Colonial Times
main reason why colonists came and settled in the New England colonies
religious freedom
What is the name of the group that spoke out against the passing of the Constitution unless it consisted of a Bill of Rights?
anti-federalists
This proposal stated that any state acquired in the Mexican-American War could never be a slave state; however, it was voted down by Congress.
Wilmot Proviso
Which event started because of the differences in opinion between the Northern and Southern states about states' rights; slavery; and the economy?
Civil War
Southern and border states passed segregation laws that required separate but equal facilities for African Americans. These were known as _________?
Jim Crow Laws
Who was the inventor of the electric light bulb, the motion picture camera, and the phonograph?
Thomas Edison
The U.S. entered this war because of the continued violation of U.S neutrality by German u-boats (unrestricted submarine warfare) and the German sinking of the Lusitania.
World War I
During the Harlem Renaissance, who wrote poems about the lives of working class African Americans?
Langston Hughes
When the diplomatic relations between Japan and the U.S came to a stalemate, what event occurred on December 7, 1941 that brought the U.S into WWII?
Attack on Pearl Harbor
What president integrated the nation's armed forces following WWII?
Who were the candidates in the first Presidential debate ever televised in 1960?
Kennedy Nixon
Name given to the belief that government should not try to regulate too much? The rise of this in America was seen in the Presidential Elections of 1964 and 1968.
Conservatism
Ronald Reagan famously described the Soviet Union as this
What is an "evil empire"?
This terrorist organization planned and orchestrated the 9/11 attacks.
What is Al Qaeda?
result of a long rivalry between the British and the French due to competition for land in North America
French & Indian War
Who was the author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
Who was the best known commander of the Northern troops during the Civil War, eventually receiving the surrender of the Southern troops?
Ulysses S. Grant
Which amendment gave citizenship to freed slaves?
14th Amendment
What territory did the U.S. gain possession of after the Spanish American War only to have to put down a rebellion led by Emilio Aguinaldo that resulted in two years of massacres and atrocities by both sides?
Philippines
These young women became icons of the Roaring 20s, who famously wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flouted cultural and sexual norms.
Who were flappers?
What name was given to FDR's political programs that addressed the economic conditions of the Great Depression.
New Deal
What name is given to the Allied invasion on June 6, 1944 of the coast of France as Allied troops attempted to take back France and to march into Germany to capture the German capital city of Berlin? (HINT: The largest amphibious invasion in history).
D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
This branch of the US military was formed after the end of WW2.
What is the US Air Force?
Who was the first African-American to play professional baseball in the U.S?
Which president was brought up on impeachment charges because of his involvement in the Watergate scandal, but eventually resigned before the impeachment process could begin?
Richard Nixon
What event was Jimmy Carter involved in trying to bring peace to the Middle East with an agreement between Egypt and Israel?
Camp David Accords
This event in 2008 led to the government bailing out many corporations or banks.
What was the Great Recession?
Puritans settled in this colony to get away from religious persecution
Massachusetts
colonial group formed to show their dislike of British Rule; damaged British property, including government offices and homes of the wealthy British supporters; burned the British King in effigy
Sons & Daughters of Liberty
What two ethnic groups made up the majority of laborers to work on the expansion of railroads?
Chinese and Irish
What area did the South have an advantage over the north during the Civil War?
military leadership or home field advantage
In 1868, which President was impeached by the Radical Republican Congress for violating the Tenure of Office Act; however, the President was found not guilty by one vote?
Andrew Johnson
What document told European nations to stop intervening in Latin America, and, if necessary the U.S. would be the "policeman" in that region?
Roosevelt Corollary
This era of the US history was known as the _____ 20s.
What was the roaring 20s?
On this day in October of 1929, the largest selloff of stocks in the NY Stock Exchange occurred, signaling the start of the Great Depression.
What was Black Thursday?
Where were Japanese Americans placed during WWII out of fear that they would support the Axis Powers?
Internment Camps
The tension/rivalry between the U.S. and the Soviet Union after WWII to the early 1990s is called the _?_.
Cold War
What prominent civil rights leader founded the SCLC?
Martin Luther King Jr.
What Supreme Court case declared state laws prohibiting abortion were unconstitutional because they violated a woman's constitutional right to privacy in her own person?
Roe v. Wade
What was the nickname for President Ronald Reagan's economic policy which was based on the "trickle-down theory?"
