History - Wars

Question 1

What was the Bay of Pigs?

Answer 1

A failed CIA-sponsored military invasion of Cuba, intended to overthrow Castro’s communist government.

Question 2

Who was president during the Bay of Pigs?

Answer 2

JFK

Question 3

When did Soviets launch SPUTNIK?

Answer 3

1957

Question 4

When was BROWN V BOARD OF EDUCATION decision?

Answer 4

1954

Question 5

What was BROWN V BOARD OF EDUCATION?

Answer 5

1954 - Ended legal segregation in schools.

Question 6

Hiroshima

Answer 6

Japan - 1945 USAF dropped atomic bomb.

Question 7

When was LUSITANIA attacked?

Answer 7

1915

Question 8

what is the LUSITANIA

Answer 8

British ocean liner and world’s largest passenger ship.

Question 9

WHat happened to the LUSITANIA?

Answer 9

May 7, 1915 was torpedoed and sunk by German U-Boat, causing death of 1198 passengers and crew.

Question 10

What is the significance of LUSITANIA’s sinking?

Answer 10

Brought the US into WW1 (shifted US public opinion)

Question 11

When was the Model T introduced?

Answer 11

1908

Question 12

WW1 Dates

Answer 12

1914 - 1918

Question 13

Who were the opposing alliances in WW1?

Answer 13

Allies (UK, France, Russia, Italy, Japan, US)

VS

Central Powers (Germany, Austria/Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria

Question 14

What triggered WW1?

Answer 14

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria.

Question 15

Who were the original 2 countries at war in WW1

Answer 15

Austria-Hungary vs Serbia

Question 16

When did the Russian government collapse?

Answer 16

1917

Question 17

WW1 Armistice Treaty

Answer 17

1918 between the Allies and Germany and ended fighting.

Question 18

Who was president during WW1/armistice treaty?

Answer 18

Woodrow Wilson

Question 19

What is Woodrow Wilson’s “14 POINTS” program?

Answer 19

The basis for peace negotiations at the end of WW1 and incorporated into the Treaty of Versailles.

Question 20

Treaty of Versailles

Answer 20

Registered in the League of Nations and official treaty to end WW1

Question 21

WW2 Dates

Answer 21

1039-1945

Question 22

Who were the opposing alliances in WW2?

Answer 22

ALLIES

vs

AXIS (Germany, Italy, Japan)

Question 23

How many died in the Holocaust?

Answer 23

11 million

Question 24

What was the deadliest conflict in human history?

Answer 24

WW2

Question 25

What ended WW2?

Answer 25

The capture of Berlin

Question 26

When was the UN established?

Answer 26

After WW2 and replacing the League of Nations

Question 27

Why was the UN established?

Answer 27

To prevent another conflict like WW2

Question 28

Where is the UN headquartered?

Answer 28

Manhattan, NYC

Question 29

Where are the UN's other offices?

Answer 29

Geneva, Nairobi, Vienna

Question 30

Who was the president during WW2?

Answer 30

FDR

Question 31

What are the Korean War dates?

Answer 31

1950-1953

Question 32

Who entered the Korean war on South Korea's behalf?

Answer 32

US

Question 33

Who ruled Korea before WW2?

Answer 33

Japan

Question 34

What was the first battle of the Cold War?

Answer 34

The Korean War

Question 35

What caused the Korean War?

Answer 35

Disagreement between the Soviets (who wanted to expand communism in Korea) and the US (who wanted to establish Democracy and contain communism)

Question 36

Boston Tea Party Date

Answer 36

1773

Question 37

When did the 9-year French/Indian war start?

Answer 37

1754

Question 38

July 4, 1776

Answer 38

The Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence

Question 39

1787

Answer 39

The U.S. Constitution is approved

Question 40

In 1801, who becomes the 3rd US President?

Answer 40

Thomas Jefferson

Question 41

When was GW elected president?

Answer 41

1789

Question 42

What did the US do in 1803?

Answer 42

Bought the Louisiana Purchase for 3 cents an acre

Question 43

When did the Supreme Court hand down the DRED SCOTT decision?

Answer 43

1852

Question 44

What was the DRED SCOTT decision?

Answer 44

It ruled that slaves are property

Question 45

What started the Civil War?

Answer 45

South fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston SC

Question 46

When was Lincoln elected the 16th president?

Answer 46

1860

Question 47

When and were was Lincoln shot?

Answer 47

1865 at a theater in Washington DC

Question 48

What happened at Gettysburg in 1863?

Answer 48

Union defeats Confederates - the most pivotal battle of the Civil War

Question 49

What year was Black Thursday? (NYSE collapse)

Answer 49

1929

Question 50

When/where did Wright brothers complete the 1st successful flight?

Answer 50

1903 - Kitty Hawk, NC

Question 51

Social Security Act of 1935

Answer 51

Signed by Roosevelt, creating a federal pension system.

Question 52

When was JFK assassinated?

Answer 52

11/22/63

Question 53

When did Nixon resign?

Answer 53

1974

Question 54

When/where was MLK assassinated?

Answer 54

1968, on a motel balcony in Memphis

Question 55

40th US President

Answer 55

1980/Ronald Reagan

Question 56

44th president

Answer 56

Obama/2008

Question 57

When was Bay of Pigs?

Answer 57

1961

Question 58

Vietnam War period

Answer 58

1955-1975

Question 59

What was US interest in Vietnam war?

Answer 59

To prevent communist takeover of South Vietnam

Question 60

Who were the US presidents during the Vietnam War?

Answer 60

1. Dwight Eisenhower (53-61) 2. JFK (61-63) 3. Lyndon Johnson (63-69) 4. Nixon (69-74) 5. Ford (74-75)

Question 61

What is the Gallipoli Campaign?

Answer 61

WW1 campaign on Gallipoli peninsula (modern Turkey) in Ottoman Empire between 1915-1916. Britain & France launched attack to capture Ottoman capital of Constantinople (modern Istanbul) and ultimately abandoned the attack.

Question 62

What campaign formed the basis for the Turkish War of Independence?

Answer 62

Gallipoli

Question 63

What is the HYPERLOOP?

Answer 63

Theoretical high-speed ground transport system. Currently - competition held by SpaceX for teams to test at their 1-mile track in Hawthorne, CA in June 2016