American Revolution
The phrase that was the reason for the American Revolution
What is "No taxation without representation"
The two sides of the war.
Who are the Union (North) and Confederate States (South)
Which country had a potato famine?
Ireland
What event started World War I?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Austria-Hungary
What country did Hitler invade first?
Poland
AND
Americans who supported Britain
Who are the Patriots
Who are the Loyalists
The most deadly 3-day battle of the Civil War
What is The Battle of Gettysburg
Name the two islands where immigrants were received and list at least two places they were originating from.
Ellis Island - Ireland, Italy, Germany, Austria-Hungary
Angel Island - China, Southeast Asia, Japan
Why was this the deadliest war to date?
Because of new technology, machinery and weaponry
Which two leaders did Hitler take ideas from on how to run a dictatorship?
Benito Mussolini - Italy
Joseph Stalin - Russia
The first battle of the American Revolution
The turning point battle of the American Revolution
The last battle of the American Revolution
What is the battle of Lexington and Concord
What is the battle of Saratoga
What is the battle of Yorktown
The North had these 3 advantages
More people
More railroads
More money
More guns
What is a muckraker and who wrote the book The Jungle that exposed the meatpacking industry?
A journalist who exposed the bad things happening behind the scenes.
Upton Sinclair
Name at least 3 countries of the Central Powers
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire
Name at least 3 types of people Hitler sent to concentration camps
Jewish people
Communists
Homosexuals
Polish people
Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
What two significant speeches did Abraham Lincoln give during this time?
The Gettysburg Address
The Emancipation Proclamation
Who invented the car, the first airplane, and the telephone? What was the first car called?
Airplane - The Wright Brothers
Telephone - Alexander Graham Bell
Car name - Model T
What country was part of the Central Powers in the beginning and switched to the Allied Powers?
What country retracted from the war in 1917?
Italy
Russia
What is the meaning of the German word "Blitzkrieg"?
Lightning (speed) war
Name 3 Founding Fathers
Who are George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, James Madison, John Jay, John Hancock and Alexander Hamilton
Who killed Abraham Lincoln and where?
John Wilkes Booth at a theater
What event triggered The Great Depression? How many people were unemployed?
Bonus *Who was President when it started?*
1929 Stock Market Crash
25%
Herbert Hoover
What were the TWO reasons America entered World War I?
The sinking of the Lusitania (unrestricted submarine warfare by Germans)
The Zimmerman Telegram
Explain the Lend-Lease Act.
Who was President at this time?
When America declared "neutrality" but only lent out or sold supplies to Allied countries like Britain, China and Russia.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt