civil war
Who was the 16th president
Abraham Lincoln
The surprise Japanese attack on this U.S. naval base on December 7, 1941, prompted the U.S. to enter the war
Pearl Harbor
This city, formerly known as Saigon, was renamed in 1976 after the communist leader who founded the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City
In Back to the Future (1985), Doc Brown built his iconic time machine out of this gull-winged sports car
DeLorean
This 1765 act required colonists to pay a tax on all paper goods, including legal documents, newspapers, and playing cards
Stamp Act
This was the central political and economic issue that sparked the Civil War
Slavery
World War II officially began in Europe on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded this country
Poland
This famous national holiday, celebrating the Vietnamese Lunar New Year, is the most important festival of the year
Tet
Michael Jackson moonwalked his way to selling millions with this 1982 album, the best-selling of all time
Thriller
This 1770 event saw British soldiers fire into a crowd of angry colonists, killing five people and sparking anti-British outrage
Boston Massacre
This 3-day battle fought in Pennsylvania in 1863
Battle of Gettysburg
This winter battle in 1944-1945 was Hitler's last major offensive campaign in the West
The Battle of the Bulge
French colonizers brought this caffeinated crop to Vietnam in the 19th century. Today, it is commonly brewed with a small metal drip filter and sweetened condensed milk
coffee
Which Steven Spielberg film of 1982 featured the famous line "phone home"
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
George Washington famously crossed this icy river on Christmas night in 1776 to launch a surprise attack on Hessian mercenaries in Trenton, New Jersey
Delaware River
This 13th Amendment to the Constitution achieved this major historical milestone
the abolition of slavery
This general directed the Allied invasion of North Africa and was the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
This sprawling, silt-heavy river is the most important waterway in southern Vietnam, emptying into the South China Sea through a vast network of distributaries
Mekong River
What song made Tears for Fears famous?
What is Mad World.
John Locke argued that all people are born with these three basic rights: Life, Liberty, and Property (which Jefferson slightly altered for the Declaration)
natural rights
This violent 1859 raid on a federal armory in Virginia was led by an extreme abolitionist
John Brown
This Native American group utilized their unwritten, complex language as a nearly unbreakable code for military communications in the Pacific
Navajo Code Talkers
Vietnam's famous agricultural conical hat, which protects farmers from the sun and rain, is commonly known in the Vietnamese language by this two-word term
nón lá
Not your typical sitcom, this boundary-pushing TV show featuring a cynical shoe salesman named Al Bundy premiered on Fox in 1987
Married... with Children
Nickname for the volunteer colonial militia members who boasted they could be ready to fight the British at a minute's notice
Minutemen