Revolution
1. How many colonies were there by the
time of the French and Indian War?
13
2. What was the slogan of the
protesters in Boston?
3. Where did the Revolutionary War
begin?
Lexington
4. Where did the colonies declare their
independence and when did it happen?
At the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia on July 4th 1776 the colonies declared their
independence.
Slavery and the Civil War
1. When did the first African slaves
arrive in the New World?
1619
2. When was the importation of new
slaves made illegal?
1807
3. When did Abraham Lincoln become
president?
1860
4. What did his victory lead to?
South Carolina left the union and was followed by 10 states.
5. Which role did the Emancipation
Proclamation play?
It freed the slaves
The USA in WW I and WW II
1. What do we call Woodrow Wilsons
policy in the first part of WWI?
Isolationism
2. What made the US enter the war?
An American boat was attacked in 1917
3. What was the purpose of the League
of Nations?
It was formed to secure peace, which did not work out
4. When did the US enter WW II?
When Japan attacked the US naval base Pearl Harbor in 1941
5. Which president was responsible for
the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Harry S. Truman
6. How did the wars change life for
American women?
American women entered the workplace to play their part in the war
effort
The Cold War
1.
Why was it a surprise that the US and the USSR did not work together
after WW II?
Because they had worked together during WW II
2.
There was a constant race between the US and the USSR to be the front
technologically, Which country was the first in space?
The Soviets were the first into space in 1957
3.
Who said: “A small step for man, but a giant leap for mankind”?
Neil Armstrong
4.
Two men were central in the process of ending the Cold War. Who were
they?
Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev
