2009-2010 U.S. History
Question of the Day Archive


Edward Hopper, "Road in Maine," 1914
(Source: Wikimedia Commons--public domain)

This is a collection of the U.S. History Questions of the Day that are posted from August 24th, 2009 to May 7th, 2010 .
Teachers and students may use these questions in any ways they find helpful.

Date	Link	Era	Topic		Date	Link	Era	Topic
August 25	0901	1800-1860	Erie Canal		January 1	0100101	Gilded Age	Social Gospel
August 26	0903	17th Century	Plymouth Colony		January 2	0100102	17th Century Colonies	European colonization
August 27	0902	World War 2	Biggest surrender		January 3	0100103	1800-1860	Repatriating ex-slaves
August 28	0904	18th Century American Colonies	John Peter Zenger		January 4	0100104	World War I	Freedom of speech
August 29	0905	Contemporary America (1970-present)	Vice-presidential succession		January 5	0100105	World War II	Conferences
August 30	0907	Articles Period	Northwest Ordinance		January 6	0100106	Constitutional Convention	Commerce Compromise
August 31	0908	1920s	Henry Ford		January 7	0100107	1960s	Great Society programs
September 1	0912	Gilded Age	Cause and effect		January 8	0100108	17th Century colonies	Puritan beliefs
September 2	0909	Discovery & Exploration	Henry Hudson		January 9	0100109	1800-1860	Supreme Court decisions
September 3	0910	World War 2	Potsdam Conference		January 10	0100110	Civil War	Lincoln speeches
September 4	0911	Progressive Era	Muckrakers		January 11	0100111	1960s	Tet Offensive
September 5	0913	1800-1860	Whig Party		January 12	0100112	Gilded Age	Chautauqua Movement
September 6	0915	Contemporary America (1970-present)	Los Angeles Riots		January 13	0100113	1800-1860	U.S.-Canada border
September 7	0916	17th Century Colonies	Reformation		January 14	0100114	1920s	Urban-rural tensions
September 8	0917	Gilded Age	Tenements		January 15	0100115	1800-1860	Seneca Falls Convention
September 9	0914	1800-1860	Fugitive Slave Act		January 16	0100116	Contemporary America (1970-present)	Nixon's resignation
September 10	0918	18th Century American Colonies	Common Sense		January 17	0100117	17th Century colonies	Significant events
September 11	0919	1800-1860	Marshall Court decisions		January 18	0100118	Reconstruction	Election of 1876
September 12	0920	Discovery & Exploration	Aztecs		January 19	0100119	Cold War	Berlin blockade
September 13	0921	Gilded Age	Railroads		January 20	0100120	American Revolution	British strategy
September 14	0922	Jeffersonian Era	Jefferson's jobs		January 21	0100121	1920s	Economic conditions
September 15	0923	1800-1860	Education reform		January 22	0100122	Contemporary America (1970-present)	NATO
September 16	0924	Contemporary America (1970-present)	Nixon administration		January 23	0100123	Jeffersonian Era	Louisiana Purchase
September 17	0925	World War I	Anti-German attitudes		January 24	0100124	World War I	Lusitania
September 18	0926	1800-1860	Antebellum America		January 25	0100125	1920s	The Great Gatsby
September 19	0927	Gilded Age	W.E.B. DuBois		January 26	0100126	18th Century American Colonies	Proclamation of 1763
September 20	0928	18th-20th Centuries	Revivalism		January 27	0100127	Progressive Era	Armory Art Show
September 21	0929	1800-1860	Abolitionists		January 28	0100128	1800-1860	Treaty of Guadulupe Hidalgo
September 22	0930	1950s	American foreign policy		January 29	0100129	Great Depression	Social Security
September 23	0931	18th Century American Colonies	French & Indian War		January 30	0100130	1960s	Military-industrial complex
September 24	0932	18th & 19th Centuries	California's missions		January 31	0100131	17th Century American Colonies	Calvert's colony
September 25	0933	19th & 20th Centuries	Presidential quotes		February 1	0100201	1850s	Lincoln-Douglas Debates
