Civil War People
Union leader who was successful in defeating the Confederates.
Ulysses S. Grant
President Lincoln believed it was illegal for the Southern states to do this, which means leave the union.
Secede
Most of the destruction (complete ruin) was in the ______ since most of the battles were fought here.
South
Which event happened first... Victory over Japan or Victory over Europe (Germany)?
Victory over Europe
WW2 - The U.S. Marines used this secret code language borrowed from this Native American people.
Navajo Code Talkers
2 million, 5 million, or 10 million...how many men were drafted into the US military during WW2?
10 million
The general (leader) of the Confederate Army.
General Robert E. Lee
Group of people who opposed to slavery
abolitionists
This event kicked off the Civil War with the first shots fired here
the attack on Fort Sumter
June 6, 1944, Allied forces launched this massive amphibious invasion in Normandy, France
D-day (Operation Overlord)
WW1 - Chemical Warfare resulted in the mass production of these defense mechanisms.
Gas masks
During WW2, over 5,000 of this group were pilots in the Soviet air force
women
This woman was one of the main conductors of the underground railroad
Harriet Tubman
Southern advantages in the war
Home Court Advantage and possible help from the British, great military leaders
Lincoln's speech given November 19th, 1863 to memorialize fallen troops at a Battlefield.
Gettysburg Address
First Axis country to surrender
Italy (1943 - 2 years before Germany)
WW2 - This research and development project produced the first nuclear weapons
Manhattan Project
During WW2, the U.S. Navy had a ship whose sole purpose was to make this dessert
Ice Cream
This man assassinated Pres. Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves that lived where?
Slave states in the Confederacy
What were two Northern Advantages in the war?
What are a larger population, more supplies/resources; industrialization, railroads
On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded this country, prompting Britain and France to declare war.
Poland
WW2 - What does the "D" in D-day stand for?
Day
In WW1, to hide their true purpose from enemy intelligence, this new "tracked, armored fighting vehicle" was given this code name during development.
Tank
The President of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
States that supported the Union and did not join the Confederacy despite being slave states.
Border States
This document declared slaves in rebelling states were henceforward free
Emancipation Proclamation
The year of the attack on Pearl Harbor
1941
WW1 - This iconic flower was inspired by a poem ("In Flanders Field") to become a symbol of remembrance.
Poppy
During WWI she supported the French war effort by fitting ambulances with portable X-ray equipment
Marie Curie
Reasons for Britain's refusal to help the South
They did not believe in slavery
Name two reasons for the Civil War
the differences in geography and the different economies of the North/South; the issue over states' rights; the issue of slavery; the Missouri Compromise; Bleeding Kansas; John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry; the Election of 1860.
Ironclad
Name of the ships covered in iron that later became submarines
Last surrender - Japanese soldier Hiroo Onoda fought WW2 in this country until the 1970s (about 30 years after the war ended) , when he left the jungle & surrendered
The Philippines
WW2 - What were the names of the atomic bombs dropped on Japan?
"Little Boy" and "Fat Man"
This board game which is still popular today was launched in 1935 and became incredibly popular, offering a fantasy of wealth
Monopoly