Wars
This war was fought between the Allied powers and Axis powers. Germany, Italy, and Japan were the Axis powers. United States, Britain, France, and Russia were the Allied powers. The Allied powers were victorious. Adolf Hitler was the leader of Germany during this war.
World War II
This U.S. President was the president during the Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis. He was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.
John F. Kennedy
This event was led by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It was a movement that advocated for equal rights for African Americans. This movement took place in the 1960s.
Civil Rights Movement
This person was responsible for the terrorist attacks on 9/11. He was the leader of the terrorist group, Al Qaeda.
Osama Bin Laden
On September 11 of this year, there was a terrorist attack against the United States. This event would later be called 9/11.
2001
This war was started because of the assassination of Archduke Frans Ferdinand. It was fought between the Triple Entente, also known as the Allies, and the Triple Alliance, known as the Central Powers. New weapons were used for the first time during this war and trench warfare was used.
World War I
This U.S. President was a World War II General before becoming president. He was responsible for the Interstate Highway Act during his presidency.
Dwight Eisenhower
This event happened after the colonists signed the Declaration of Independence and declared the United States independent from Britain.
American Revolution
This person was a major leader of the American Civil Rights movement for African Americans. He was a pastor who was famous for his "I Have A Dream" speech that he gave in Washington D.C. He was shot and killed in Memphis, Tennessee.
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
On December 7 of this year, Japan bombed the U.S. military base known as Pearl Harbor. The attack on Pearl Harbor would be known as "A day that will live in infamy" and led to the United States joining World War II.
1941
This war was known as the "Splendid little war." It was fought between the United States and Spain. It resulted in a United States victory and resulted in the United States gaining the territories of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.
Spanish-American War
This U.S. President was a Hollywood actor before becoming president. He was known for his economic policies, which were called Reaganomics.
Ronald Reagan
This event happened after the U.S. Civil War. It was the plan to rebuild the South and have the South comeback and belong to the United States again.
Reconstruction
This person was the first women named and confirmed to the Supreme Court of the United States.
Sandra Day O'Connor
This is the year the World War II ended and the Great Depression ended as well. Hint: World War II started in 1939.
1945
This war was fought between the United States among themselves. It was fought between the Union, the North, and the Confederacy, the South. The war was fought because of states' rights, specifically slavery.
U.S. Civil War
This U.S. President had an affair in the Oval Office of the White House with an unpaid intern named Monica Lewinsky. He was later impeached for lying about the affair under oath.
Bill Clinton
This event happened in 1929. Many banks closed and people lost all of their money because of the banks closing. This would lead to the Great Depression.
Stock Market Crash
This is the person who is believed to be responsible for the killing of President Kennedy in Dallas, Texas. After this person was arrested, he was shot and killed by Jack Ruby.
Lee Harvey Oswald
This is the year which Archduke Franz Ferdinand was killed and the year that World War I began. Hint: World War I ended in 1919.
1914
During this war, no shots were actually fired. It was an arms and weapons race between the 2 countries with the threat of nuclear war. It was fought between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Cold War
This U.S. President was the president during the U.S. Civil War. He is the president who saved the Union of the United States, which led to the end of slavery. He was assassinated at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C.
Abraham Lincoln
This is the event that led to Richard Nixon resigning. It had to do with people in Richard Nixon's cabinet breaking into a place where the DNC was located. The people who broke in bugged the phones and looked at campaign documents/strategies.
Watergate
This person was the leader of the Roughriders during the Spanish-American War. He would later go on to become President of the United States.
Teddy Roosevelt
This is the year that the U.S. Civil War ended. It is also the year that President Abraham Lincoln was shot and killed. Hint: U.S. Civil War started in 1861.
1865