Random History Facts
This city is the capital of Japan.
Tokyo
Where were the missiles that caused a crisis?
Cuba
This group of people was part of the group known as what during WW2?
- Franklin Roosevelt
- Winston Churchill
-Joseph Stalin
Allied Powers
This invention allows us to see the bones inside our body without surgery.
X Ray
Who was known for using "Big Stick Diplomacy" to build the Panama Canal
Theodore Roosevelt
The “Gettysburg Address” was delivered by this president.
Given by this U.S. President in 1961, the speech famously urges Americans to “ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.”
John F Kennedy
The battle of Normandy was also known as what?
D-Day
This invention by Alexander Graham Bell was patented in 1876.
Telephone
Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Bessie Smith, George Gershwin, Aaron Copland
This purchase doubled the size of the United States in 1803.
Louisiana Purchase
What was the containment policy that had the United States give money to European countries to rebuild after World War 2?
The Marshall Plan
What day did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor
This revolutionary product, released in 2007, reshaped mobile communications and technology.
IPhone
Andrew Carnegie
This superhero is known as the “Dark Knight.”
Batman
What was the group of friends of the USSR (Soviet Union) called?
The Warsaw Pact
In the United States, what group(s) of people were given opportunities to work during the war
Women and African Americans
This artist painted the “Mona Lisa” and “The Last Supper.”
Leonardo da Vinci
Name one of the woman's suffrage leaders in the 19th century
Susan B. Anthony OR Elizabeth Cady Stanton
This is the longest wall in the world, extending over 13,000 miles.
Great Wall of China
The what is the area between North and South Korea called?
DMZ, Demilitarized Zone, or the 38th Parallel
What was the name of the two cities the United States dropped bombs on to end WW2
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
This tower in Italy is famous for its unintended tilt.
Leaning Tower of Pisa
President of the United States during the Spanish American War
William McKinley