World War I
WWI - Tech and Tactics
Civil War & Reconstruction
Early 20th Century
Odds and Ends
100
This man was assassinated by a Serbian terrorist
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand
100

This is the main form of warfare that took place on the Western Front.

What is trench warfare?

100

This individual was President of the Confederacy.

Who was Jefferson Davis?

100
Remember the Maine! The Spanish-American War began when the USS Maine exploded while docked in the country of ____.

What is Cuba?

100

The smallest state.

What is Rhode Island?

200

President of the United States during World War I.

Who is Woodrow Wilson?

200
One of the most powerful weapons the Germans had were undersea vessels known as...

What are U-boats?

200

This individual was a top Union general and later went on to serve as President.

Who was Ulysses S. Grant?

200

This glasses-wearing tough guy fought in the Spanish American war before eventually becoming Vice-President and then President. He shares a name with a later President.

Who is Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt?

200

The biggest state.

What is Alaska?

300

He was the leader of the Russian Revolution.

Who is Vladimir Lenin?

300

Chemical Warfare resulted in the mass production of these defense mechanisms. Even dogs had them!

What are gas masks?

300

This fort in South Carolina was the place where the war began.

What is Ft. Sumter?

300

The Dred Scott decision declared __________ legal, which is where African-Americans were not permitted to use the same facilities as whites.

What is segregation?

300

The biggest ocean in the world.

What is the Pacific ocean?

400

Name a member of the Allied Powers.

France, Britain, Russia, Serbia or USA.

400

A new type of treaded military vehicle put into use during World War I.

What are tanks?

400

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address freed the slaves in the South, but they weren't all free until the ___ Amendment was passed.

What is 13th?

400

This "color" of journalism often had sensational stories and would help lead the US into the Spanish-American war.

What is Yellow Journalism?

400

This state has the lowest population.

What is Wyoming?

500

Name a member of the Central Powers.

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottman Empire, Bulgaria.
500

This was the nickname for US soldiers, because of their baggy uniforms.

What are doughboys?

500

One key cause of the Civil War was the _________ Compromise, where states north of it would be free and those south of it would have slavery.

What is Missouri?

500

The early 20th century economy had many very large businesses. When a business controls almost all of a particular industry, we call it a ________. 

(Hint: also the name of a board game.)

What is a monopoly?

500

The closest country to the US, besides Mexico and Canada (check the map!).

What is Russia?

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