Cycle 2 History Dates fill in Flashcards
In ______, South African President de Klerk allowed free elections. Nelson Mandela became South Africa’s first black president, demonstrating apartheid was ending.
1994
In ______ President George H. W. Bush sent troops to the Persian Gulf to expel Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein from Kuwait during the Gulf War.
1990
In _____, the communist dictators began to fall in Eastern Europe when Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev refused to send them military aid.
1989
In _____, President Johnson sent U.S. troops to stop communist North Vietnam from capturing all of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
1965
In ______, General Douglas MacArthur led United Nations forces to stop communist North Korea from capturing all of South Korea during the Korean War.
1950
In ________, after the League of Nations failed to prevent World War II, American President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Churchill, and Soviet Premier Stalin began the United Nations.
1945
World War II began in _____ when Hitler invaded Poland. Two engagements that helped the United States win the Pacific front were defeating Japan at the Battle of Midway and dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
1939
During World War I, Great Britain, France, and Russia were Allies and fought against Austria-Hungary and Germany, which were called the Central Powers. In _____, the United States entered the war, assisting the Allies.
1917
Clemenceau of France,
Lloyd George of England,
Nicholas II of Russia,
Wilhelm II of Germany,
and Wilson of the United States were leaders during World War I, which started in __________ and ended in _______
1914 1918.
Watt’s steam engine,
Cartwight’s power loom,
and Whitney’s cotton gin
spurred the Industrial Revolution that began in the ________
1760’s
Vladimir I brought Christianity to Russia in the _____s. In the ____s, Czar Ivan the Terrible unified Russia. Peter the Great and Catherine the Great expanded and westernized Russia in the ______s.
900 1500 1700
_______ the ________s and ________s, Henry VIII of England, Louis XIV of France, Philip II of Spain, Peter the Great of Russia, and Frederick the Great of Prussia ruled during the age of absolute monarchs.
between the 1500’s and 1800’s
_________ the late _______s and the mid-________s, Dias rounded the Cape of Good Hope, Amerigo Vespucci sailed to the Americas, Balboa crossed Central America to the Pacific, Magellan’s crew sailed around the globe, and Coronado explored the American Southwest.
Between the late 1400s and the mid 1500s
In ______, Martin Luther began the Protestant Reformation by printing the Ninety-five Theses that made Pope Leo X excommunicate him. Later, John Calvin joined the Reformation.
1517
During the Renaissance period, from _______ to ______, Leonardo da Vinci was a famous inventor, Shakespeare was a fmous playwright, Michelangelo was a famous artist, and Copernicus was a famous scientist.
1350 1600
English King John signed the Magna Carta in 1215, limiting the king’s power. Later, England’s King Edward III claimed to be king of France and began the Hundred Years’ War in ______.
1337
Richard the Lion-Hearted, son of Eleanor of Aquitaine, fought the Turks for Jerusalem during the time of the Crusades from _______ to _______.
1095 1291
In 1054, the church split into Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox. William the conqueror defeated King Harold of England in ______ and started feudalism.
1066