September 26	0934	1800-1860	John C. Frémont		February 2	0100202	Contemporary America 1970-present	Immigration
September 27	0935	1930s	New Deal programs		February 3	0100203	Articles Period	Shays's Rebelllion
September 28	0949	Gilded Age	Cross of gold quote		February 4	0100204	World War II	Major battles
September 29	0937	Federalist Era	Washington's Cabinet		February 5	0100205	Progressive Era	Jazz
September 30	0938	1960s	Port Huron Statement		February 6	0100206	Civil War	Battles
October 1	0939	Civil War	Morrill Act		February 7	0100207	Gilded Age	Last Indian battle
October 2	0940	Reconstruction	End of slavery		February 8	0100208	1950s	Civil rights events
October 3	0941	1900-1920	Filipino independence		February 9	0100209	17th Century Colonies	Colonial slavery
October 4	0942	1920s	National Origins Act		February 10	0100210	20th Century	Desegregation of armed forces barracks
October 5	0951	Progressive Era	Ishi		February 11	0100211	1960s	College students
October 6	0944	Contemporary America 1970-present	Affirmative action		February 12	0100212	Jeffersonian Era	Southwest exploration
October 7	0945	1960s	Desegregation of Southern colleges		February 13	0100213	1850s	Compromise of 1850
October 8	0946	Discovery and Exploration	Columbus		February 14	0100214	World War II	Japanese war crime
October 9	0947	World War I	Wilson's Fourteen Points		February 15	0100215	20th Century	Latin American relations
October 10	0948	1800-1860	Utopian religious sects		February 16	0100216	Cold War era	Nuremberg Tribunals
October 11	0936	Gilded Age	Government regulation		February 17	0100217	Exploration and Discovery	First exploration of Florida
October 12	0950	19th & 20th Centuries	American frontier and its impact		February 18	0100218	Articles Period	Federalist Papers
October 13	0943	Jacksonian Era	Nullification crisis		February 19	0100219	1960s	Soviet-American diplomacy
October 14	0952	1800-1860	Periodicals		February 20	0100220	1800-1860	Lowell System
October 15	0953	Contemporary America 1970-present	Three Mile Island		February 21	0100221	Progressive Era	Election of 1912
October 16	0954	1800-1860	Architectural styles		February 22	0100222	1960s	Cesar Chavez
October 17	0955	Progressive Era	Prohibition		February 23	0100223	Gilded Age	Panic of 1893
October 18	0956	1800-1860	Missouri Compromise		February 24	0100224	17th Century Colonies	First self-governing body
October 19	0957	1950s	Korean War		February 25	0100225	1800-1860	Andrew Jackson
October 20	0958	1800-1860	Protective tariffs		February 26	0100226	1800-1860	American System
October 21	0959	Federalist Era	Articles of Confederation		February 27	0100227	Contemporary America 1970-present	Roe v. Wade
October 22	0960	1960s	Election of 1960		February 28	0100228	18th Century Colonies	Protestant denominations
October 23	0962	Gilded Age	Alfred Mahan's book		March 1	0100301	Progressive Era	Labor laws
October 24	0963	World War I	Victory Gardens		March 2	0100302	Gilded Age	Southwest exploration
October 25	0964	Progressive Era	Education		March 3	0100303	20th Century	Prisoners of war
October 26	0965	Federalist Era	Bill of Rights		March 4	0100304	1930s	1936 Olympic Games
October 27	0966	Pre-Columbian America	Indians		March 5	0100305	20th Century	Television war coverage
October 28	0967	Progressive Era	Progressivism		March 6	0100306	Gilded Age	Atlanta Exposition
October 29	0968	Reconstruction	Reconstruction policies		March 7	0100307	1850s	Acquiring Cuba
October 30	0969	1920s	Fundamentalism		March 8	0100308	American Revolution	Second Continental Congress
October 31	0970	1800-1860	Slavery's defenses		March 9	0100309	Gilded Age	Anti-immigrant legislation
November 1	0971	Contemporary American 1970-present	President Clinton		March 10	0100310	20th Century	Third party candidates
