US History 1
How the 13 colonies become independent from Britain.
What is the American Revolution and Declaration of Independence?
Date of the end of WW2.
When is 1945?
This person made the 'I Have a Dream' speech.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr?
The opposite of communism.
What is capitalism?
Meaning of democracy.
What is free elections, businesses not controlled by state, and differences in wealth.
Why the US joined the Vietnam War.
What is Domino Theory and Communism?
The Prime Minister of England during WWII & after? Coined "iron curtain"
Who was Winston Churchill?
Event when the Stock Market crashed in 1929.
What is the Wall Street Crash?
The 17th Parallel
The division between North and South Vietnam.
Leader of the USSR during the Cuban Missile crisis.
Who is Khrushchev?
Where the USSR placed missiles near US.
What is Cuba?
The chemical used in Vietnam
What is Agent Orange
What is the name of the document that was intercepted between Germany and Mexico and encouraged Mexico to attack the US (during WWI)?
Zimmerman Telegram
Meaning of 'Demilitarised'
What is no military presence including soldiers in a specific area.
Which event in 1914 sparked the beginning of WWI?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The President that supported the abolition of slavery.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
The banning of alcohol in the US.
What is Prohibition?
This was signed on the 4th July 1776.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Widespead economic downtown that affected the US from 1929 - 1939.
What is the Great Depression?
Meaning of MAD.
What is Mutually Assured Destruction?
The name of the person who Lincoln.
Who was John Wilkes Booth?
Names of the different sides in the American Civil War.
Who are the Union (North) and the Confederates (South)?
The date Pearl Harbor was attacked
What is 1941?
What treaty ended WWI
Treaty of Versailles
Reasons why Britain and the US invaded Iraq.
What is dictatorship, WMDs and oil.