Question of the Day Archive

2008-2009 U.S. History
Question of the Day Archive

World War I Poster by
James Montgomery Flagg
(Source: Wikimedia Commons--public domain)

This is a summary of the Questions of the Day that were posted from September 11th, 2008 to May 8th, 2009. Teachers and students may use these questions in any ways they find helpful.

September

Date	#	Era	Topic
9/11	891	18th Century Colonies	French & Indian War
9/12	892	Progressive Era	John Dewey
9/13	896	1830s	Texas annexation
9/14	897	Jeffersonian Era	Midnight judges
9/15	898	17^th Century Colonies	Massachusetts Bay
9/16	899	1920s	Kellogg-Briand Pact
9/17	900	1800-1850	Impact of cotton
9/18	901	Contemporary (1970-)	Nixon and Watergate
9/19	902	Antebellum Period	Abolitionism
9/20	903	Revolutionary War	Saratoga
9/21	904	World War II	Yalta
9/22	905	17^th Century Colonies	Roger Williams
9/23	906	1800-1850	Second Great Awakening
9/24	907	Gilded Age (1865-1900)	Election of 1876
9/25	908	1960s	1968
9/26	909	Civil War	Emancipation Proclamation
9/27	910	Pre-Columbian America	Cahokia
9/28	911	1800-1850	Missouri Compromise
9/29	912	Cold War	Foreign policy
9/30	913	Pre-Columbian America	Early civilizations

October

Date

Era

Topic

10/1

914

Contemporary (1970-)

Clinton Administration

10/2

915

Jeffersonian Era

Jefferson's beliefs

10/3

916

Progressive Era

1912 Election

10/4

917

17th Century Colonies

Religious origins

10/5

918

Federalist Era

Eli Whitney

10/6

919

1920s

Ku Klux Klan

10/7

920

1850s

Lincoln-Douglas debates

10/8

921

18th Century Colonies

Mercantilism

10/9

922

Contemporary (1970-)

Vietnam War

10/10

923

Gilded Age

Turner Thesis

10/11

924

Jeffersonian Era

Lewis & Clark Expedition

10/12

925

Throughout American history

Revivalism

10/13

926

Federalist Era

Washington's Farewell

10/14

927

Contemporary (1970-)

9/11

10/15

928

Gilded Age (1876-1900)

Spanish-American War

10/16

929

Progressive Era

Booker T. Washington

10/17

930

17th Century Colonies

Quakers

10/18

931

Civil War

Confederacy

10/19

932

Jacksonian Era

The Bank of the U.S.

10/20

933

18th Century Colonies

New England governance

10/21

934

World War I

U.S. entry in the war

10/22

935

Expansionism

Utah

10/23

936

World War II

American foreign policy

10/24

937

Revolutionary War

Declaration of Independence

10/25

938

1950s

Math & science education

10/26

939

Jeffersonian Era

Aaron Burr

10/27

940

1960s

Tet Offensive

10/28

941

17th Century Colonies

Colonial slavery

10/29

942

Progressive Era

Muckraking journalists

10/30

943

Era of Good Feelings

South and protective tariffs

10/31

944

New Deal

Works Progress Administration

November

Date	#	Era	Topic
11/1	945	Contemporary America (1970-)	Clarence Thomas
11/2	946	Articles Period	Articles of Confederation
11/3	947	1920s	Scopes Monkey Trial
11/4	948	18th Century Colonies	Proclamation of 1763
11/5	952	Contemporary America (1970-)	Obama and Lincoln
11/6	949	Gilded Age (1865-1900)	Plains Indians & U.S. Army
11/7	950	Great Depression	Neutrality Acts
11/8	951	Era of Good Feelings	McCullogh v. Maryland
11/9	953	Articles Period	Constitutional Convention
11/10	954	1960s	Kennedy and Civil Rights
11/11	955	19th Century	Beaver fur-trading
11/12	956	17th Century Colonies	Priesthood of all believers
11/13	957	Contemporary America (1970-)	President Jimmy Carter
11/14	958	18th Century	Great Awakening
11/15	959	Cold War	Truman Doctrine
11/16	960	Gilded Age (1865-1900)	Coxey's Army
11/17	961	Jacksonian Era	Worcester v. Georgia
11/18	962	Contemporary America (1970-)	Kent State demonstrations
11/19	963	18th Century Colonies	Boston Tea Party
11/20	964	Antebellum Period	Southerners and slavery
11/21	965	1950s	Brown v. Topeka decision
11/22	966	1800-1850	Antebellum reform movements
11/23	967	Civil War	Habeas corpus
11/24	968	Great Depression	Stock Market Crash
11/25	969	Cold War	Alger Hiss
11/26	970	17th Century	Salem Witch Trials
11/27	971	World War I	African-American troops
11/28	972	1960s	Cuban Missile Crisis
11/29	973	1800-1850	Hudson River School of Art
11/30	974	Civil War	Vicksburg

