U.S. Civil War
Political Assassins
Presidential Elections
World War II
Wars
100
Famous battle in 1863 fought in Pennsylvania between the Union Army of the Potomac and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia
What was the Battle of Gettysburg
100
He shot Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater in Washington, DC in 1865
Who was John Wilkes Booth?
100
Nixon defeated Hubert Humphrey in this election and got inaugurated president 2 months later after this November election.
What was the Election of 1968?
100
U.S. entered World War II because of this event
What was the attack on Pearl Harbor?
100
War fought from 1775-1783
What was the Revolutionary War?
200
Famous Confederate General of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia
Who was Robert E. Lee?
200
This woman shot President Ford in San Francisco in September 1975
Who is "Squeaky" Fromme?
200
Clinton defeated George Bush Sr. in this election
What was the Election of 1992?
200
Germany, Italy and Japan
What were the Axis Powers?
200
War fought between the North (Union) and the South (Confederate) from 1861-1865, it was fought over slavery.
What was the Civil War?
300
President of the U.S. during the Civil War
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
300
This muslim man shot U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy in a Los Angeles hotel on June 5, 1968
Who is Sirhir Sirhan?
300
Became the first election to be on TV
What was the Election of 1960?
300
U.S. Britain, France, Russia
What were the Allies?
300
1 year conflict between Iraq and Kuwait lasting from 1990-1991, this conflict eventually involved the U.S.
What was the Gulf War?
400
Famous Union General and later became President of the U.S. from 1869-1877
What was Ulysses S. Grant?
400
Assassin of President Kennedy in Dallas, TX on November 22, 1963
Who was Lee Harvey Oswald?
400
President Nixon won re-election this year and defeated Governor George McGovern
What was the Election of 1972?
400
Allied invasion on June 6, 1944 led by General Dwight D. Eisenhower
What was D-Day?
400
Longest war fought in U.S. History, it was fought from around 1955-1975. U.S. got involved in 1965.
What was the Vietnam War?
500
The site of where the first shots of the Civil War
Where is Fort Sumter?
500
This man attempted to kill President Reagan and James Brady outside a Washington, DC hotel in March 1981
Who is John Hinckley?
500
President Ford's first Presidential Election after being in office for only 2 years. Governor of Georgia Jimmy Carter beat Ford in this election.
What was the Election of 1976?
500
"island hopping" strategy by General MacArthur was used in this battle
What was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
500
War fought in Europe and Japan from 1939-1945, U.S. got involved in 1941 after the Bombing of Pearl Harbor
What was World War II?
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