Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
This 1773 protest in Massachusetts involved colonists dumping 342 chests of tea into the harbor to protest British taxes.
What is The Boston Tea Party?
The third US president. This president wrote part of the declaration of independence and dispatched Lewis and Clark to explore new western American territory
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, this executive order declared that "all persons held as slaves are, and henceforward shall be free"
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This surprise attack on a US navy base in Hawaii was the inciting incident for the US involvement in World War II
What is Pearl Harbor?
This political economic ideology quickly spread after the end of World War II, favoring a classless society with a supreme leader.
What is Communism?
This battle ended with General Cornwallis surrendering British troops to American and French forces at this major final battle in 1781
What is The Battle of Yorktown?
In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson purchased this expansive tract of land from France for $15 million, doubling the size of the United States
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This famous stage actor assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre days after the confederate army's surrender
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
This iconic cultural media figure, wearing a red bandanna and flexing her arm, symbolized the millions of American women who took up factory jobs during World War II
Who is Rosie the Riveter?
This geopolitical theory cited by US presidents that argued if South Vietnam fell to communism, surrounding nations would fall as well
What is the Domino Theory?
This 1777 American victory in New York is credited with convincing France to enter the war as an ally.
What is The Battle of Saratoga?
This 1820 political compromise that admitted Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state, drew a line across the country to dictate the future expansion of slavery.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
What is the Compromise of 1820?
This Constitutional Amendment officially abolished the institution of slavery throughout the US
What is the 13th Amendment?
This organized operation saw American troops launching the largest amphibious invasion in history on the beaches of Normandy France, marking the beginning of direct US involvement in World War II
What is D-Day?
This was the common nickname given by American soldiers to communist guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War
What is the Viet Cong?
This city served as the first capital of the United States under the Constitution
What is New York City?
This 1823 foreign policy statement warned European powers that further colonization or intervention in the Americas would be viewed as a hostile act toward the U.S
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This Constitutional Amendment ratified during reconstruction, granted citizenship to all persons born in the US and guaranteed "equal protection under law"
What is the 14th Amendment?
This incident shifted American public opinion against Germany after a U-boat sank this British ocean liner, killing over 100 Americans
What is the Lusitania?
This specific line of latitude on the globe was established as the border between North and South Korea prior to the Korean War and remains roughly the same today
What is the 38th Parallel?
Prior to the modern Constitution, this document was drafted as a constitution that gave the federal government little to no power.
What are The Articles of Confederation?
During the War of 1812, British forces marched into Washington D.C. and set fire to this famous building
What is the White House?
Fought in Maryland in September of 1862, this battle stands as the bloodiest day in American military history, with over 22,000 casualties
What is the Battle of Antietam?
What is the Battle of Sharpsburg?
In 1917, the US intercepted this secret German telegram to Mexico, offering territory lost in the Mexican American war in exchange for attacking the US; also causing US involvement in World War I
What is the Zimmermann Telegram?
This 5-star US General requested the expansion of the Korean war and the use of atomic weapons on China, later being fired for speaking out about president Harry S. Truman.
Who is Douglas MacArthur?