Civil War
This man unsuccessfully sued for his freedom, angering northern abolitionists
Dred Scott
U.S. president during World War I.
Woodrow Wilson
Name both British Prime Ministers during World War 2
Winston Churchill, Neville Chamberlain
Communist Dictator of Cuba
Fidel Castro
Ordering this was Lee's biggest mistake during the Battle of Gettysburg
Pickett's Charge
President of the Confedeacy
Jefferson Davis
When countries prepare for war by stockpiling weapons and growing their armies
Militarizing/Militarization
Name the leaders of all 3 Axis Powers (all or nothing)
Hitler
Mussolini
Hirohito
JFK's assassin
Lee Harvey Oswald
Trench Warfare was fought most famously on ______________
The Western Front
This radical abolitionist was hanged for treason by the US government after his slave uprising at Harper's Ferry was successfully put down by Robert E. Lee
John Brown
When one company dominates an entire industry, eliminating competition.
Monopoly
Exact date of Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941
America's plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe after WW2 by sending over massive amounts of economic aid
The Marshall Plan
A region of small countries on the Mediterranean that Austria-Hungary sought to control during World War One, while Russia aimed to protect them.
Balkans
Part of the Missouri Compromise, this set the boundary between future slave states and future free states
The 36'30 Line
Germany’s strategy to defeat France quickly before turning to fight Russia.
Schlieffen Plan
Name both the founder of Communism and the founder of the Soviet Union
Karl Marx and Vladamir Lenin
This ended Richard Nixon's presidency
The Watergate Scandal
The site of Lincoln's assassination
Ford's Theater
The policy of allowing a new state to vote on if they will be a slave state or not
Popular Sovereignty
This country turned into Germany in 1871
Prussia
This was the first detonation of a nuclear bomb in human history
Trinity Test
This group of African American students worked to desegregate public high schools in Arkansas in 1957
The Little Rock Nine
Considered an American hero for his bravery and selflessness at Hacksaw Ridge during the Battle of Okinawa
Desmond Doss