History History

Important Dates

100

This happened in October 1929 and was one of the leading contributors to the Great Depression

 Stock Market Crash/"Black Monday"

200

This meeting was held in 1787 by the government of the United States to replace the Articles of Confederation with a new founding document,

Constitutional Convention

300

This document was written in 1776 by Thomas Jefferson.

Declaration of Independence

400

A war fought between 1861-1865 in America, Brother against Brother

Civil War

500

This war lasted from 1912-1918 and the US entered in 1917

World War I

Important Events

100

This took place in 1941. Japan bombed America, causing the US to join in World War II

Pearl Harbor

200

This began in 1929, it marked the beginning of the stock market crash, and it lasted throughout the 1930's

The Great Depression

300

The space race began with this, and the Russians launched what in 1957?

Sputnik

400

This made it to where USA had to airlift goods to Berlin during occupation post WWII

Berlin Blockade

500

The constitutional Convention took place in what historical city?

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Important People

100

The very first president of the US under the Constitution

George Washington

200

Father of the Constitution and fourth President of the United States

James Madison

300

Head general of the South during the civil war

Robert E. Lee

400

Was the President during the Civil War

Abraham Lincoln

500

This President gained renown as the leader of the Northern Army during the Civil War.

Ulysses S. Grant

Important Wars

100

This war took place between 1775-1781 and was a war of independence.

American Revolution

200

This War was fought between the north and south of this country but also included Laos and Cambodia

Vietnam War

300

This US war took place in 1898 as a result of the USS Maine explosion.

Spanish American War

400

The U.S. entered WWI after intercepting this transmission from Germany to Mexico.

What is the Zimmerman note

500

These two cities were the first and only cities to be bombed with an atom bomb during WWII

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Bonus

100

The third President of the United States

Thomas Jefferson

200

The eighth President of the United States

Martin Van Buren

300

The terrorist group behind 9/11

Al Queda

400

The founding document of English Common Law that limited the power of the King

Magna Carta

500

These two countries signed a nonaggression pact during WWII and later became enemies

Germany and Soviet Union