American Revolution
This 1770 event saw British soldiers fire on a crowd of colonists, killing five, and was later used as colonial propaganda.
What is the Boston Massacre?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in this city sparked the beginning of World War I.
What is Sarajevo?
This date in October 1929, known as "Black Tuesday," is generally considered the start of the Great Depression.
What is October 29, 1929?
The German invasion of this country on September 1, 1939, officially began World War II in Europe.
What is Poland?
The non-military rivalry between the U.S. and the Soviet Union over weapons, technology, and global influence.
What is the Cold War?
The rallying cry, "No Taxation Without Representation," protested laws passed by this governing body in Great Britain.
What is Parliament?
This style of fighting defined the Western Front, leading to a deadly stalemate for most of the war.
What is trench warfare?
Makeshift shantytowns built by the homeless during the Great Depression were sarcastically nicknamed after this president.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
This U.S. policy was used to aid the Allies before America officially entered the war by supplying them with war materials.
What is the Lend-Lease Act?
This organization, formed by the U.S. and its Western European allies, was a mutual defense pact against Soviet aggression.
What is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)?
This pamphlet, published by Thomas Paine in 1776, passionately argued for immediate independence from Great Britain.
What is Common Sense?
This German proposal to Mexico, intercepted by the British, was a major factor in the U.S. deciding to enter the war.
What is the Zimmermann Telegram?
Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan to combat the Great Depression through government programs like the CCC and TVA.
What is the New Deal?
This massive seaborne invasion on June 6, 1944, opened a crucial second front against Germany in Western Europe.
What is D-Day (or the Invasion of Normandy)?
This U.S. policy, first applied in Greece and Turkey, was aimed at stopping the spread of communism, not fighting it where it already existed.
What is containment?
This colonial victory, often called the turning point of the war, convinced France to officially ally with the Americans.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
President Woodrow Wilson presented this program for peace to Congress, which included the formation of a League of Nations.
What are the Fourteen Points?
This natural disaster in the 1930s, caused by drought and poor farming practices, turned the Great Plains into a barren wasteland.
What is the Dust Bowl?
This policy, used by Neville Chamberlain towards Hitler, meant giving in to aggressive demands to avoid war.
What is appeasement?
This event in 1962 brought the U.S. and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war over the placement of missiles in a Caribbean nation.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This German officer helped train the Continental Army at Valley Forge, turning them into a disciplined fighting force.
Who is Baron von Steuben?
This deadly weapon, first used effectively at the Battle of the Somme in 1916, was designed to cross the difficult trenches.
What is the tank?
This New Deal program provides old-age insurance, unemployment compensation, and aid to families with dependent children.
What is Social Security?
This pivotal naval battle in June 1942 is considered the turning point in the Pacific Theater, severely crippling the Japanese fleet.
What is the Battle of Midway?
This metaphorical term, coined by Winston Churchill, described the division between communist Eastern Europe and democratic Western Europe.
What is the Iron Curtain?