US History
The second president
Who was John Adams?
This wealthy Italian family were patrons of the arts in Florence
Who were the Medici?
The Allies invaded this French region on D-Day
What is Normandy?
This wall in China was originally built to keep out northern invaders like the Mongols
What is the Great Wall of China?
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s set of policies to combat the Great Depression
What was the New Deal?
This invention by Johannes Gutenberg revolutionized communication and the spread of ideas
What was the printing press?
The U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb on this Japanese city
What is Hiroshima?
Home to the New York stock exchange
What is Wall Street?
President who led the US into World War 1
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
The church created by Henry VIII after his split from the Catholic Church
What was the Anglican Church?
The U.S. entered World War II after the attack on this naval base on December 7, 1941
What is Pearl Harbor?
This wall built in 1961 divided a European city
What is the Berlin Wall?
The Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison established this principle
What is judicial review?
Written in 1517 by Martin Luther, sparking the Protestant Reformation
What were the 95 Theses?
Trials held after the war for the war crimes of top Nazi leaders
What were the Nuremberg Trials?
The Walls of Constantinople were built by this empire
What is the Byzantine Empire?
This compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state in 1820
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This 1555 agreement allowed German princes to choose the religion of their territory, Lutheranism or Catholicism
What was the Peace of Aubsburg?
This secret U.S. project developed the atomic bomb
What was the Manhattan Project?
This dynasty began building the Great Wall of China
What is the Qin Dynasty?