Revolutionary War
Civil War
World War I
World War II
The Cold War
100
In what years did the Revolutionary War take place?
1775-1783
100
What was the new way of transportation during the Civil War?
Railroad
100
The Treaty of Versailles was signed in what year?
1919
100
When did US troops land in the Philippines?
October 20, 1944
100
What year did the Berlin Blockade end?
1949
200
What was the term the colonists used to refer to British soldiers?
Redcoats
200
Where did the Emancipation Proclamation free slaves?
In the succeeded states
200
What alliance did the American army support and which countries did it begin with?
The Triple Entente; France, Britain and Russia
200
When did Japan launch a surprise attack on the United States? (Pearl Harbor)
December 7, 1941
200
The United States raised the SAC readiness level to DEFCON 2 during what event?
The Cuban Missile Crisis
300
Which turning point battle was the catalyst for French involvement in the war?
The Battle Of Saratoga
300
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
300
What hour, day and month did the fighting end?
The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month (11:00 on November 11)
300
German defeat in the Ardennes forest is known as...
The Battle of the Bulge
300
What was the first state to become communist in the western hemisphere and in what year?
Cuba; 1959
400
Which battles were the first military engagements of the revolutionary war?
Battles of Lexington and Concord
400
The American Civil War did not begin as a war over slavery. What issue did it begin over?
The Constitutionality of Succession
400
What was the date that the United States formally joined the war?
April 6, 1917
400
World War II death statistics are estimated anywhere between...
50 million to 70 million
400
Who was the first man to orbit the Earth and where was he from?
Yuri Gagarin; The Soviet Union
500
What year did France enter the American Revolution?
1778
500
What was the date of the last shot fired of the Civil War?
June 22, 1865
500
The war represented the climax of what movement?
The Progressive Movement
500
What fierce battle lead the US to oppose invasion of the Japanese mainland and favor the use of atomic weapons?
Battle of Okinawa
500
Who predicted the Cold War by saying, "... there will remain in the world only two Great Powers capable of confronting each other -- the United States and Soviet Russia. The laws of both history and geography will compel these two Powers to a trial of strength, either military or in the fields of economics and ideology..."
Adolf Hitler
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