The American Revolution
Early America
Civil War
The World Wars
Cold War to Present day
100
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
100
What Country did the US make the Louisianna Purchase with?
France
100
What year did the Civil War start and end?
Hint: It only lasted 4 years
1861-1865
100
What year did World War 2 start for the US?
December 7th, 1941
100
What was the Cold War?
The Cold war was a rivalry between the US and the USSR, with each showing their power, technological innovation, and was fought through proxy wars.
200
What does this painting represent?
Washington crossing the delaware
200
The belief that the US should own all the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean was called...
Manifest Destiny
200
What was the cause of the Civil War?
Slavery
200
What was the other name for World War One?
The War to End All Wars
200
What was 9/11?
When Al-Qaeda hijacked planes and crashed them into the world trade center and other government buildings.
300
Who said Give me Liberty or give me death?
Patrick Henry
300
What was the famous trail that settlers travelled west that had a videogame based on it?
Hint: the name of the trail is the name of a state
The Oregon Trail
300
What was the thing that Abraham Lincoln signed to free the slaves?
The Emancipation Proclamation
300
What was the battle that was part of Operation Overlord?
Hint: It's in WW2
D-Day
300
What was the Berlin Wall?
A wall that surrounded West Berlin, constructed by the Soviets, to keep the East Germans from fleeing into West Berlin.
400
What war caused the taxation on the 13 Colonies?
The French and Indian War/ The Seven Years War
400
What was the policy that the US enforced to keep European powers out of the Americas?
The Monroe Doctrine
400
What state started the Civil War?
South Carolina
400
What Campaign was a major failure for the Allies and was an amphibious invasion in the middle east?
The Gallipoli Campaign
400
What was the Global War on Terror?
When the US and other countries banded together to fight terrorism and take the fight to the terrorists.
500
What Country was our major ally during the Revolutionary War?
France
500
What was the nation that the US went to war with due to them raiding US ships and enslaving sailors?
The Barbary Sates
500
What was the Deadliest battle in the Civil war?
The Battle of Antietam
500
What was the reasons the United States became a superpower and a major influence across the world?
The United States was relatively untouched during the world, its industrial capabilities and it was the first nation to have atomic weapons.
500
What are proxy wars and what countries did they happen it?
Hint: you have to name 3 of the countries
Proxy wars are wars fought by stronger nations that don't want to invade each other, due to the other having nuclear weapons. And use other countries as a battleground and expand their influence.
Vietnam, Korea, Angola, Lebanon, Nicaragua, Cuba, Ethiopia, El Salvador, Colombia, Guatemala, and Indonesia.