Modern Europe
the period of political and social revolution that took place in the former Russian Empire which began during the First World War.
What is The Russian Revolution
founder and first Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his death
What is Genghis Khan
the acquisition of French territory by the United States in 1803. In return for fifteen million dollars
What is The Louisiana Purchase
this War was fought between the Empire of Japan and the Russian Empire during 1904 and 1905 over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and the Korean Empire.
What is The Russo Japanese War
African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland
What is Frederick Douglas
The treaty that ended WWI
What is Treaty of Versailles
a Chinese communist revolutionary who was the founder of the People's Republic of China
What is Mao Zedong
The violent tax protest in the United States 1791-1794 during the presidency of George Washington about alcohol
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What is The Whiskey Rebellion
an anti-foreign, anti-colonial, and anti-Christian uprising in China between 1899 and 1901
What is The Boxer Rebellion
The longest serving first lady
What is Eleanor Roosevelt
code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union in WWII
What is Operation Barbarossa (Operation Fritz)
founder of the Qin dynasty, and the first emperor of a unified China.
What is Qin Shi Huang
This Battle was fought on January 8, 1815 between the British Army under Major General Sir Edward Pakenham and the United States Army under General Andrew Jackson
What is The Battle of New Orleans
This Conference intended to settle issues resulting from the Korean War and the First Indochina War, and involved several European and Asian nations
What is The Geneva Accords
a Lakota war leader of the Oglala band in the 19th century.
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What is Crazy Horse
a series of separate but related ethnic conflicts, wars of independence, and insurgencies fought from 1991 to 2001
What is The Yugoslavia civil war (Yugoslavia Wars)
founder of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent. He was a descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan
What is Babur
treaty, signed on February 2, 1848, ended the war between the United States and Mexico
What is The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
This treaty recognized the boundaries of the modern state of Turkey
What is The Treaty of Lausanne
inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current electricity supply system
What is Nikola Tesla
the name of the invasion of Egypt in late 1956 by Israel, followed by the United Kingdom and France.
What is The Suez Crisis (the Second Arab–Israeli war)
a Japanese daimyo and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku period. He is regarded as the first "Great Unifier" of Japan. His action in war gave him the nickname of "Demon King".
What is Oda Nobunaga
the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on May 4, 1886, in Chicago
What is the Haymarket Riot (Haymarket Affair)
This event in 1984, had more than 40 tons of methyl isocyanate gas leaked from a pesticide plant in India, immediately killing 3,800 people and causing premature death for many thousands more. Considered the worst industrial disaster in history
What is Bhopal disaster (Bhopal Gas Leak)
The U.S. Supreme Court's first African American justice
What is Thurgood Marshall