Presidents
President of the United States during the Civil War
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Battle fought here (City, State) that was the turning point of the Civil War--the last attack made by the South in the North--that ended General Lee's hopes of winning the Civil War?
What is Gettysburg, Pennsylvania?
Year that Christopher Columbus discovered America
1492
General for the South during the Civil War
Who is Robert E. Lee?
Who said, "I can't spare the man. He fights."
Abraham Lincoln
President who instituted the "New Deal" in response to the Depression
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Last Union General appointed by Lincoln, known as the "Butcher"
Who was General Ulysses S. Grant?
German city where Soviets built a wall dividing East from West.
Berlin
Pilot who was the first to solo across Atlantic, and who was spokesman for the "America First" Movement--to keep America out of World War II.
Who is Charles Lindbergh?
I said "The world will note that the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a military base. That was because we wished to avoid, insofar as possible, the killing of civilians. But that attack is only a warning of things to come..."
Who is President Harry S. Truman
President during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Who is John F. Kennedy?
Scientist who tipped off Franklin D. Roosevelt that the Germans were working on an atomic bomb
Who is Albert Einstein?
Year that marked the end of WWII
1945
Prime minister of England during World War II
Who was Winston Churchill?
I said, "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."
Who is Robert Oppenheimer, who led efforts to create the first atomic bomb?
Became President when John F. Kennedy was shot
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
Two cities that American forces dropped the atomic bomb on in WWII
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Year of the famous Stock Market Crash that led to the Great Depression.
1929
American General who led troops to victory on D-Day during WWII, storming the beach at Normandy (and who later became President)
Who was General Dwight D. Eisenhower?
I said, "I am not a crook."
Who is Richard Nixon?
President after Richard M. Nixon resigned
Who is Gerald Ford?
Detente is this
What is to reduce the number of nuclear weapons a country has?
City and specific part of the city where African Americans migrated to in great m=numbers during the "Great Migration" of the 1920s.
What is Harlem, New York?
American Senator who led hearings in the U.S. Senate accusing thousands of Americans of having Communist ties, during the "Red Scare."
Joseph McCarthy
I said, "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."
John F. Kennedy