Famous Massacres Flashcards
The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre was carried out by gangsters under the command of what rival of Bugs Moran?
Al Capone
(It is widely believed that former members of a gang known as Egan’s Rats, including Fred Burke, were the gunmen.)
What is the name given to the period of mass murder of civilians committed by the Japanese army in 1937, early in the Second Sino-Japanese War?
Rape of Nanking
Who fired into the crowd of protesters during the 1970 Kent State Shootings?
The National Guard, called in by Ohio governor Jim Rhodes
What revolution began with Bloody Sunday and ultimately led to the establishment of the Russian Duma (parliament) and the adoption of a new constitution?
Revolution of 1905
Who won a Pulitzer Prize for uncovering the events of the My Lai Massacre through extensive interviews with William Calley (and later broke the story of the mistreatment of detainees at Abu Ghraib Prison during the Iraq War)?
Seymour Hersh
Plotters angry over the Peterloo Massacre and the Six Acts formed what conspiracy in 1820 in the hope of murdering Liverpool and his entire cabinet.
Cato Street Conspiracy
How long did the Rape of Nanking last?
6 weeks (beginning 13 December 1937)
Who began clearing Tiananmen Square late at night on 3 June 1989?
People’s Liberation Army
(A famous photograph, known as “Tank Man,” shows an anonymous protestor standing in front of a row of tanks.)
On 22 January 1905, who led protestors on a march to the Winter Palace to petition Tsar Nicholas II for better working conditions and higher wages?
Father Georgy Gapon of the Russian Orthodox Church
What ritual were the Lakota Sioux observing at the time of the Wounded Knee Massacre?
Ghost Dance
The St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre was instigated by whom against which ethnic group?
Instigated by Catholic mobs and the Swiss Guard against French Huguenots (an ethnic group of Protestants)
What name was given to the 23 August 1572 murders carried out by Catholic mobs and the Swiss Guard against French Huguenots?
St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
The St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre occurred a few days after which wedding?
The wedding of Margaret of Valois to the future King Henry IV (who was raised in the Protestant faith)
What did historian Dee Brown title his 1970 history of Native Americans in the West?
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
What governor of Massachusetts ordered an inquiry into the Boston Massacre?
Thomas Hutchinson
What Miniconjou chief was killed in the Wounded Knee Massacre?
Spotted Elk
The protest song “Ohio” was written by what group shortly after the Kent State Shootings?
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
What Episcopalian missionary extensively photographed the massacre that was the Rape of Nanking?
John Magee
Where did the Peterloo Massacre occur?
St. Peter’s Field in Manchester, England
(The name given to the massacre alluded to Napoleon’s final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo four years earlier.)
By what name do British sources often refer to the Boston Massacre?
The Incident on King Street
What was the British government’s response to the Peterloo Massacre?
The Six Acts, to curtail radical gatherings.
The Tiananmen Square Protests were prompted by the death of what former Politburo member?
Hu Yaobang
What massacre occurred after British private Hugh White had struck a wigmaker’s apprentice in the head earlier that day, provoking the crowd?
Boston Massacre
What massacre began when, during an observation of the Ghost Dance ritual, a deaf Lakota named Black Coyote refused to surrender his rifle to James Forsyth’s 7th U.S. Cavalry, resulting in the rifle accidentally discharging?
Wounded Knee Massacre
In an effort to circumvent Chinese censorship, how do some people also refer to the massacre that ended the Tiananmen Square Protests?
May 35th or VIIV
(The incident occurred 4 June.)
What photographer took photos of the My Lai Massacre?
Ronald Haeberle
What was the capital of the Republic of China at the time of the Second Sino-Japanese War?
Nanking (today generally spelled Nanjing)
In what year and in what Vietnamese province did the My Lai Massacre occur?
1968 and Quang Nai Province