World War II
Name this battle in which English, Canadian, and US soldiers stormed the beaches of Normandy.
What is D-Day?
Name this city whose ownership was the cause of the Louisiana Purchase.
What is New Orleans?
Name this general who won WW2 on the European front.
Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower?
Name this former Vice President of Joe Biden who was the first female Vice President in US History.
Who is Kamala Harris?
Name this musician from Aberdeen, Washington who was the lead singer of Nirvana.
Who was Kurt Cobain?
Name this battle in which the Nazis made one last major push on the western front.
What is the Battle of the Bulge?
Name this territory whose northern border was the subject of the slogan "54'40 or fight!".
What is the Oregon Territory?
Name this general who won the US Civil War by forcing the confederates to surrender at Appomattox Courthouse.
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
Name this Vice President who lost to George W. Bush in the 2000 election.
Who is Al Gore?
Name this handheld gaming device released in 1989 by Nintendo.
What is the Game Boy?
Name this operation that resulted in the invasion of French North Africa by Allied forces.
What is Operation Torch?
Name this treaty that bought Florida from the Spanish.
What is the Adams-Onis Treaty?
Name this general that was fired by Harry Truman for insubordination.
Who was Douglas MacArthur?
Name this vice president who was arrested for treason after attempting to start his own empire in the Southwest.
Who was Aaron Burr?
Name this planned invasion of Japan that was turned down in favour of the atomic bombs.
What is Operation Downfall?
Name this treaty that decided the US-Canada border from Lake Superior to the Lake of the Woods.
What is the Webster-Ashburton Treaty?
Name this Civil War general whose "March to the Sea" devastated the rural south.
Who was William T Sherman?
Name this Vice President who was forced to resign after a bribery and tax evasion scandal.
Who was Spiro Agnew?
Name this St Louis Cardinals baseball player who broke the NL home run record with 70 home runs in 1998?
Who is Mark McGwire?
Name this substance of 86% water ice and 14% wood pulp or sawdust that was planned to be used to make indestructible aircraft carriers.
What is pykrete?
Name this mini war that broke out due to a dispute over the San Juan Islands in Washington State.
What is the Pig War?
Name this Civil War general who ran against Abraham Lincoln in the 1864 presidential election.
Who was George McClellan?
Name this first Vice President of Abraham Lincoln, who was replaced by Andrew Johnson to appeal to southerners.
Who was Hannibal Hamlin?
Name this NFL franchise who lost 4 straight super bowls during the 1990s.