War of 1812
Which major wars were occuring in Europe during the War of 1812?
A) Wars of German Unification
B) Wars of Italian Unification
C) Napoleonic Wars
D) Hundred Years War
Napoleonic Wars
These wars served as a distraction for the European powers from what many considered to be a minor skirmish within North America.
Which of the following was not a Civil War battle
A) Battle of Gettysburg
B) Battle of Antietam
C) Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
D) Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was fought in Europe in 1944-45 as the final major German offensive along the Western Front, in a last ditch effort to split allied lines in Belgium.
The U.S. Army's WWI 369th Infantry Regiment was comprised primarily of black volunteers from which U.S. state?
A) Pennsylvania
B) Maryland
C) New York
D) Rhode Island
New York
While the unit was lead by both black and white officers, the ground troops were excusively black soldiers.
At the start of the European theatre in 1939, there were already two countries at war elsewhere. What were the two countries?
A) Poland and the Soviet Union
B) North Korea and South Korea
C) Japan and Malaya
D) Japan and China
Japan and China
The war between Japan and China had been going on officially since 1937, with the roots of the conflict going back to the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931.
Which country occupied the Korean peninsula until the end of World War II?
A) Japan
B) China
C) Soviet Union
D) USA
Japan
Korea had been under Japanese rule from 1910 until 1945
Who was the US president during the War of 1812?
A) John Adams
B) Andrew Jackson
C) James Monroe
D) James Madison
James Madison
President Madison was the last Founding Father to serve as president.
Who led the raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859, an event that was instrumental in heightening the animosities that led to the American Civil War?
A) John Henry
B) Stephen Douglas
C) John Brown
D) Charles Sumner
John Brown
His raid on Harper's Ferry, Virginia (Now West Virginia) In October of 1859, was an attempt to seize the weapons inside a federal arsenal, use them to arm local slaves and then lead them south along the crest of the Appalacian Mountains to "destroy slavery". The raid failed, Federal troops arrived to place Brown under arrest. After a short trial, he was convicted and executed for treason.
Who was the commander of American troops in Europe during World War I?
A) Theodore Roosevelt
B) John J. Pershing
C) Dwight D. Eisenhower
D) Douglas MacArthur
John J. Pershing
The offensives in Poland and France taught the English-speaking world a new word called "Blitzkrieg." What does it mean?
A) Lightning War
B) Panzer Assault
C) Mechanized War
D) Combined Forces
Lightning War
Along which parallel was the Korean peninsula divided in 1945?
A) 38th
B) 39th
C) 40th
D) 37th
38th.
The war ended in an ceasefire in 1953, and the Korean peninsula remains divided along this parallel to the present day.
What was the name of the Native American chief warrior who led a confederation of his people against the United States?
A) Sitting Bull
B) Tecumseh
C) Pontiac
D) Theyendanegea
Tecumseh
Tecumseh, of the Shawnee people, had been embattled against the Americans since as far back as 1794, in an effort to prevent their encroachment onto Shawnee land. He was killed in 1813, during the Battle of the Thames in Ontario.
Under which legislation was the South divided into five military districts after the war?
A) Alien and Sedition Acts
B) Pacific Railway Acts
C) Civil Rights Act
D) Reconstruction Acts
Reconstruction Acts
These acts outlined how the states were required to craft new constitutions, which had to include universal male suffrage, and needed approval by the U.S. Congress. Thus began the era of Reconstruction under federal occupation of the south which lasted until the end of the last Southern Republican governments in 1877.
What countries made up the Central Powers?
A) Germany, the Ottoman Empire and Romania
B) Germany, Russia and Austria-Hungary
C) Austria-Hungary, Germany, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria
D) France, Italy and Germany
Austria-Hungary, Germany, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria
On the American homefront, After December 7th 1941 what was the first commodity to be rationed for civilian use?
A) Sugar
B) Gasoline
C) Tires
D) Automobiles
Tires were the first commodity to be rationed for civilian use in the United States. Just four days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Office of Price Administration (OPA) temporarily halted all sales of new tires on December 11, 1941, to preserve natural rubber supplies.
Who was appointed supreme commander by the United Nations?
A) Douglas MacArthur
B) Bernard Montgomery
C) Dwight D. Eisenhower
D) Norman Schwarzkopf
Douglas MacArthur
Which fort prevented the British forces from seizing Baltimore?
A) Fort McHenry
B) Fort Washington
C) Fort Sumter
D) Fort Ticonderoga
Fort McHenry
The Battle of Fort McHenry served as the inspiration for Francis Scott Key's Star Spangled Banner.
In which year was the Battle of Fort Sumter (Charleston, South Carolina) fought?
A) 1861
B) 1866
C) 1860
D) 1865
1861
This battle on April 12, 1861 at the entrance to Charleston Harbor, was the opening engagement to the Civil War.
Who was president of the USA when the country declared war on Germany in 1917?
A) Dwight D. Eisenhower
B) Herbert Hoover
C) Woodrow Wilson
D) Harry S. Truman
Woodrow Wilson
Throughout the war, women were needed to fill vital jobs. Posters and adds were printed and widely distributed showing women working at jobs previously considered suitable only for men. What was the woman shown in these adds and posters named, generically?
A) Wendy the Welder
B) Rosie the Riveter
C) Tilly the Toiler
D) Laura the Lathe operator
Rosie the Riveter
Millions of American women stepped into jobs previously held by men during WWII. They built airplanes, welded ships, and manufactured munitions. They also took over heavy labor on farms, repaired machinery, and drove trucks, buses, and trains to keep the country moving.
The supreme commander, MacArthur, suggested at one point that nuclear weapons should be used.
A) True
B) False
True
General Douglas MacArthur, the Supreme Commander of United Nations forces during the Korean War, repeatedly suggested and requested the use of nuclear weapons.
Which American victory was won after the Treaty of Ghent had been signed in 1815?
A) Lundy's Lane
B) River Raisin
C) New Orleans
D) Blandensburg
New Orleans
Word had to travel from Belgium, where the treaty had been signed, and had not yet reached Louisiana.
What was the bloodiest single-day battle in the American Civil War?
A) Battle of Antietam
B) Battle of South Mountain
C) Battle of Palmitto Ranch
D) Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Antietam
Called Sharpsburg by the confederates, this battle was a decisive engagement that halted the Confederate invasion of Maryland. The South had lost 10,316 troops, and the North 12,401.
What new technology was first used during World War I?
A) Poison gas
B) All of these
C) German U-boats
D) Tanks
All of these. World War I is often said to be the first modern, industrial war.
By 1943 nearly all goods were under some degree of rationing. Which of the following was NOT rationed during the war?
A) Eggs
B) Typewriters
C) Butter
D) Jams and jellies
Eggs
In the United States, eggs were not officially rationed using coupon books during World War II. While they were sometimes in short supply or retailers limited the quantity a customer could purchase at one time, they did not require government-issued ration stamps like other staples.
What name if often used by American historians to describe the Korean War
A) The Great War
B) The Just War
C) The Unfinished War
D) The Forgotten War
The Forgotten War.
The Korean War, sold to the American public as a "Police Action" was unwelcome among Americans who were still exhausted from the global conflict of the Second World War. It's historical status was later overshadowed by the heavily televised Vietnam War.