served in this post 1961-68 |
Secretary of Defense |
300 |
February 20, 1997 |
Philanthropist Gerrit Smith helped finance this man's 1859 raid on Harper's Ferry |
John Brown |
400 |
February 20, 1997 |
This 1890 act was designed in part to prevent monopolies |
Sherman Anti-Trust Act |
500 |
February 20, 1997 |
As a result of this 1861-65 conflict, over 600,000 died and 375,000 were wounded |
the U.S. Civil War |
100 |
September 19, 1996 |
In 1666 Puritan families founded a village that later became this largest New Jersey city |
Newark |
200 |
September 19, 1996 |
On Sept. 10, 1813 he sailed from South Bass Island off Ohio's shore to battle the British |
Oliver Hazard Perry |
300 |
September 19, 1996 |
In 1869 the U.S. attempted to annex this nation on eastern Hispaniola |
the Dominican Republic |
400 |
September 19, 1996 |
This third party of the 1890s called for free silver & government ownership of railroads |
the Populist (or People\'s) Party |
500 |
September 19, 1996 |
In 1959 Walter Williams, said to be the last surviving veteran of this war, died at age 117 |
the Civil War |
100 |
June 17, 1993 |
In 1776 Sgt. Ezra Lee led the first known attack in one of these submersible crafts |
a submarine |
200 |
June 17, 1993 |
In 1927 this aviator became the first person to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross |
(Charles) Lindbergh |
300 |
June 17, 1993 |
In 1909 the Lincoln penny replaced this one, which had been in circulation for 50 years |
the Indian head |
400 |
June 17, 1993 |
In 1770 Robert Treat Paine prosecuted the British troops indicted for murder in this incident |
the Boston Massacre |
500 |
June 17, 1993 |
In 1889 the dam rebuilt by the South Fork Fishing & Hunting Club broke, causing this flood |
the Johnstown Flood |
100 |
September 14, 1992 |
Some senators wanted to call him "His Elective Majesty", but settled for "Mr. President" |
George Washington |
200 |
September 14, 1992 |
It says, "Our policy in Europe...is not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its powers" |
the Monroe Doctrine |
300 |
September 14, 1992 |
After an anti-Mormon mob murdered this man in Illinois, Brigham Young moved the flock west |
Joseph Smith |
400 |
September 14, 1992 |
When the Underwood Tariff became law in 1913, it replaced lost tariff money with this tax |
income tax |
500 |
September 14, 1992 |
President Ford appointed this future president director of the CIA in 1975 |
George Bush |
100 |
April 10, 1992 |
In 1960 he quipped, "Mr. Nixon dismissed me as 'another Truman'...I consider him another Dewey" |
John Kennedy |
200 |
April 10, 1992 |
In 1799 this orator was elected to VA.'s legislature but died before he could take his seat |
Patrick Henry |
300 |
April 10, 1992 |
When this general died in 1863, Robert E. Lee wrote, "I know not how to replace him" |
(Stonewall) Jackson |
400 |
April 10, 1992 |
In 1742 James Oglethorpe won the Battle of Bloody Marsh & virtually ended this country's threat to Georgia |
Spain |
500 |
April 10, 1992 |
In 1838 Congress granted mail carrier status to this new form of transportation |
Railroads |
100 |
May 22, 1990 |
America's first successful world exposition was held in 1876 in this Pennsylvania city |
Philadelphia |
200 |
May 22, 1990 |
The territory acquired by the 1853 Gadsden Purchase is now part of these 2 states |
Arizona & New Mexico |
300 |
May 22, 1990 |
The Marquis De Lafayette served in the American Revolution, the Lafayette Escadrille in this war |
World War I |
400 |
May 22, 1990 |
This last president from the Whig party rode Lincoln's funeral train from Batavia, N.Y. to Buffalo |
Millard Fillmore |
500 |
May 22, 1990 |
Teddy Roosevelt's attorney general, Charles Bonaparte, was this man's grandnephew |
Napoleon |
100 |
January 8, 1990 |
Black Shawl was the wife of this Indian who helped lead the charge against Custer |
