This is the year that the Spanish-American War was fought and won by the U.S.
What is 1898?
100
This man was a wealthy Virginia statesman. He drafted the Declaration of Independence and during his presidency, the Louisiana Purchase was made.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
100
This man led the German army on its campaign to try and conquer all of Europe and even Africa. He started the Holocaust and is one of the most infamous men in history.
Who is Adolf Hitler?
100
The decade of the 1950s was best known for the U.S.'s concern with Communism, which would cause the Red Scare and lead us into this.
What is the Cold War?
100
This man was the 1st to sign the Declaration of Independence. We now refer to getting a signature as getting "someone's this..."
Who is John Hancock?
200
This is the year that the United States entered World War I.
What is 1917?
200
This man was assassinated in 1914 on a campaign trip in Europe which would eventually start WWI.
Who is Franz Ferdinand?
200
This was the year that the war ACTUALLY started. (The U.S. entered 2 years later.)
What is 1939?
200
This man was the black leader that was involved with Civil Rights with regard to "Civil Disobedience" rather than militant anger.
Who was Martin Luther King Jr.?
200
This man warned the colonists that the British were coming during his famous "Midnight Ride".
Who is Paul Revere?
300
This is the year that the Treaty of Paris was signed ending the American Revolution.
What is 1783
300
This man led the Continental Army against the British (Redcoats) in the American Revolution and would later become the 1st president of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
300
The allied forces were headed by these 3 countries. (France doesn't count).
What were the United States, Great Britain, and Russia?
300
This president was the U.S.'s only Catholic president. He started to help with Civil Rights before he was assassinated in Dallas, TX on November 22, 1963.
Who was John F. Kennedy?
300
This man was the president of the Confederacy during the Civil War and was first to be executed for treason after the war's end.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
400
This was the year that a group of English colonists landed in the U.S. and founded what would be the first of many colonies to come.
What is 1607?
400
This man has taken much of the blame for the start of the Great Depression because it was under his presidency that the Stock Market crashed.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
400
These were the 3 leaders of the Allied Powers. They were also known as the "Big 3".
Who were Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Josef Stalin?
400
This man was a leading General in the European side of WWII and was president during 80% of the 1950s. (His campaign slogan was "We like Ike")
Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower?
400
This president was impeached for tapping into the phone lines of the opposing party at the Watergate Hotel and gave his famous farewell during the "Checkers Speech."
Who is Richard Nixon?
500
This is the day that the U.S. and allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy. Many lives were lost, but the German line was broken.
What is D-Day (June 6, 1944)?
500
This man led the Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War and during his presidency he was referred to as the "Trust Buster" because of his ability to break up monopolies.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
500
In order to win the war, President Truman knew that the atomic bomb had to be dropped. These were the cities that he chose to bomb.
What were Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
500
This was the court case that ended segregation in U.S. public schools saying that "Separate was NOT equal".
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
500
This man served as president during most of the 1980s and eventually convinced the USSR to tear down the Berlin Wall in 1989.