World War I
Dominique-Jean Larrey was the first to describe this skin condition common to the feet of WWI soldiers.
Trench Foot
After Russia became our "friend", he was referred to in the press as "Uncle Joe."
Joseph Stalin
After more than 150 years, he's still the tallest president in U.S. history.
Abraham Lincoln
In 1791 this man beat Philip Schuyler, Alexander Hamilton's father-in-law, for a New York Senate seat.
Aaron Burr
Who is the Greek god of the sea?
Poseidon
During WWI the U.S. Food Administration called for this alliterative, vegetarian day.
Meatless Mondays
After the invasion of Poland, Great Britain & this nation declared war on Germany on September 3, 1939.
France
Which president served the longest term in office?
Frankiln Delano Roosevelt (FDR)
In 1908 the first of these Ford models rolled out of a plant in Detroit. He said that you can get it in any color as long at it was black.
The Model T
Ptolemy & Antigonus were generals of this man whose empire was divided up after his death in 323 B.C.
Alexander the Great
During WWI this celebrity visited troops headed overseas & gave tips about how to get out of German handcuffs.
Houdini
WWII pilot Tim Vigors felt a "taste of fear" aiding the evacuation of this French port in 1940
Dunkirk
Upon the USA's entry into World War I, he told Congress, "We desire no conquest, no dominion."
Woodrow Wilson
Nevada has a monument to this 1860s mail service, near the site where horses & riders fueled up before heading further west.
The Pony Express
A great & prolific builder, this pharaoh dedicated one of his temples at Abu Simbel to his favorite queen, Nefertari.
Rameses the II (or the Great)
The abdication of this German leader was announced on Nov. 9, 1918, & WWI ended 2 days later.
Kaiser Wilhelm II
The name of the first all-African American Pilot group.
The Tuskegee Airmen or 99th Pursuit Squadron.
He was the last five-star general who also served as a U.S. president.
Eisenhower
The Platt Amendment of 1901 became a treaty between the U.S. & this new country & even became part of its constitution.
Cuba
Who was the first female Pharaoh in Egyptian history?
Hapshepsut
This WWI gas that sounds like a condiment is a vesicant, meaning it causes blisters.
With only 4 ships, this neighbor of Australia had the smallest navy.
New Zealand
Active from the 1790s to the 1810s: This party of the second U.S. president. Think Hamilton.
The Federalists
It was the first Confederate state to secede from the Union.
South Carolina
What was the name of King Tutankhamen's father?
Akhenaten