Starts and Ends with
an "E"
Did you know?
There's a war on
(Which war)
100
When the moon blocks the sun 

What is an eclipse

100

Oxford says this preposition is the 7th-most common word in English; it's in this clue twice

"In"

100

In America:
1754 to 1763; prior to the revolutionary war. 

French and Indian War

200

5 Letter word meaning to make very happy

Elate

200

Because of metal shortages, from 1943 to 1945 these famous award statuettes were made of plaster

Oscars

200

It ended in 1945 after the treaty of Versai 

World War II

300

It means to free a slave from bondage

Emancipate 

300

The traditional "Big 3" of U.S. automakers are Chrysler, General Motors & this one

Ford
300

1618 to 1648:

(Hint use math!!)

The 30 years war

400

The art of using language with fluency & aptness

Eloquence 

400

This state's richest man is French fry tycoon Scott Simplot

Idaho


400

Rather than going to nuclear war; it instead became this

The Cold War