American Revolution
This was the day that America declared independence from Great Britain
What is July 4th, 1776?
This is the belief that the United States was divinely ordained to expand westward across the North American continent, spreading democracy and capitalism
What is Manifest Destiny?
The death of this man sparked the beginning of World War I
What is Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand?
This attack on December 7, 1941, marked the U.S. entry into WWII, shifting from neutrality to active involvement.
What is Pearl Harbor?
This event was when the United States government required all male citizens and immigrants between the ages of 18-26 to register with the Selective Service
What is The Draft?
This was the first permanent English settlement
What is Jamestown?
These were people who fought for the end of slavery
What are abolitionists?
This was the president of the United States during World War I
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
This was the systematic extermination of Jews and other groups by the Nazis, leading to post-war trials and discussions on human rights
This is the term used for Nixon's policy aimed at transferring combat responsibilities to South Vietnamese forces while gradually withdrawing U.S. troops.
What is Vietnamization?
New England Colonies focused on this as their primary economic activity
What is ship building, fishing, trapping, etc?
This is the election in which Abraham Lincoln would win, resulting in South Carolina's secession from the Union marking the start of the Civil War
What is The Election of 1860
This event took place on October 29th, 1929 and marked the beginning of the Great Depression
What is Black Tuesday/Stock Market Crash
This was the amount of time the Cuban Missile Crisis lasted in the U.S.
What is 13 days?
This was a major turning point in the Vietnam War, where North Vietnamese forces launched a surprise attack, undermining U.S. claims of progress.
What is the Tet Offensive?
This was the first legislature in the colonies, established in Jamestown, Virginia
What is the House of Burgesses?
This was a Union strategy aimed at suffocating the South economically and militarily
What is the Anaconda Plan?
This is the number of points Woodrow Wilson proposed after World War I promoting for peace that emphasized self-determination and the establishment of the League of Nations
What is 14 points?
This was a U.S. initiative to aid Western Europe, aimed at rebuilding economies to prevent the spread of communism
What is the Marshall Plan?
This was the congressional resolution that granted President Johnson broad powers to escalate U.S. military involvement in Vietnam
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
This was the location of the final battle of the American Revolution in which Britain surrendered
What is Yorktown?
This is the location where Confederate Robert E. Lee would surrender, ending the Civil War
What is the Appomattox Court House?
These were the leading factors in the economic collapse
What is overproduction, buying on credit, and a laissez-faire approach?
This military alliance was formed in 1955 between the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satellite states as a response to the formation of NATO
What is the Warsaw Pact?
This marked the end of the Vietnam War, leading to the reunification of Vietnam under communist control.
What is the Fall of Saigon?