December

Date	#	Era	Topic
12/1	975	1920s	Harlem Renaissance
12/2	976	18th Century	Pre-Revolutionary War attitudes
12/3	977	1800-1850	Lowell System
12/4	978	Antebellum Period	Abolitionism
12/5	979	Contemporary America (1970-)	1972 presidential election
12/6	980	17th Century	Colonial Virginia
12/7	981	1930s	Chamberlain at Munich
12/8	982	Gilded Age (1865-1900)	Imperialism
12/9	983	1950s	Pres. Eisenhower
12/10	984	18th Century	Benjamin Franklin
12/12	985	Civil War	Abraham Lincoln
12/12	986	Progressive Era	W.E.B. DuBois
12/13	987	Contemporary America (1970-)	Bill Clinton
12/13	988	Jeffersonian Era	Louisiana Purchase
12/14	989	1920s	Henry Ford
12/15	990	17th Century	Puritanism
12/16	991	17th Century Spanish America	Popé's Revolt
12/17	992	Contemporary America (1970-)	Gerald R. Ford
12/18	993	World War I	Wilson and neutrality
12/19	994	Contemporary America (1970-)	Iran-Contra scandal
12/20	995	18th Century	Urban centers
12/21	996	Gilded Age (1865-1900)	Dawes Act
12/22	997	Civil War	Emancipation Proclamation
12/23	998	1930s	Agricultural Adjustment Act
12/24	1001	1960s	Apollo 8 & Christmas Eve
12/25	1000	Revolutionary War	Battle of Trenton
12/26	999	Discovery & Exploration	Columbus and Caribbean Indians
12/27	1002	1800-1850s	Mormons
12/28	1003	Revolutionary War	Lexington & Concord
12/29	1004	Gilded Age (1865-1900)	Transcontinental railroad
12/30	1005	World War 2	Internment of Japanese
12/31	1006	Federalist Era	John Adams

January

Date	#	Era	Topic
1/1	1007	Antebellum Period	Mexican Cession
1/2	1008	Gilded Age (1865-1900)	Social Gospel
1/3	1009	Jeffersonian Era	Thomas Jefferson
1/4	1010	Vietnam War	Vietnam
1/5	1011	Gilded Age (1865-1900)	National Parks
1/6	1012	Jeffersonian Era	Exploration of Louisiana Purchase
1/7	1013	Progressive Era	Family planning
1/8	1014	1800-1850s	Economic growth
1/9	1015	1960s	Gay Rights Movement
1/10	1016	Discovery & Exploration	French explorers
1/11	1017	Great Depression	New Deal critics
1/12	1018	1850s	Slavery issues
1/13	1019	Contemporary America (1970-)	Vice-presidential succession
1/14	1020	Gilded Age	Populism
1/15	1021	1800-1850s	Election of 1824
1/16	1022	18th Century	Transportation and communication
1/17	1023	1800-1850s	Democratic traditions
1/18	1024	17th Century Colonies	Colonial foundings
1/19	1025	1960s	John F. Kennedy
1/20	1026	Jeffersonian Era	Jefferson's Inauguration
1/21	1027	Vietnam War	Vietnam
1/22	1028	Gilded Age	Mary Cassatt
1/23	1029	Gilded Age	Tenement housing
1/24	1030	Revolutionary War	Inflammatory speech
1/25	1031	Great Depression	New Deal programs
1/26	1032	Civil War	Sherman's march
1/27	1033	Exploration	Roanoke
1/28	1034	World War I	World War I events
1/29	1035	Articles Period	Articles of Confederation
1/30	1036	Gilded Age	Industrial growth
1/31	1037	1960s	Space race

February

Date	#	Era	Topic
2/1	1038	Federalist Era	Bill of Rights
2/2	1039	1800-1850	Protective tariffs
2/3	1040	Gilded Age	Homestead Strike
2/4	1041	Gilded Age	Grover Cleveland philosphy
2/5	1042	World War I	Wilson and the League of Nations
2/6	1043	Civil War	Lincoln quotes
2/7	1044	17th Century Colonies	Role of colonial women
2/8	1045	1950s	Civil Rights
2/9	1046	18th Century Colonies	Religion of Franklin and Jefferson
2/10	1047	20th Century	Presidential slogans
2/11	1048	Exploration and discovery	Treaty of Tordesillas
2/12	1049	Contemporary America (1970- present)	Glasnost and perestroika
2/13	1050	1800-1850s	War of 1812 & Mexican-American War
2/14	1051	1960s	Martin Luther King, Jr.
2/15	1052	World War II	Hiroshima
2/16	1053	17th Century Colonies	Religious toleration
2/17	1054	Contemporary America (1970- present)	Clinton Administration
2/18	1055	New Deal	Court-packing plan
2/19	1056	1800-1850	Federalists
2/20	1057	Gilded Age	Realist school of art
2/21	1058	Great Depression	Natural disasters
2/22	1059	1960s	Malcolm X
2/23	1060	1920s	The Jazz Singer
2/24	1061	18th Century Colonies	Writs of assistance
2/25	1062	Gilded Age	Splendid little war
2/26	1063	17th Century	Puritan beliefs
2/27	1064	World War 2	Nuremberg Tribunals
2/28	1065	19th & 20th Centuries	Presidents and the West