Reaganomics
What agreement was approved during the presidency of Bill Clinton when the U.S. extended tariff-free trade agreements with Canada and Mexico?
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)
document written by Pilgrims while they were still on board the ship that brought them to the New World which established the use of town meetings where voters would make decisions based on majority rules
Mayflower Compact
name of pamphlet where Thomas Paine called for the colonists to declare independence from Great Britain
Common Sense
What agreement effectively ended the Reconstruction Period by giving the disputed Presidency to the Republican candidate, Rutherford B. Hayes in exchange for the removal of military rule in the Southern states?
Compromise of 1877
Civil War battle that was the "bloodiest single day of the war." After finding a copy of Lee's battle plan, Union General George McClellan was ready for Lee's assault; however, McClellan failed to pursue and Lee's army escaped. President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation after this Union victory.
Antietam
William Tecumseh Sherman ordered Union troops to begin handing out this to freed slaves and their families, so slaves could own the land they once worked.
What was 40 acres and a mule?
What was the name of the meeting organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony in 1848 with the main purpose being to discuss issues of women's rights, especially women's suffrage?
Seneca Falls Convention
Name of the peace treaty that ended WWI which placed total blame and responsibility for the war on Germany?
Treaty of Versailes
This ambitious program started by FDR employed millions of Americans in public works projects, which built infrastructure, military bases, court houses, schools, and other public buildings.
What was the Works Progress Administration?
What is the first war in which the U.S. got involved with the intent to stop the spread of communism in 1950?
Korean War
The U.S. policy of stopping the spread of communism during the Cold War Era was known as _____?
Containment
What Supreme Court case in 1954 integrated the nation's school systems and reversed the "separate, but equal" doctrine established in Plessy v. Ferguson?
Brown v. Board of Education
As a part of his détente policy to use diplomacy rather than intimidation to ease tensions between the U.S. and communists nations, President Richard Nixon formally opened negotiations and trade with what country in hopes that it would help lead to better relations with the U.S.S.R?
China
The collapse of this country marked the end of the Cold War.
What was the Soviet Union?
What is the name of the invasion of Afghanistan by the U.S. military and allied forces as a response to the 9/11 attacks against the U.S. in 2001?
Invasion of Afghanistan - War on Terrorism
first permanent French settlement North American established by Samuel de Champlain in 1608
Quebec
Which document warned European Nations to not settle or colonize in the western hemisphere? ("Don't settle; don't meddle").
Monroe Doctrine
What idea stated that it was America's God given right to expand westward?
Manifest Destiny
What is the guarantee that a person cannot be imprisoned without being brought before a judge? President Abraham Lincoln suspended this during the Civil War as a measure to "protect the Union.
Habeas Corpus
What was passed by many of the Southern states after the Civil War to ensure a stable and subservient labor force under white control?
Black Codes
Which first lady was very influential in convincing her husband to appoint more women to government positions and revolutionized the role of the First Lady?
Eleanor Roosevelt
Which amendment gives women the right to vote?
19th Amendment
What is the term given to the African American creativity in songs, poems and art that took place in the 1920s?
Harlem Renaissance
What act allowed the U.S to send aid to any country whose defense was considered vital to the U.S. and would allow that country to provide payment at a later date?
Lend Lease Act
This former US army General was elected President in the 1952 election.
Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower?
What Great Society programs provide health care for the elderly/disabled?
Medicare & Medicaid
What day celebrates the environment by raising awareness of environmental issues?
Earth Day
What was President Reagan's biggest failure in international policy when the U.S. sold weapons to Iran (an enemy of the U.S.) and then violated more laws by using the profits from those arms sales to fund a rebellion in Nicaragua?
Iran-Contra Affair
In 2005 this category 5 hurricane devastated New Orleans and the surrounding area, causing 1800 deaths and $125 billion in damage.
What was Hurricane Katrina?
colonists in Virginia were more concerned with finding this than food
Gold (riches)
Where was the site of the Continental army's camp during the winter of 1777-1778 where General George Washington had Baron von Steubin train the army into an organized fighting force?
Valley Forge
Who was the 1968 Democratic Presidential candidate who was assassinated on June 5, 1968 after winning the California primary? Because he had openly supported the Civil Rights movement, many people felt they had lost their best hope at moving the movement forward with his death.
