American Presidents
Before becoming president, he was Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
This pact between Germany and the Soviet Union shocked the world in 1939 and included secret protocols to divide Poland.
What is the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
The 1789 storming of this prison marked the symbolic beginning of the French Revolution.
What is the Bastille?
The 1789 storming of this prison marked the symbolic beginning of the French Revolution.
What is the Bastille?
This 1787 document established the framework for the federal government of the United States.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
He won the presidency despite losing the popular vote in both 1876 and a disputed electoral count.
Who is Rutherford B. Hayes?
The Siege of this Soviet city lasted nearly 900 days and resulted in massive civilian casualties.
What is Leningrad?
This leader of the Haitian Revolution became the first ruler of a free Black republic.
Who is Toussaint Louverture?
This leader of the Haitian Revolution became the first ruler of a free Black republic.
Who is Toussaint Louverture?
This 1648 treaty ended the Thirty Years’ War and is considered a foundation of modern state sovereignty.
What is the Peace of Westphalia?
The “Pet Banks” policy was associated with this populist president’s dismantling of the national bank.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This 1942 battle marked the turning point of the war in the Pacific.
What is the Battle of Midway?
Known as the “Father of the Nation,” he led India’s nonviolent resistance against British rule.
Who is Mahatma Gandhi?
Known as the “Father of the Nation,” he led India’s nonviolent resistance against British rule.
Who is Mahatma Gandhi?
Known as Dictatus Papae, this 11th-century document asserted papal authority over secular rulers.
What is the Dictatus Papae?
He was the last U.S. president not affiliated with a formal political party.
Who is George Washington?
Operation Market Garden, a failed Allied operation in 1944, aimed to capture bridges in this country.
What is the Netherlands?
The Bolsheviks overthrew this provisional government in the October Revolution of 1917.
What is the Kerensky government? (Accept: Russian Provisional Government)
The Bolsheviks overthrew this provisional government in the October Revolution of 1917.
What is the Kerensky government? (Accept: Russian Provisional Government)
The “Edict of Nantes” was issued in 1598 by this French king to grant religious tolerance to Huguenots.
Who is Henry IV of France?
This president’s Fourteen Points outlined his vision for post-WWI peace, including the League of Nations.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
This lesser-known Axis power declared war on the U.S. shortly after Pearl Harbor, but played a limited military role.
What is Hungary? (Acceptable alternatives: Romania, Bulgaria—though Hungary is most prominent.)
The Meiji Restoration followed the fall of this shogunate in 1868.
What is the Tokugawa Shogunate?
The Meiji Restoration followed the fall of this shogunate in 1868.
What is the Tokugawa Shogunate?
The Balfour Declaration of 1917 expressed British support for a national home for this people.
Who are the Jewish people? (Accept: What is a Jewish homeland?)