Crazy Horse |
200 |
January 8, 1990 |
Roger Williams founded R.I. after he was banished from this colony for his religious beliefs |
Massachusetts |
300 |
January 8, 1990 |
This state recently marked the 400th anniversary of the English settlement on Roanoake Island |
North Carolina |
400 |
January 8, 1990 |
The Cajuns migrated to Louisiana from there |
Nova Scotia |
500 |
January 8, 1990 |
Century in which the most states, 29, were admitted to the Union |
the 19th century |
100 |
November 15, 1989 |
John Q. Adams & Henry Clay were among those who negotiated the Treaty of Ghent that ended this war |
the War of 1812 |
200 |
November 15, 1989 |
The 1st English settlement in Maine occured in this same year as the settlement of Jamestown |
1607 |
300 |
November 15, 1989 |
This disease transmiited by the Aedes Aegypti mosquto was brought to America on slave ships |
yellow fever |
400 |
November 15, 1989 |
In 1954 he was elected to the senate from South Carolina by a write-in vote |
Strom Thurmond |
500 |
November 15, 1989 |
It's the present-day successor of the old Federal Radio Commission |
the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) |
100 |
May 26, 1989 |
Number of the Continental Congress which adopted the Declaration of Independence |
the second |
200 |
May 26, 1989 |
A cartoon by Thomas Nast in an 1874 Harper's Weekly was the 1st to use an elephant as this |
the symbol of the Republican Party |
300 |
May 26, 1989 |
The Liberty Bell cracked July 8, 1835 while tolling this Chief Justice's death |
(John) Marshall |
400 |
May 26, 1989 |
The verdict in the 1982 trial of John Hinckley Jr. for attempting to murder the president |
not guilty by reason of insanity |
500 |
May 26, 1989 |
Spanning from Rock Island, IL to Davenport, IA, 1st railway bridge over this river opened 5/21/1856 |
Mississippi River |
100 |
September 24, 1986 |
After a series of sit-down strikes at plants in 1936-37, GM agreed to recognize this union |
United Auto Workers |
200 |
September 24, 1986 |
While FDR served the longest term, 12 years, this president served the shortest, 1 month |
(William Henry) Harrison |
300 |
September 24, 1986 |
This Confederate Civil War song became a hit single for Mitch Miller in 1955 |
<i>The Yellow Rose of Texas</i> |
400 |
September 24, 1986 |
French for "the narrows", this city was founded in 1701 on river between Lake Huron & Lake Erie |
Detroit |
500 |
September 24, 1986 |
Demonstrators were kicked out of this city's Lincoln Park August 27, 1968 |
Chicago |
100 |
November 18, 1985 |
Though he left the service after WWII as a captain, today he holds the highest rank possible |
Ronald Reagan |
200 |
November 18, 1985 |
Country to which the U.S. began beaming Radio Marti in May 1985 |
Cuba |
300 |
November 18, 1985 |
Though popular in early 1800s this Tennessee congressman was even more popular in the 1950s |
Davy Crockett |
400 |
November 18, 1985 |
This president vetoed more legislation than any other |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
500 |
November 18, 1985 |
Some 30 years before his cousin's New Deal, he gave us a "Square Deal" |
Theodore Roosevelt |
100 |
December 3, 1984 |
In 1870s cartoonist Thomas Nast gave Democrats & GOP these symbols |
the donkey and the elephant |
200 |
December 3, 1984 |
Pres. Wilson founded this world organization which America never joined |
the League of Nations |
300 |
December 3, 1984 |
The Spanish-American War led to this Caribbean country's independence |
Cuba |
400 |
December 3, 1984 |
He was the first American in space |
Alan Shepard |
500 |
December 3, 1984 |
This colonial inventor suggested Daylight Saving Time |
Benjamin Franklin |
100 |
September 12, 1984 |
On the eve of the Civil War, some 2,000 slaveholders were of this race |
black (or negro) |
200 |
September 12, 1984 |