Famous Leaders
He led India to independence through nonviolent protest.
Who is Mahatma Gandhi?
The Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy during this World War II operation.
What is D-Day?
This scientist discovered gravity when an apple supposedly fell on his head.
Who is Isaac Newton?
This U.S. document outlines the structure of the government and is the supreme law of the land.
What is the Constitution?
This 1775-1783 conflict led to the creation of the United States.
What is the American Revolution?
This South African president was imprisoned for 27 years before becoming the nation’s leader.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
This conflict started in 1914 and involved trench warfare across Europe.
What is World War I?
This inventor is credited with the light bulb and the phonograph.
Who is Thomas Edison?
This speech by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 emphasized equality and the preservation of the Union.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
This famous protest in Boston in 1773 involved dumping tea into the harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This French military leader crowned himself emperor and expanded his empire across Europe.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
This battle in 480 BC saw 300 Spartans fight against a massive Persian army.
What is the Battle of Thermopylae?
This 19th-century invention by Samuel Morse helped send messages quickly across distances.
What is the telegraph?
This international agreement ended World War I and imposed harsh terms on Germany.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This 1789 uprising began with the storming of a prison in France.
What is the French Revolution?
The ancient Egyptian queen known for her alliance with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony.
Who is Cleopatra?
The battle in 1812 where Andrew Jackson defeated the British in New Orleans.
What is the Battle of New Orleans?
This invention by the Montgolfier brothers in 1783 made humans able to fly without engines.
What is the hot air balloon?
This early 17th-century document is considered one of the first forms of self-government in America.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This slave rebellion in 1791 helped Haiti become the first Black republic.
What is the Haitian Revolution?
The Carthaginian general famous for crossing the Alps with elephants during the Second Punic War.
Who is Hannibal Barca?
The bloody battle that began the French Revolution in 1789.
What is the Storming of the Bastille?
The steam engine, vital to the Industrial Revolution, was improved by this Scotsman.
Who is James Watt?
This manifesto written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels calls for a classless society.
What is the Communist Manifesto?
This rebellion in China (1850-1864) was one of the deadliest civil wars in history.
What is the Taiping Rebellion?