November 2	0972	Civil War	Advantages of the North		March 11	0100311	19th Century	Battles of the 19th Century
November 3	0973	Great Depression	Keynsian economics		March 12	0100312	The West	Mountain Meadows Massacre
November 4	0974	Revolutionary War	French aid		March 13	0100313	1850s	Events of the 1850s
November 5	0975	20th Century	Thoreau's influence		March 14	0100314	Great Depression	Banking reform
November 6	0976	1800-1860	Nulification		March 15
November 7	0977	Gilded Age	Gospel of Wealth		March 16
November 8	0978	Gilded Age	Immigration restrictions		March 17
November 9	0979	Pre-Columbian America	Iroquois women		March 18
November 10	0980	1930s	Abraham Lincoln Brigade		March 19
November 11	0981	1800-1860	Religious sects		March 20
November 12	0982	Contemporary America 1970-present	George W. Bush		March 21
November 13	0983	Jeffersonian Era	Eli Whitney		March 22
November 14	0984	World War II	Events in California		March 23
November 15	0985	Federalist Era	Separation of church and state		March 24
November 16	0986	1960s	Reapportionment		March 25
November 17	0987	War of 1812	Causes of the War of 1812		March 26
November 18	0988	19th & 20th Centuries	Anti-war protest		March 27
November 19	0989	Federalist Era	Washington, D.C. as a capital		March 28
November 20	0990	Great Depression	Okies		March 29
November 21	0991	Exploration and Discovery	Seven Cities of Cibola		March 30
November 22	0992	19th & 20th Centuries	Presidential military experience		March 31
November 23	0993	Progressive Era	U.S.-Mexico relations		April 1
November 24	0994	19th Century	American Indians		April 2
November 25	0995	American Revolution	Newburgh Conspiracy		April 3
November 26	0998	17th-20th Centuries	Thanksgiving		April 4
November 27	0997	1800-1860	American railroads		April 5
November 28	0996	Contemporary America 1970-present	African civil war		April 6
November 29	0999	World War II	Largest casualty count		April 7
November 30	01000	1800-1860	Unitarianism		April 8
December 1	01005	1960s	Martin Luther King, Jr. speeches		April 9
December 2	01002	1800-1860	Presidential promises		April 10
December 3	01003	1960s	Cold War		April 11
December 4	01004	Expansionism	Mexican-American War		April 12
December 5	01001	18th--20th Centuries	Peace Treaties		April 13
December 6	01006	Progressive Era	Progressivism's causes		April 14
December 7	010011	World War II	Pearl Harbor attack		April 15
December 8	01008	Contemporary America 1970-present	Oklahoma City Bombing		April 16
December 9	01009	18th & 19th Centuries	Wars and battles		April 17
December 10	010010	1920s	Women's rights		April 18
December 11	01007	Jeffersonian Era	Lewis & Clark Expedition		April 19
December 12	010012	1850s	Sumner & Brooks incldent		April 20
December 13	010013	1930s	New Deal critics		April 21
December 14	010014	1800-1860	American Romantic Literature		April 22
December 15	010015	1920s	Herbert Hoover		April 23
December 16	010016	18th Century	Great Awakening		April 24
December 17	010017	Contemporary America 1970-present	1968 Chicago Convention		April 25
December 18	010018	1960s	Feminism		April 26
December 19	010019	Federalist Era	French diplomacy		April 27
December 20	010020	Gilded Age	Literature		April 28
December 21	010021	Imperialism	Spanish-American War		April 30
December 22	010022	17th-19th Centuries	Compulsory Education		May 1
December 23	010023	1940s	Taft-Hartley Act		May 2
December 24	010024	Contemporary America 1970-present	Space program		May 3
December 25	010025	American West 1865-1900	Agricultural inventions		May 4
December 26	010026	Revolutionary War	Trenton		May 5
December 27	010027	1930s	New Deal programs		May 6
December 28	010028	World War II	Atomic bomb		May 7
December 29	010029	18th Century	Colonial taxation
December 30	010030	Cold War	Domestic Cold War events
December 31	010031	Jacksonian Era	Andrew Jackson