Changes in Latitude
Outside of US History
Battles
Presidents
Pictures
100
This line of latitude separated North and South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
What is the 17th Parallel
100
This island is home to the Bay of Pigs Invasion and Khrushchev's missiles.
What is Cuba
100
51,000 wounded, 3 day battle, turning point in the Civil War.
What is Gettysburg
100
This person was the president of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
100
Land:
What is the Louisiana Territory.
200
The capitals of Seoul and Pyongyang are no more than 37 miles away from the DMZ at this parallel?
What is the 38th Parallel
200
This is the name of the largest amphibious invasion in US History?
What is D-Day (Operation Overlord & Invasion of Normandy is accepted)
200
Turning point of the American Revolution
What is Saratoga
200
Who was the Republican party president whose election led to the Civil War?
Who is Abraham Lincoln
200
Battle:
What is the Battle of Trenton
300
Along with adding Maine and Missouri as states to the Union, this line of latitude separated free and slave states in the Kansas-Nebraska Territory
What is the 36"30' Line
300
Marquis de Lafayette and this European general were instrumental in helping Washington's army.
Who is Baron von Steuben
300
Though the US did not capture this city, the fall of it led to VE Day.
What is Berlin
300
This president's violation of the Tenure of Office Act led to him becoming the 1st President to be impeached.
Andrew Johnson
300
Location: 
What are the Middle Colonies?
400
54'40 or Fight was James K. Polk's campaign slogan, however the US and Britain agreed on this parallel when annexing the Oregon Territory.
What is the 49th Parallel
400
This diplomat sent a letter to ask Mexico to keep America out of WWI?
Who is Arthur Zimmerman
400
This battle on the Mississippi River effectively cut the South in half.
What is Vicksburg
400
This president threated John C. Calhoun, his vice president, with decapitation if he led South Carolina to secession, he also removed native americans to Oklahoma.
Who is Andrew Jackson
400
Speech:
What is the "I Have a Dream" Speech
500
Though not a line of latitude, this line forbid English colonists from crossing the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation Line of 1783.
500
After sinking 4 Japanese battleships, the US took control of the Pacific theatre after this battle
What is the Battle of Midway
500
This battle ended after the French navy blocked Cornwallis from a retreat on the Chesapeake Bay.
What is Yorktown
500
These two future presidents were the first to debate on television?
Who are John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon
500
Law:
What is the Land Ordinance of 1785?