The American Revolution
Civil War
World War I
World War II
The Vietnam War
100

This 1775 battle was the first of the war, with "the shot heard 'round the world

Battle of Lexington and Concord

100

The war began in 1861 after this fort was attacked by the Confederacy

Fort Sumter

100

The assassination of this archduke sparked World War I

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

100

This surprise attack led to U.S. entry into WWII

Pearl Harbor

100

This Cold War theory said that if one country fell to communism, others would follow

Domino Theory

200

This document, adopted in 1776, formally declared the colonies independent from Britain

Declaration of Independence

200

President of the Confederate States during the war 

Jefferson Davis

200

The U.S. entered the war in this year

1917

200

The Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944 is better known by this name

What is D-Day

200

The communist forces from North Vietnam were known by this name

Viet Cong

300

He was the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army

George Washington

300

The 1863 speech by Abraham Lincoln that began with "Four score and seven years ago

Gettysburg Address

300

This was the alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire

Central Powers

300

He was the British Prime Minister during most of WWII

Winston Churchill

300

This major 1968 offensive shocked Americans and turned public opinion

Tet Offensive

400

France entered the war as an American ally after this 1777 battle victory

Battle of Saratoga

400

This general accepted the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House

Ulysses S. Grant

400

This type of warfare dominated the Western Front

trench warfare

400

This project led to the creation of the atomic bomb

Manhattan Project

400

He was the U.S. president who escalated American involvement in Vietnam in the 1960s

Lyndon B. Johnson

500

This traitor attempted to surrender West Point to the British

Benedict Arnold

500

This 1862 battle was the single bloodiest day in American military history

Battle of Antietam

500

This treaty officially ended the war in 1919

Treaty of Versailles

500

This battle was a turning point in the Pacific and a major U.S. naval victory

Battle of Midway

500

The Vietnam War ended in this year when Saigon fell

1975