Groups of People
Who shot a torpedo at the Lutsitania, a British civilian ship, during World War I?
The Germans
What event occurred when Irish farmers crops failed?
The Potato Famine
The Great War, or World War I, began in what place?
The Balkans
Who reigned over the British Empire when it was said, "The sun never sets on the British Empire?"
Queen Victoria
The U.S. joined which war after the Germans torpedoed a civilian ship & sent a secret message against the U.S?
World War I or The Great War
Colonized so much of the world that it was said, "The sun never sets on the _________ Empire."
The British Empire
20,000 men toiled for 7 grueling years to build what?
The Trans-continental Railroad
Where did the US ship blow up that brought us into the Spanish-American war?
Havanna Harbor
Who was the general of the Confederate army?
Robert E. Lee
Which war was fought over states' rights & slavery?
Civil War
Who fought for states' rights, slavery, and for the south in the American Civil War?
Confederates
These men knowingly obeyed the wrong order which led them to death documented in what poem?
The Charge of the Light Brigade
The Charge of the Light Brigade occurred on which peninsula?
The Crimean Peninsula
Who was the general of the Union army?
Ulysses S. Grant
Which war was fought to free Cuba from Spain's rule?
Spanish- American War
Who fought for government control, against slavery, and for the north in the American Civil War?
Union
What event brought the Americans into the Spanish-American War?
U.S. Battleship blewup
What happened at Ford's Theater right after the Civil War ended?
Who was assassinated that began The Great War, World War I?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
French and British joined forces to keep Russia out of the Black Sea in which war?
Crimean War
Name 3 countries involved in World War I.
Bulgaria, Serbia, Austria, Greece, Germany, France, Britain, USA
What law was started to send men to war even if they didn't want to fight?
The Draft
At the end of the Civil War, where did the south surrender?
Appomatox
Feeling that China was poisoned with opium and Christianity, who was responsible for the rebellion in China against foreigners and missionaries?
The Boxers of China
Which war forced Native Americans to live on reservations?
The Plains War & the Battle of Little Bighorn