USA Flashcards
(23 cards)
What is the connection between Jamestown Massacre and Taylor Swift?
22
What is the connection between Tchaikovsky and a large-scale revolt in America?
12
What does Desire fantasize about before her 40th birthday?
three slaves
Describe colony growth in the 1700s.
Visual mnemonic
the Statue of Liberty has King Charles on her knee reading the Boston Globe, the headline is, there’s a Philadelphia cheese crisis
How does the massive Indian conflict open?
with Oppenchankinoff
What does burning give Berkeley?
the Willies
What did Brown show Home Rule?
in 1954 Brown showed Home Rule the door
What connects combat soldiers and women voting?
19
What did Columbus hear when he first landed?
SS as in a hiss
What is the MM of slavery?
(Playing)
Marblehead, Massachusetts
What links unemployment and slavery?
3 million
In the 17th century, who walks into a bar?
an Englishman, an Irishman, a Scotsman and a German
What is the American Revolutionary song?
from 75 to 83, American Revolutionary War
What is in the middle of the 5 year civil war?
Doctor Who
Who demands equality in law?
14 year olds
Who is angrily reconstructing?
a 12 year old
What is the mnemonic for the Supreme Court?
clouds break karmically now, as joyful sun shines endlessly
How do you remember the length of the Iraq war?
USAVSIRAQ9
Describe the length and times relevant to the House of Representatives.
Senators at the top get 6 years, the 435 just 2
How recall strength change to OxyContin?
DOUBLE IT FROM 80, MATEY
80mg
160mg
What happened in New England in the span of a human lifetime? (memory strategy.).
Witchcraft trials ending in 1690s
Identify these places in an early American context (c17th)
Chesapeake = Virginia, Maryland
Memory note: like pawns on a chess board
Where’s this?
In?
Newfoundland
Canada
