US History
What year did the United States become independent?
1776
Who was assassinated that gave reason for Austria to start the war?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Who succeeded Stalin as Communist Party leader?
Nikita Khrushchev
World War I began in which year?
1914
In what year did Kazakhstan declare its independence from the Soviet Union?
1991
Who wrote the majority of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Name 2 reasons for the start of the war.
Imperialism, Militarism
Which general defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo
Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
What was The City of Gold sought by Spanish explorers?
El Dorado
What year did the Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre occur in Chicago?
1929
What was the first state to ratify the Constitution?
Delaware
What were the names of the opposing sides in the war?
The Central Powers and the Allied Powers
What was the name given to the first German democracy established in 1919?
The Weimar Republic
In the first Punic War, Rome and Carthage fought over possession of what Mediterranean island?
Sicily
In which decade did Winston Churchill win the Nobel prize for literature ?
1950s
What was the original constitution of the United States called?
The Articles of Confederation
Who was the leader of Germany at the beginning of the war?
Kaiser Wilhelm II
What year did the Franco-Prussian War begin?
1870
What year did Cambodia gain its independence from France?
1953
What three words did George Bush say before "no new taxes" in 1988?
Read my lips
Who was the founder of the Democratic Party?
Andrew Jackson
What was the International organization set up to keep the peace after World War One?
The League of Nations
Which battle resulted in Christianity as the official religion of the Roman Empire?
Battle of Milvian Bridge
In 1989, several hundred Chinese students were killed while demonstrating in what Beijing location?
Tiananmen Square
Who founded the city of Singapore?
Stamford Raffles