SMU Historical Society

This is a club created by students who love & are interested in history. All Mustangs are welcome to join!
Questions, comments, suggestions? @emilyvyee

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Answers:
1. Henry VIII
2. Susan B. Anthony
3. Leonardo da Vinci
4. St. Louis
5. Belgium

#TriviaTuesday #SMU #PonyUp

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With #TriviaNight tomorrow night, we would like to share a few questions from last year’s Trivia Night!

Trivia:
1. Which British king had six wives and broke away from the Roman Catholic church?
2. What leading suffragist was arrested and convicted of attempting to vote in the

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1872
election?
3. Who painted the “Madonna of the Rocks”?
4. Where were the Olympic Games hosted the first time America hosted them (1904)?
5. What was the first country invaded in WWI?

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Answers:
1. Henry VIII
2. Susan B. Anthony
3. Leonardo da Vinci
4. St. Louis
5. Belgium

#TriviaTuesday #SMU #PonyUp

[SMU Historical Society @HistoricalSoci1]

With #TriviaNight tomorrow night, we would like to share a few questions from last year’s Trivia Night!

Trivia:
1. Which British king had six wives and broke away from the Roman Catholic church?
2. What leading suffragist was arrested and convicted of attempting to vote in the

[SMU Historical Society @HistoricalSoci1]

1872
election?
3. Who painted the “Madonna of the Rocks”?
4. Where were the Olympic Games hosted the first time America hosted them (1904)?
5. What was the first country invaded in WWI?

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Hello Mustangs!! We are so excited for our first event of the semester: Trivia Night!! We hope to see you there :) @SMUHistoryDept

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3. Apparently, one of Napoleon’s least endearing habits was his penchant for singing (or humming and mumbling) whenever he became agitated. Unfortunately, pained accounts suggest that his singing voice was distinctly unmusical.

#FunFactFriday #SMU #PonyUp

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~Napoleon Bonaparte~

Here are some fun facts about Napoleon Bonaparte…

1. Josephine, Napoleon’s first wife, was previously married to Alexandre de Beauharnais (with whom she had three children), an aristocrat who was guillotined during the Reign of Terror. Josephine was also

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a lower-class bourgeoisie and wandering the streets of Paris. Seemingly, his aim was to find out what the man on the street really thought of him and he reportedly quizzed random passers-by about their Emperor’s merits.

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Such fantastic students @HistoricalSoci1 and @SMUHistoryDept! And work by @ClaudioSaunt is *always* amazing.

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Also, we would like to thank @KeCarte for introducing this exciting and fascinating book to her senior seminar students!

#BookWormWednesday #SMU #PonyUp

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‼️West of the Revolution‼️

Hello Mustangs! We are going to start another new post trend: #BookWormWednesdays! This week, we are featuring “West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776,” by Claudio Saunt.

In this unique history of 1776, Claudio Saunt looks beyond the

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Hailed by critics for challenging our conventional view of the birth of America, West of the Revolution “[coaxes] our vision away from the Atlantic seaboard” and “exposes a continent seething with peoples and purposes beyond Minutemen and Redcoats” (Wall Street Journal).

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at the time, a relatively unknown face. His chemistry with the lead actress helped him land the role. Armitage later went on to play Thorin in the Hobbit movie series.
#SMU #MovieMonday #PonyUp [5/5]
source: Britannica, IMDB

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🎥North And South 2004🎥
For today's #MovieMonday we are highlighting the cult classic North and South!
1. Based on Elizabeth Gaskell's 1855 classic novel. North and South tells the story of Margaret Hale who moves to Milton with her father. [1/5]
#SMU #PonyUp

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show would do well and so they didn't bother promoting it. However a few hours after the pilot aired the BBC forums website crashed due to an influx of activity regarding the show.
4. The series is responsible for helping the career of Richard Armitage, who was...[4/5]