AMERICAN HISTORY
2-LETTER WORDS
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WARS BY BATTLE
HAIL TO THE CHIEF
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In 1818 U.S. troops sacked Pensacola as they marched into this Spanish territory; soon it was ours.
What is Florida?
100
It can mean vitality, as when it's paired with "get up &...".
What is go?
100
It's foul to have a defensive tackle jump offside into the neutral zone in this sport.
What is American football?
100
1942: The Battle of Midway.
What is World War II?
100
Once a teacher, this president who guided the U.S. through WWI was nicknamed "The Professor."
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
200
African Americans, 13% of the U.S., were nearly twice that percentage of U.S. troops in this 1990-91 war.
What is the First Gulf War?
200
In a proverb this word precedes "fool like an old fool".
What is no?
200
This sport gives a Gold Glove Award (not to be confused with boxing's Golden Gloves).
What is baseball?
200
1814: The Battle of Lake Champlain.
What is the War of 1812?
200
Campaigning against Hubert Humphrey in 1968, he said he had a "secret plan" to end the war in Vietnam.
Who is Richard Nixon?
300
In 1960 the last of these locomotives was retired from general use in the U.S. & Diesel ones took over.
What are steam engines?
300
It's the name of the long-awaited new White House dog.
What is Bo?
300
In ice hockey, player A's shot is legal; player B's shot crosses two red lines, which is this infraction.
What is icing?
300
1898: The Battle of San Juan Hill.
What is the Spanish-American War?
300
In 1860 he began working in his father's leather goods store in Galena, Ill.; a year later, he was in the Civil War.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
400
In the 1600s most of New York State was occupied by this Native American confederacy.
Who are the Iroquois?
400
Third syllable intoned by the giant who smells the blood of an Englishman.
What is fo?
400
This man lived to see the indoor sport he invented become an Olympic event in 1936.
Who is James Naismith?
400
1951: The Battle of Heartbreak Ridge.
What is the Korean War?
400
He told Lincoln, "If you are as happy in entering the White House as I feel on returning (home), you are a happy man indeed.
Who is James Buchanan?
500
In 1899 Secretary of State John Hay proclaimed this "welcoming" policy to preserve U.S. trading rights in China.
What is the open-door policy?
500
The book of Genesis says this ancient city "of the Chaldees" was the home of Abraham.
What is Ur?
500
An early advocate of cycling, Paul de Vivie experimented with geared bikes, leading to the perfection of this Frenched-named gearshifting device.
What is the derailleur?
500
1415: The Battle of Agincourt.
What is the Hundred Years' War?
500
Upon his death in 1845, he was buried next to his wife Rachel in the Garden Of The Hermitage.
Who is Andrew Jackson?