Robert F. Kennedy
At the beginning of the Civil War, which side had the advantages of: industry; railroads; money; stable government; and population?
North (Union)
A group of former Confederate officers formed the first of this infamous organization, which terrorized the freedmen and sought to restore white supremacy.
What was the Ku Klux Klan?
What was built to improve the defense of and trade opportunities for the U.S by connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans without having to travel around South America?
Panama Canal
This secret diplomatic message from Germany to Mexico shocked the US public and eventually led to the US entering WWI.
What was the Zimmerman Telegram?
What New Deal program provides unemployment insurance, economic provisions for the blind and disabled, and old age retirement income?
Social Security Act
What was the code name for the development of the atomic bomb during WWII?
Manhattan Project
What did Congress pass during the Cold War Era that stated the U.S would support any nation with economic and military aid to prevent its falling under Soviet influence?
Truman Doctrine
What are two civil rights groups that became very popular during the civil rights era?
SNCC (Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee) & SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Counsel)
President Nixon started the "War on ____", which expanded under Reagan.
What was the War on Drugs?
The US, along with 34 other countries, bombed Iraq in an extensive air campaign before a ground invasion in what became known as _____, after the invasion and annexation of Kuwait.
What was the Gulf War, or Operation Desert Storm?
For what crime was President Bill Clinton brought up on impeachment charges?
Perjury
Who was the English philosopher who wrote about "natural rights" that influenced many of America's Founding Fathers?
John Locke
What was the name of our first written constitution as a free nation whose weaknesses included no national unity, no difference in representation by population, and the government could not collect taxes?
Articles of Confederation
Who published the newspaper called The Liberator which called for the immediate, uncompensated abolishment of slavery?"
William Lloyd Garrison
Who was the best known commander of the Southern troops during the Civil War who surrendered to General Grant in 1865?
Robert E. Lee
What name was given to the plan of reconstruction put forth by the Republican controlled Congress to rejoin the North and the South after the Civil war - harsh?
Radical Reconstruction
What do we call a single company that controls a commodity or service?
Monopoly
What is the name of the event where African Americans migrated in large numbers from the Southern states to the Northern states during WWI?
Great Migration
During the Harlem Renaissance, what trumpeter and singer became one of the most famous jazz musicians in America?
Louis Armstrong
During WWII each household was only allowed to purchase a certain amount of items at a time. This was called __________?
Rationing
This infamous US Senator claimed that the US had been infiltrated by communists in areas such as the film industry, the state department, universities, and even the military!
Who was Senator Joseph McCarthy?
What 1968 event in Chicago is remembered as a scene where police armed with clubs and tear gas violently beat antiwar protestors on live TV?
Democratic National Convention
What were the burglars at the Watergate apartment complex breaking into when they were arrested?
Democratic National Headquarters
This major social policy was started by Nixon and expanded by Reagan.
What is the War on Drugs?
This federal agency was formed after 9/11, and is involved in anti-terrorism, border security, immigration and customs, cyber security, and disaster prevention and management.
What is the Department of Homeland Security?
this and the Enlightenment movements caused a general questioning of authority on the part of the colonists both religiously and scientifically during the Colonial Period
Great Awakening
What treaty ended the American Revolution granting America its independence from the British?
Treaty of Paris of 1783
What executive order was issued by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 that freed slaves in the Confederate states and gave the war a moral cause for the North?
Emancipation Proclamation
Location where General Lee surrendered to General Grant effectively ending the Civil War on April 9, 1865.
Appomattox Courthouse
What was established by Congress in 1865 to provide food, clothing, shelter, and education for the newly emancipated slaves?
Freedmen's Bureau
What organization, founded by Betty Friedan in 1966, devotes itself to political activism and promoting women's rights?
National Organization for Woman (NOW)
What is the name of the period after WWI in which people in the U.S. were fearful of anyone who might be a communist or socialist?
Red Scare
This group of WW1 veterans and their families protested for Congress to let them redeem their military service bonuses early. The army violently dispersed them.
What was the Bonus Army or Bonus Expeditionary Force (BEF)?
US and British forces invaded this large island off the coast of Italy after capturing North Africa.
What is Sicily?
This US military general was infamously fired by President Truman during the Korean war.
Who was Douglas MacArthur?
What group rode in buses during the civil rights era and went into the south using segregated facilities as a form of non-violent protest?
