Revolutionary War
What year did the Revolutionary War start?
1775
Who was the president of the Confederate States throughout it's existence?
Jefferson Davis
World War 1 was "The war to end _____ _____"
"The war to end all wars."
What country emerged as a dominant force in the Pacific early in the war?
Japan
What organization approved of a global coalition to use force to liberate Kuwait?
U.N. (United Nations)
What was the phrase given to the first shot of the Revolutionary War?
Shot heard round the world.
What gesture did the Union general, Ulysses S. Grant do to Confederate general, Jefferson Davis when he surrendered?
He tipped his hat.
In what year did the first world war begin?
1914
Which two countries emerged as superpowers after the war ended?
The United States and the Soviet Union.
How much of the world's oil is in Kuwait?
10 percent.
What was the final battle of the Revolutionary War?
Siege of Yorktown
Which Union general led a march through the south burning and destroying the landscape as he moved.
General William Sherman
Who assassinated Austria-Hungary's Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Gavrilo Princip
What was the bloodiest battle of the Pacific?
Battle for Okinawa.
In 2003 the coalition led by the United States invaded what country?
Iraq
Which European Empire helped the Americans fight the British?
The French Empire.
What was the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
Which country had the most advanced and put together trenches?
Germany
Which two beaches were the Americans responsible for on the D-day Normandy landings?
Utah and Omaha beach.
Following the events of 9/11 what was the first country the United States invaded?
Afghanistan
In what valley did the Americans have to stay through the long cold winter months?
Valley Forge.
What was the first regiment to include African Americans in the Civil War?
The Fifty-fourth Massachusetts volunteer infantry regiment.
What was the name of the German plan to defeat France in 6 weeks to avoid a two front war?
Schleiffen plan.
What was the name of the bombing raid on Tokyo in 1942, and who led the raid?
Doolittle raid led by James H. Doolittle.
What town and country was Osama Bin Laden assassinated in? And what was the name of the team who carried out the mission neptune's spear?
Abbottabad, Pakistan. Seal team 6.