Commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution
Who is George Washington?
100
America's enemy in the War of 1812
What is England/Great Britain?
100
President of the United States throughout the Civil War
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
Ship sunk by a German u-boat in 1915, killing 128 Americans and leading to strong anti-German sentiment in America but no declaration of war
What is the Lusitania?
100
The "date that will live in infamy"
What is Dec. 7, 1941?
200
Turning point battle of the Revolutionary War
What is Saratoga?
200
A dispute over the border of this state led to the war between the US and Mexico beginning in 1846
What is Texas?
200
Slave states that did not secede from the Union (included Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware)
What are border states?
200
US ship that exploded in the harbor at Havana, Cuba in 1898, prompting calls for war with Spain despite later evidence that the ship's explosion was caused by an internal problem not a Spanish attack
What is the USS Maine?
200
The Axis Powers
What are Germany, Italy, and Japan?
300
King of England throughout the Revolutionary War
Who is George III?
300
A major cause of the War of 1812 was this policy where American ships were seized and their crews were forced into service for the British navy
What is impressment?
300
Bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War, fought in September 1862, that prompted Pres. Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation
What is Antietam?
300
President Wilson's outline for peace that included proposals to prevent future wars
What is the Fourteen Points?
300
Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe that commanded the D-Day operation of June 6, 1944 and later became a US president
Who is Dwight Eisenhower?
400
Commander of British forces who surrendered at Yorktown, VA to end the Revolutionary War
Who is General Cornwallis?
400
What treaty ended the Mexican-American War?
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?
400
Two turning point battles of the Civil War, both fought in 1863 and ended on same day--July 3
What are Gettysburg and Vicksburg?
400
The Caribbean island the US acquired from Spain as a result of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 (HINT: It is still a US territory today.)
What is Puerto Rico?
400
Code name for D-Day
What is Operation Overlord?
500
Site where the "shot heard 'round the world" was fired
What is Lexington, Mass?
500
The major land acquisition resulting from the Mexican War
What is the Mexican Cession? (included California, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, and parts of Colorado and Texas)
500
Controversial action taken by President Lincoln to prevent Maryland from seceding from the Union
What is suspension of the writ of habeas corpus?
500
Laws passed in the US during World War I making it illegal to interfere with the draft, criticize the government's conduct of the war, or speak disloyally of the US
What are the Espionage and Sedition Acts?
500
Code name for the program to develop the atomic bomb