Freedom Rides
What president pardoned Richard Nixon for his involvement in the Watergate scandal?
Gerald Ford
Who were the presidential candidates when the Supreme Court ordered that Florida stop its recount of ballots in 2000, eventually allowing the Republican candidate to win?
Bush v. Gore
President George W. Bush ordered American military forces to invade Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks because it was believed they were harboring what terrorist?
Osama Bin Laden
middle colony settled by William Penn as a haven for Quakers
Pennsylvania
forced the port of Boston to close as punishment for the Boston Tea Party and forced colonists to house British soldiers
Intolerable Acts
Which war took place because the U.S wanted both California and New Mexico and provoked a war in order to obtain it?
Mexican-American War
What Georgia city fell to the Northern Army under General William T. Sherman in late 1864, leaving little resistance to him as he "marched to the sea" on the coast?
In what court case did the Supreme Court rule that "separate, but equal facilities" was constitutional in 1896?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Who made a fortune with his Standard Oil Company?
John Rockefeller
The Espionage Act specifically targeted what Socialist leader because of his speaking out against U.S involvement in WWI?
Eugene Debs
What Second New Deal Act, also known as the National Labor Relations Act, established collective bargaining rights for workers and prohibited unfair labor practices strengthening labor unions in the United States?
Wagner Act
In what state was the atomic bomb tested?
Los Alamos, New Mexico
What was passed by Congress after WWII that helped make communism less appealing to Europeans by creating economic prosperity, by helping Europe rebuild?
Marshall Plan
The deaths of four students at Kent State University; the publishing of the Pentagon Papers; and "draft dodgers" going to Canada were all forms of protests against America's involvement in what war?
Vietnam War
The fall of this city to the PAVN marked the end of this war, with the US evacuating tens of thousands of civilians and military personnel in the largest helicopter evacuation.
What was the fall of Saigon?
The US and NATO intervened in the collapse of this country in response to ethnic cleansings.
What was Yugoslavia?
In March 2003, American and British troops invaded Iraq to overthrow Saddam Hussein. What was this invasion called?
Iraq War
1st major cash crop of Virginia introduced by John Rolfe
Tobacco
What idea, first proposed by the philosopher Montesquieu, divides the authority to govern between different branches of government: legislative, executive, and judicial?
Separation of Powers
Which court case stated that slaves were not citizens, but personal property and therefore had no right to go to court to win their freedom?
Dred Scott Decision
What was constructed by New York and opened in 1825, which connected the Great Lakes to the Hudson River and made New York the dominant commercial city in the United States?
Erie Canal
Which amendment gave former male slaves the right to vote in the U.S?
15th Amendment
What type of immigrants did the immigration quota system passed in the 1920's tend to discriminate against?
Southern & Eastern European; Asian
This bill, passed in 1917 with the US's entry into WW1, created the draft.
What was the Selective Service Act?
What African American pressured FDR to support the Fair Employment Act which made discrimination in hiring illegal?
A. Phillip Randolph
This campaign by US and British bomber forces during WW2 attempted to destroy German military factories and infrastructure.
What was the strategic bombing campaign?
What is the first war in which the U.S. got involved with the intent to stop the spread of communism in 1950?
Korean War
What was the primary goal of President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society program?
War on Poverty (eliminate poverty and racial injustice)
What government agency was created in 1970 with the purpose of enforcing laws aimed at maintaining a safe and clean environment?
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
What device has transformed U.S. businesses and the work of individuals by making transactions more efficient and faster and with the internet, we have the ability to send information to anyone, anytime, and anywhere?
In 2006, this Californian representative became the first female Speaker of the House.
Who is Nancy Pelosi?
New England colony founded by Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson for individuals who left Massachusetts due to religious disagreements
Rhode Island
Who served as an American ambassador to France during the Revolutionary Period and convinced the French to be our ally in our fight for freedom from the British?
Benjamin Franklin
What type of democracy sought a stronger executive branch and a weaker Congress, it also sought to broaden public participation in government? Hint: This president named it after himself.
Jacksonian Democracy
Individuals who wanted to make slavery illegal in the United States were called _?_.
Who was the leader of the United Farm Workers of America union that used non-violent protest to gain better wages and working conditions from California grape growers?
Cesar Chavez
Where did most European immigrants go to become registered when entering the U.S?
Ellis Island
This weapon used by American forces during WW1 was so effective, the Germans wished it to be banned.
