What did Americans call British soldiers?
redcoats
which financial event happened at the beginning of the great depression?
Stock market crash
Who won the 2000 Election?
George W bush
Which Pre-colonial Empire was conquered by a mix of their neighbors and Spanish forces?
The Aztec
Wha was the name of the day the Allied forces invaded France to Attack Germany
D-Day
Who got killed and caused everyone to freak out
Austrian Arch-Duke Franz Ferdinand
Who was the president during the civil war?
Honest Abe
Who was our first president
George Washington
The first major battles of the revolutionary war happened where?
Lexington and Concord
What was the prosperous period before the great depression called?
the roaring 20s
Which band wrote the song "American Idiot" to criticize the war in Iraq?
Green Day
What is the term for a people group who do not settle down and stay in the place?
Nomads
What Special Tactic did Germany use to gain the upper hand in Poland?
Blitzkrieg
Who first declared war to start WWI?
Germany
What was the civil war about
Slavery
Where does the President Live?
The White House
What was the name of the final battle of the revolutionary war?
Battle of Yorktown
What was the dust bowl?
when poor farming habits destroyed fields and left the dirt dusty and loose, which damaged crops and made huge dust storms.
The paparazzi went nuts when Brittany Spears did what?
shaved her head
Which Precolonial Society was known for making giant stone heads?
The Olmec
What was the name of the project to create the Atomic Bomb?
The Manhatten Project
What weapon did Germany declare was a war crime?
The Trench Gun (shotgun)
Which civil war general later became a US president?
General Grant
What branch of government is the president the head of?
Executive Branch
Who was the French official who helped train and lead American troops into battle?
Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette, commonly known as: Marquis De Lafayette
The Grapes of Wrath
What caused the fear around Y2K?
Worry that internet systems which had been built around a 1900s model would fail when they moved into a new century
Agriculture
Which pacific Island became famous for an image of Marines raising a flag on the top
Iwo Jima
What was the name of the German Leader in WWI
Kaiser Wilhelm
WHow as the president of the confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
How many terms can the president serve?
two
Which day did the founding fathers vote to declare independence form great Britain?
July 2nd
What caused the great depression?
Gosh like, idk man. Over use of credit? Poor market speculation? the dust bowl? its a whole can of worms man. Kinda hard to point at just one thing man.
Who LOST the 2000 presidential Election?
Al Gore
Which people group used knots as a form of record keeping?
The Inca
Which German General served in Africa and gained the nickname "The Desert Fox"
Erwin Rommel
Which Famous Author served in the Somme at WWI
J. R. R. Tolkien (Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit)
what was the name of the event in Kansas that preceded the civil war
Bleeding Kansas
which president served the longest?
F.D.R.