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The Mexican holiday that commemorates the unlikely victory by Mexican soldiers over the French in a battle in 1862.
Cinco de Mayo (May 5th)
The General who crossed the Delaware River to secure a victory against the British at the Battle of Trenton during the American Revolution.
Who was General George Washington?
Making an impact in this century, he was a political cartoonist, ambassador, writer, inventor, and founding father, he was considered a jack of all trades.
When was the 18th century?
During this war the Americans protested and even the soldiers were encouraged not to wear their uniforms when they returned home.
What was the Vietnam War?
D-Day took place here in 1944.
What are the beaches of Normandy, France?
Named this after the rampage of executions of French citizens under Robespierre's Committee of Public Safety during the French Revolution.
What was the Reign of Terror?
A teenage Shoshone Indian woman who, with her infant son and husband, traveled with Lewis and Clark and translating for Native Americans and these explorers.
Who was Sacagawea?
The century when the Great Awakening and The Enlightenment took place.
When was the 18th century?
The Korean War was named this for falling between WW2 and the Vietnam War.
What was the "forgotten war"?
The term for the right to vote -- is still denied for women in some countries even today.
What is suffrage?
The name of the competition between the Soviets and the Americans to see who could be the first to explore outer space.
The last monarch of Brazil, he spent his reign abolishing slavery. He also left Brazil on his own in 1889 so the country could become a democratic republic.
Who was Pedro II ?
The century that Albert Einstein wrote his famous papers outlining the special theory of relativity.
When was the 20th century (1905)?
The product that prompted wars in the 1800s between China and the British Empire. The British wanted to sell this in China for profit and were willing to go to war for it.
What is opium? (a highly addictive drug made from poppy flowers)
Two of the four most famous Impressionist painters that we studied.
Who were MONET, DEGAS, RENOIR, and CASSATT?
The battle where Napoleon was defeated.
What was the Battle of Waterloo?
A child prodigy, born in Austria in 1756, composed famous pieces called The Marriage of Figaro, The Requiem, and the Magic Flute.
Who was Mozart?
When was the 20th century?
What sad 2 year war happened in Ireland when Catholic fought against Catholic in response to the Anglo-Irish Treaty -- one side wanted to free Northern Ireland from a union with Great Britain and the other wanted Northern Ireland to be part of the UK.
What was the IRISH CIVIL WAR ?
When Mao Zedong came to power in 1949 and declared China a single-party Communist state, the Nationalists who formerly led China, moved their party to this island.
What is Taiwan?
Lenin's campaign, or forceful revolution, whereby Nicholas II's royal family was executed and civil war ensued between the Red Army and the White Army.
What was the "Bolshevik Revolution"?
A Scottish physician, Christian missionary and abolitionist, he explored the interior of Africa and its waterways. He also was first European to discover VICTORIA FALLS .
Who was David Livingston ?
Simon Bolivar liberated South America from Spain in this century.
When was the 19th century? (1820)
With the death toll of 20 million, this rebellion is known as the worst civil war in history--arising partly because the Chinese were tired of Manchu rule under Ch'ing dynasty.
What was the Taiping Rebellion?
In 1863, this was issued by Lincoln to set the slaves in the South free.
What was the Emancipation Proclamation ?