What was the shotgun?
What New Deal program built hydroelectric dams to create jobs and brought cheap electricity to the Appalachian region of the South?
Tennessee Valley Authority
What Pacific battle in WWII is regarded as the naval turning point of the war because the Japanese never recovered from the loss of aircraft carriers, fighter planes, and experienced pilots?
Battle of Midway
What did Congress pass during the Cold War Era that stated the U.S would support any nation with economic and military aid to prevent its falling under Soviet influence?
Truman Doctrine
What act outlawed literacy tests and poll taxes required for voting and sent federal officials to register voters in Southern states?
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This government agency was formed in 1973 with the intent of combating drug trafficking and distribution within the U.S.
What was the Drug Enforcement Agency, or DEA?
An ATF search of a religious compound in Texas led to this event, which lasted from February 28 to April 19, 1993 and involved federal authorities, Texas state police, and even the US military.
What was the Waco Siege?
This movement in 2011 against economic equality and the influence of money in politics famously used the slogan "We are the 99 percent!".
What was Occupy Wall Street?
The first ten amendments added to the Constitution in 1791, which are intended to protect individual and state rights, are called the __?__.
Bill of Rights
What name was given to the agreement among delegates to the Constitutional Convention that settled the dispute of representation in Congress by stating the lower house would be based on population and the upper house would be equal representation regardless of a states size?
Great Compromise
Under this law California was admitted into the U.S. as a free state; popular sovereignty would be used to determine slavery in the Western territories; and a stronger fugitive slave law was established in the North.
Compromise of 1850
This Union general was famous for his "march to the sea", where he committed to scorched earth tactics of burning and looting everything in his army's way in order to undermine the South's ability and willingness to fight.
Who was William Tecumseh Sherman?
What name was given to the plans of reconstruction put forth by Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson to rejoin the North and the South after the Civil War - lenient?
Presidential Reconstruction
What is the name of the book written by Upton Sinclair that helped bring about the Pure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act?
The Jungle
This event marked the end of the roaring 20s and the beginning of the Great Depression.
What was the Wall Street Crash of 1929?
What is another name for a shantytown during the 1930s?
Hoovervilles
What was the nickname and symbol that represented the thousands of women who worked in U.S. industries to take the places of men who were fighting in the WWII?
Rosie the Riveter
What Cuban leader had U.S support at first, but then allied himself with the Soviet Union, suspended all Cuban elections, and declared himself dictator?
Fidel Castro
Where did President Eisenhower place the National Guard under federal command to bring about school integration in 1957 as ordered by Brown vs. Board of Education?
Little Rock, Arkansas
What Supreme Court decision challenged affirmative action and ruled that racial quotas violated the 14th Amendment?
Board of Regents of University of California v. Bakke (the Bakke Case)
What is the name of the event where an Iranian mob stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran and took 52 American hostages during the Carter administration?
Iran Hostage Crisis
Passed under the administration of President George W. Bush, what act increased the authority of U.S. law enforcement agencies and allowed them greater power in what measures they could use to obtain information?
Patriot Act
law Britain passed to attempt to stop the colonists from expanding west of the Appalachian mountains after the French & Indian War
Proclamation of 1763
Committees of Correspondence were set up to organize and communicate issues between colonists; this group was eventually led to the formation of what?
First Continental Congress
Event in 1832 when South Carolina, under the leadership of John C. Calhoun, threatened that they would not follow federal tariff laws and would secede from the U.S. if forced to do so. President Andrew Jackson threatened to send in the national military to make South Carolina comply if needed; however, a compromise was worked out by Henry Clay to end the crisis.
Nullification Crisis
Where was the last Confederate stronghold city on the Mississippi River that fell to Union General Ulysses S. Grant after a siege of two months?
Vicksburg
What is the name of the college that was founded in Atlanta by a former slave and two ministers to provide education for African Americans after the Civil War?
Morehouse College
Who formed the labor union called the American Federation of Labor?
Samuel Gompers
This national guard regiment, made up of African American and Puerto Rican soldiers, was under French control and took the most casualties of any US unit in WW1.
Who were the Harlem Hellfighters?
Who was the senator from Louisiana who was one of FDR's biggest critics who gained national popularity by promising to give every family $2000 as part of his "Share Our Wealth" program?
Huey Long
The US marines invaded this Japanese island in 1945. To this day there is a US marine corp base on the island.
