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World War I
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The Declaration of Independence was signed in this year
What is 1776
100
Main author of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson
100
When did World War I start
What is 1914
100
Stock Market Crashed
What is 1929
100
United States was struggling with money in the 1930s
What is The Great Depression
200
The Constitutional Convention meets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and drafts the U.S. Constitution.
What is 1787
200
Writer of the Emancipation Proclamation
Who is Abraham Lincoln
200
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire
What is Central Powers
200
This banned the "manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors"
What is the 18th amendment
200
Took of control of Germany's Goverenment
Who is Adolf Hitler
300
The Constitution was ratified
What is 1789
300
Assassinated, triggering the start of World War I
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary
300
Invaded neutral Belgium and quickly defeated its small army in order to get to France
Who is Germany
300
Prohibition ended in this year.
What is 1933
300
Conquered Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, and France in 1940
What is Germany
400
President Lincoln is assassinated in Washington, D.C.
What is 1865
400
Announced the Fourteen Points his peace plan for after the war.
Who is President Woodrow Wilson
400
France, Great Britian, and Russia
What is the Allies
400
Fear that communists would atempt to overthrow the U.S. government led to?
What is the Red Scare
400
The communist nation that had emerged from the Russian Revolution of 1917
What is Soviet Union
500
The United States declares war on Germany
What is 1917
500
Selected by the Second Continental Congress to lead the Continental army
Who is George Washington
500
sent a secret telegram to Mexico
Who is Aruthur Zimmermann
500
Revolutionized the automobile industry
Who is Henry Ford
500
the Allies launched a huge invasion of northwestern France, landing on the beaches of Normandy
What is D-Day