March

Date	#	Era	Topic
3/1	1066	1950s	McCarthyism
3/2	1067	Revolutionary War	Battles
3/3	1068	Gilded Age	Inventions
3/4	1069	Jeffersonian Era	Causes of the War of 1812
3/5	1070	1930s	American Neutrality
3/6	1071	1960s	Election of 1960
3/7	1072	Gilded Age	Plessy v. Ferguson
3/8	1073	1920s	Cultural tensions of the 1920s
3/9	1074	Civil War	Use of black troops
3/10	1075	Federalist Era	Election of 1800
3/11	1076	Gilded Age	Grover Cleveland
3/12	1077	18th Century	Great Awakening
3/13	1078	Explorers	Indian depopulation
3/14	1079	19th Century Reform	Mental health reform
3/15	1080	Progressive Era	Progressive reforms
3/16	1081	World War 1	Polar Bear Expedition
3/17	1082	1800-1850	Whig Party
3/18	1083	Contemporary America (1970- present)	Desert Storm
3/19	1084	1800-1850	Civil disobedience
3/20	1085	18th Century	Actual representation
3/23	1086	1930s	Max Schmeling
3/22	1087	1800-1850s	West Coast claims
3/23	1088	1763-1973	Paris peace conferences
3/24	1089	1800-1850	Rise of democracy
3/25	1090	Antebellum American	Southern defenses of slavery
3/26	1091	1960s	Port Huron Statement
3/27	1092	1800-1850	War Hawks
3/28	1093	1960s	Spy ship and North Korea
3/29	1094	Articles Period	Constitutional Convention
3/30	1095	Contemporary America 1975-	Osama bin Laden
3/31	1096	1800-1850	War of 1812 & Mexican-American War

April

Date	#	Era	Topic
4/1	1097	World War II	Tehran Conference
4/2	1098	1920s	Kellogg-Briand Pact
4/3	1099	Gilded Age	Free silver
4/4	1100	Contemporary America 19750-	Reagan and striking workers
4/5	1101	World War I	Lusitania
4/6	1102	19th & 20th centuries	Presidential experimentalism
4/7	1103	1920s	Lost Generation
4/8	1104	Jeffersonian Era	Jefferson's Jobs
4/9	1105	20th Century	1920s & 1950s compared
4/10	1106	Contemporary America 1970-	Reykjvaik Summit
4/11	1107	1800-1850	Texas independence fight
4/12	1108	Civil War	Election of 1864
4/14	1109	19th & 20th Centuries	Anti-immigrant feelings
4/14	1110	Contemporary America 1970-	Watergate
4/15	1111	Jeffersonian Era	Lewis & Clark
4/16	1112	Great Depression	Sit-down strikes
4/17	1113	Pre-Columbian America	Aztecs & Mayans
4/18	1114	1850s	Political parties
4/19	1115	Great Depression	Photography
4/20	1116	1960s	Freedom of Speech
4/21	1117	1960s	Cuban Missile Crisis
4/22	1118	1800-1850	1840s Political Issues
4/23	1119	1950s & 1960s	Civil Rights events
4/24	1120	Gilded Age	Immigration
4/25	1121	Civil War	Polygamy in Utah
4/26	1122	Contemporary America 1970-	Mideast hostage crisis
4/27	1123	20th Century	American photographer
4/28	1124	Contemporary America 1970-	African interventions
4/29	1125	Contemporary America 1970-	Boxing
4/30	1126	Constitutional Convention	Compromises

May

Date	#	Era	Topic
5/1	1127	1830s and 1840s	Expansionism
5/2	1128	1930s	U.S. neutrality
5/3	1129	Civil War	Homestead Act
5/4	1130	19th & 20th Centuries	Supreme Court and race
5/5	1131	Gilded Age	American imperialism's roots
5/6	1132	1950s	Korean War
5/7	1133	Contemporary America 1970-	"I am not a crook"
5/8	1134	19th & 20th Centuries	Eternal justice