What is Okinawa?
While they became famous for their use in the Vietnam war, this military vehicle was actually first used on a wide scale in Korea to evacuate wounded soldiers.
What is the helicopter?
What did President Lyndon Johnson call his legislative programs to give Americans a better standard of living and greater opportunities regardless of their background?
Great Society
Rachel Carson's book, Silent Spring, inspired what national movement?
Environmentalism
This famous US stealth bomber flew for the first time 1989. The US recently unveiled its replacement, the B-21 Raider.
What is the B-2 Spirit?
What is Pakistan?
the Virginia Company's legislative assembly
House of Burgesses
George Washington and his men crossed what river to surprise the Hessian mercenaries fighting with the British who were encamped at Trenton, NJ?
Delaware River
What act effectively repealed the Missouri Compromise and reignited the slavery issue by allowing territories within the Louisiana Purchase area to determine slavery by popular sovereignty?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
General Grant was give this nickname, due to the terms of surrender he forced his enemies to accept.
What is "Unconditional Surrender"?
During Reconstruction the South was split up into 5 of these.
What are military districts?
Which act was passed in 1882 as a result of the anti-Asian sentiment on the Western coast of the U.S?
Chinese Exclusion Act
This WW1 offensive was the largest battle US forces ever participated in, which helped bring the war to an end.
What was the Meuse–Argonne offensive?
What was the plan put forth by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to expand the number of Supreme Court justices that would be favorable to his policies; however, it was not approved by Congress due to great opposition?
Court Packing Bill
This Japanese city was almost entirely destroyed in a massive firebombing attack.
What is Tokyo?
What event prompted the U.S. to respond by expanding federal aid to education, especially science and math and began the "space race" between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R?
Launch of Sputnik
What form of non-violent protest, where African-Americans sat in segregated places until they were served or arrested, gained national media attention and helped many Americans turn their sympathies toward ending racial segregation?
Sit-ins
Throughout the 70s the West experienced this crisis, due to petroleum shortages caused by the Yom Kippur war and the Iranian Revolution.
What was the 1970s Energy Crisis?
This period of riots and civil unrest in LA was sparked by the death of Rodney King in police custody due to excessive force.
What was the LA riots, or LA race riots?
Under President Obama, the use of these dramatically increased in the Middle East, leading to the accidental killing of many innocent victims.
What were drone strikes?
Chief who led a confederation of Native Americans against the colony of Jamestown; eventually negotiated peace with settlers
Powhatan
These laws passed in the 1780s demonstrated to Americans that the national government intended to encourage westward expansion into the Ohio Valley area. They also made slavery illegal in these new territories; provided the first government funds for public education; and set forth the requirements for adding new states.
Northwest Ordinance
The government's outlawing of the Ghost Dance by the Sioux tribe, led by Chief Sitting Bull, resulted in what event?
Battle of Wounded Knee
This final attack at Gettysburg was considered the "high water mark" of the confederacy, and a turning point of the war.
What was Pickett's Charge?
After John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln, he evaded capture for this many days.
What's 12 days.
Which amendment calls for the direct election of senators by the people rather than the state legislatures?
17th Amendment
The German chemist Fritz Haber is known for creating the Haber-Bosch process, which allowed the mass creation of fertilizer. He is also known as the Father of _____, for his work developing poison gas during WW1.
What was Chemical Warfare?
What name was given to the various music houses in New York City where songwriters and musicians composed and published songs? Hint: Irving Berlin was one of the most famous composers here.
Tin Pan Alley
FDR referred to the US's role in WW2 as this in multiple speeches calling for US to send arms and supplies to allied forces.
What is the "Arsenal of Democracy"?
General Douglas MacArthur led an amphibious landing of this Korean city during the Korean War.
What is the city of Inchon?
What is the name of the event where North Vietnam and the Vietcong attacked South Vietnam and the U.S. on the Vietnamese New Year's celebration, causing public opinion in the U.S. to turn against the war?
Tet Offensive
In 1973 the CIA assisted this Latin American general's coup against the left wing Popular Unity coalition, after which he ruled all the way until 1990.
Who was Augusto Pinochet?
In 1993, Al Qaeda trained terrorists detonated a van bomb under the north tower of this building.
What was the World Trade Center?
Saddam Hussein was found in one of these when he was finally captured.
What is a spider hole?