Revolutionary War
This document, signed in 1776, formally declared the colonies' independence from Great Britain
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This constitutional amendment, ratified after the Civil War, abolished slavery in the United States
What is the 13th Amendment?
This treaty officially ended World War I and imposed harsh reparations on Germany
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
The surprise attack on this American naval base in Hawaii on December 7, 1941, led to the US entering World War II
What is Pearl Harbor?
The Korean War began when North Korea invaded this country in 1950
What is South Korea?
The "shot heard 'round the world" that began the Revolutionary War was fired in this Massachusetts town
What is Lexington?
This proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln declared slaves free in Confederate-held territory
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This series of proposals by Woodrow Wilson outlined his vision for a post-war world and included the League of Nations
What are the Fourteen Points?
The United States dropped atomic bombs on these two Japanese cities in August 1945
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
This crisis in 1962 brought the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Who was the commander and chief of the colonies’ army
The attack on this fort in Charleston, South Carolina, is generally considered the start of the Civil War
What is Fort Sumter?
The sinking of this British passenger liner by a German U-boat contributed to American entry into World War I
What is the Lusitania?
This Allied Power country fell to the German army and became known as a puppet State in 1940
What is France?
This alliance of Western nations was formed in 1949 as a collective security pact against the Soviet Union
What is NATO?
This decisive American victory in upstate New York convinced France to formally ally with the colonists
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
He was the commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia
Who was Robert E. Lee?
An alliance made up of the United Kingdom, France, and Russia
What was the Triple Entente?
The name of the Austrian archduke who was murdered in 1914.
Who was Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
This policy, articulated by President Truman, aimed to contain the spread of Soviet influence around the world
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This French aristocrat played a significant role in the Continental Army and was a close friend of George Washington
Who was Marquis de Lafayette?
This pivotal three-day battle in Pennsylvania is considered the turning point of the Civil War
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
The American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) in World War I were commanded by this general
Who was John J. Pershing?
This program, initiated by the US, provided significant economic aid to Western European countries after World War II
What is the Marshall Plan?
The name of the 1991 military operation led by the US to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi occupation
What is Operation Desert Storm?