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What years did Queen Victoria reign in England?
1837-1901
Who was President during the American Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
What peninsula was fought over by Russia and the British and French forces?
The Crimean Peninsula
How many years was the Berlin Wall up?
Who wrote Oh Captain, My Captain?
Recite the first stanza.
Walt Whitman
In what year did the surrender of the Confederate army happen in Appomatox?
1865
Whose assassination helped to spark the start of World War 1?
Where did Japan attack America, sparking America's involvement in WW2? Bonus if you know the state its in!
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
What two countries were racing to space in the 1960s?
America and the USSR
Name the major Generals of the Union and the Confederacy.
1919
What were the names of the North and the South during the American Civil War?
The Union and the Confederates
During the D-Day invasion, the Allies stormed the beach where?
Normandy
Explain how the transcontinental railroad was built.
It was built from the east coast to the west coast with thousands of men toiling to build it.
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
In what year did Germany invade Poland starting World War 2?
1939
What leader invaded Poland in September of 1939?
Adolf Hitler
Where did the Wright Brothers fly their plane for the first time?
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Describe the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Lincoln was shot in the head at Ford's Theater after the Civil War ended. He was killed by John Wilkes Booth who supported the Confederacy. He had a dream that he died just before we went to the theater.
Who was the last Czar of Russia who was killed during the Bolshevik Revolution?
Nicholas
In what year did the Wright Brothers build the first place?
1903
Name two Russian dictators who ruled after the fall of the Russian monarchy.
Stalin, Lenin, Khrushchev,
Explain the phrase "the sun never sets on the British Empire" using the names of places.
The British had conquered so much of the world that the sun was always shining on some part of the empire. They controlled places in Africa, India, Canada, Australia, etc.
Why did the U.S. involve themselves in the Vietnam War?
To contain communism and defend democracy.
What does the USSR stand for?
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics