History Timeline

Question 1

Christopher Columbus comes to the Americas when?

Answer 1

1492

Question 2

Who were the king and queen of spain in 1492

Answer 2

ferdinand, isabella

Question 3

what were the names of columbus’ ships

Answer 3

nina, pinta, santa maria

Question 4

when was the colonial period

Answer 4

1607-1776

Question 5

when and where was jamestown founded

Answer 5

1607, virginia

Question 6

who lead the settlers

Answer 6

john smith

Question 7

who married pocahontas

Answer 7

john rolfe

Question 8

the pilgrims came to plymouth when?
- they were also called?
- they wanted to purify what?
- who lead the puritans?
- how many died out of 102

Answer 8

1620, puritans, the church of england, william bradford, 45

Question 9

the age of __ happened in 1700-1789 and was about?

Answer 9

enlightenment, logic and reason + the height of the slave trade

Question 10

the boston tea party happened in __ and was about?

Answer 10

1773 and the colonists protested against the English tea tax

Question 11

what happened on july 4, 1776
- who signed it
- what war started

Answer 11

declaration, thomas jeff, revolutionary war

Question 12

what ended in 1781

Answer 12

american rev war

Question 13

whi was elected in 1789

Answer 13

george wash

Question 14

who was elected in 1797 (second pres)

Answer 14

john adams

Question 15

the romantic period started when?

Answer 15

1789-1840

Question 16

what war happened in 1789
- what prison was liberated

Answer 16

french revolution, bastille

Question 17

who was beheaded
- france is now made a __ government

Answer 17

king louis 16 and marie antoinette/republic (no king)

Question 18

what was purchased in 1803 by thomas jeff

Answer 18

louisana purchase

Question 19

what happened in 1812

Answer 19

war of 1812 (britain vs us)/LA is now a stae

Question 20

what war happened in 1815/who was the hero

Answer 20

battle of nola at chalmette/hero = andrew jackson

Question 21

what happended in 1830s

Answer 21

underground railroad/lead by hariet tubman`

Question 22

victorian age when

Answer 22

1840-1900

Question 23

irish potato famine

Answer 23

1840s

Question 24

war with mexico/who opposed it

Answer 24

1846/henry thoreau

Question 25

gold rush

Answer 25

1849

Question 26

civel war began

Answer 26

1861

Question 27

the north/presient/general

Answer 27

union/lincoln/us grant

Question 28

the south/president/general

Answer 28

confederacy/jeef davis/ robert e lee

Question 29

battle of gettsburg/gettsburg address

Answer 29

1863 (win iver confederates)

Question 30

civil war ends/reconstruction begins/13 amendment ratified

Answer 30

1865/aa get right to vote

Question 31

gilded age

Answer 31

1870-1914

Question 32

tur of the centurayr

Answer 32

edwarfian era (1900-1920)

Question 33

ww1

Answer 33

1914-1918/germany vs france, england, us, russia

Question 34

russian revolution/still ruled by who/who later takes advantage

Answer 34

1917/czards/bolsheviks

Question 35

who lead the bolsheviks/what is russia now called

Answer 35

lenin/ussr

Question 36

whi is the new leader of russiqa after 1918 after lenin

Answer 36

stalin

Question 37

the roaring 20s

Answer 37

jazz age. harmlem rensaissance, 1920 women vote. time of great prosperity of us, grwat deprivation for germany

Question 38

who is na indian lawyer who wants to get rid of england control and preached nonviolence + hero of mlk

Answer 38

gandhi

Question 39

whe did india get free/when was gendhi assassinated

Answer 39

1978/1948

Question 40

stock market crahs/began the great depression

Answer 40

1929 (gd lasted for 10 years)

Question 41

who led germnay /invaded poland in 1939 and started ww2`

Answer 41

hitler

Question 42

what is facism

Answer 42

militaeristic, nationalistc, martial, capialitsic

Question 43

hitlers fascits friends

Answer 43

italy-mussolini/japan-tojo

Question 44

the axis powers

Answer 44

germ,italy, japan

Question 45

allied powers

Answer 45

elgmadn-chrichhill/france-degaulle/us-fd roosevelt/ussr-stalin

Question 46

attacknoj pearl harbor

Answer 46

1941

Question 47

hiroshima/baby boom

Answer 47

1945

Question 48

germnay is solut

Answer 48

eaast germ-ussr/west germ-us

Question 49

cold war

Answer 49

1945-1989

Question 50

end of cold war

Answer 50

berlin wall

Question 51

korean war

Answer 51

1950

Question 52

1950-60s

Answer 52

prosperity in us

Question 53

bay of pig in cuba

Answer 53

1961 (wanted to get cuba bak from dictator castro)+ JFK stopped djuclear wae

Question 54

wietnam war

Answer 54

1960s (try to keep north viet from south viet)(lose)

Question 55

jfk assassinatio in dallas

Answer 55

1963/lee harvey oswald/lb johnson is now pres

Question 56

viet war ended unde rlb johnson

Answer 56

1965

Question 57

march on wash

Answer 57

1963 (jobs/freedom)

Question 58

malcom x killed

Answer 58

1965

Question 59

mlk died`

Answer 59

1968 in memphis james ray

Question 60

robert kenedy waskilled

Answer 60

1968

Question 61

moon laning

Answer 61

1969

Question 62

nixon elected

Answer 62

1970

Question 63

veut war ebds and is till communist

Answer 63

1973

Question 64

watergate/ford pardons nixon

Answer 64

1974

Question 65

jimmyc arter elected

Answer 65

1976(infaltion/recession)

Question 66

iranian histage (ffed up with shah and hold amrican hostages)

Answer 66

1979 )reagan vs carter) (carer loses)

Question 67

gulkf war

Answer 67

1991 try tobget hussein out of power

Question 68

bill clinton pres

Answer 68

1991-2001

Question 69

9/11 (bush 2 pres)

Answer 69

2001

Question 70

war started gearige bush

Answer 70

2003 (2003-11)

Question 71

2008 financial crisis (banks taking risks + recession)

Answer 71

2008

Question 72

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