American Revolution
These two battles sparked the start of the American Revolution.
What is the battle of Lexington and Concord?
An open fire on this fort started the Civil war.
What is Fort Sumter?
The assassination of this prominent figure started the beginning of World War .
Who is Archduke Franz-Ferdinan?
These allied leaders were often called “The Big Three”.
Who is Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin?
This author was often depicted with a raven and a skull.
Who is Edgar Allen Poe?
On December 26th General Washington crossed this river.
What is the Delaware river?
This General, later president, led the Union forces in the siege of Vicksburg.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This caused 10x more deaths in the US during WWI than war casualties.
What is the Spanish Flu?
In 1941 FDR’s annual message to congress depicted these four freedoms which later were made into paintings by Norman Rockwell.
What are the freedom of speech and the press, freedom of want, freedom of fear, and freedom of worship?
Originally written by L.Frank Baum, this story is transports a young girl to a magical land where she meets a lion, a scarecrow, a tin man.
What is the Wizard of Oz?
The American revolution ended with the signing of this treaty.
What is the treaty of Paris?
This nickname was given to the Confederate general, Thomas Jackson.
Who is Stonewall Jackson?
This treaty ended WWI.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
WWII began when Germany invaded this country.
What is Poland?
This 19th century novel is to support anti-slavery by having a story of a kind slave who save a little girl while he is being transported downstream.
What is Uncle Toms Cabin?
This phrase, also displayed on the Washington DC license plate, is considered on of the main causes for the American Revolution.
What is, ”No taxation without representation”
This illness was named the “Virginia Quickstep”.
What is diarrhea?
The Triple Entente, not to be confused with The Triple Alliance, consisted of these three countries.
What are Britain, Russia and France?
This number is used to represent the number of Jews killed in the holocaust.
What is 6 million?
This books famous starting line is: ”It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”
What is The Tale of Two Cities?
This lieutenant general led the French exposition into the United States.
Who is Comte de Rochambeau?
This is the amendment that constitutionally banned slavery from the United States.
What is the 13th amendment?
These are the names of the new countries that were formed after WWI. (Name 3 of them.)
What are:
Lithuania
Latvia
Finland
Poland
Austria
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Estonia
This is the name of the gas used in the gas chambers at Auschwitz.
What is Zyklon B?
This book featured a totalitarian society whose leader was Big Brother.
What is 1984?