said "I shall return" after losing the Philippines to Japan.
Who is Douglas MacArthur
100
Allied invasion of French North Africa led by Eisenhower.
What is Operation Torch
100
World War 2 battle in which the Allies defeated final German defense.
What is the Battle of the Bulge
200
resolution stating that the U.S. didn't intend to take over Cuba.
What is Teller Amendment
200
group of writers whose works reflected the horrors of the death and destruction of WW 1 and criticized consumerism and superficiality of post war society.
What is Lost Generation
200
person who issued the lend-lease act and led the U.S. through the depression and World War 2.
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)
200
Japanese attack on America, December 7 1941.
What is Attack on Pearl Harbor
200
6 week struggle for control of a key Pacific island that resulted in an Allied victory
What is the Battle of Iwo Jima
300
meeting between British, French, German and Italian leaders in which Germany was given control of the Sudetenland in exchange for Hitler's promise to make no more claims on European territory.
What is Munich Conference
300
treaty ending WW 1 that required Germany to pay huge war reparations and established the League of Nations.
What is Treaty of Versailles
300
Archduke to Austro-Hungarian throne who was killed in 1914 while visiting Sarajevo. His death was possibly one of the reasons for the start of World War 1
Who is Franz Ferdinand
300
sneak invasion of German controlled France. Allies started on Normandy beach.
What is Operation Overlord "D-Day"
300
Spanish American battle fought by rough riders and they captured the Cuban city of Santiago.
What is the Battle of San Juan Hill
400
law that allowed U.S. to offer weapons and other war supplies to Allied Powers to fight against Axis Powers.
What is Lend-Lease Act
400
protestant religious movement that teaches that the Bible is literally true.
What is Fundamentalism
400
ruled Chicago's underworld with small army of mobsters.
Who is Al Capone
400
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What is Atomic Bomb dropping
400
World War 2 battle in which Allied forces crippled Japanese navy.
What is the Battle of Midway
500
midwestern artists popular in the 1930s who emphasized local folk themes and customs.
What is Regionalists
500
meeting of FDR, british prime minister Winston Churchill, and soviet leader Joseph Stalin to plan for the postwar world.
What is Yalta Conference
500
Biology teacher who went on trial for teaching Darwin's Theory of Evolution.
Who is John Scopes
500
period of anti-communist hysteria that swept through the U.S. after World War 1
What is the Red Scare
500
World War 2 battle in which the Allies stopped the Japanese advance to New Guinea.