US

Question 1

First colonies

Answer 1

1492 christopher columbus, several million native Americans

Question 2

1620

Answer 2

Pilgrim fathers (puritans), Mayflower, colony of Plymouth

Question 3

13 colonies

Answer 3

Early 18th

Question 4

First revolt in the colonies

Answer 4

1765, against british taxes : sugar coffee wine

Question 5

Boston tea party

Answer 5

1773, no taxation without representation

Question 6

Suspension of trade with britain

Answer 6

1774

Question 7

Declaration of independence

Answer 7

1776

Question 8

Treaty of versailles

Answer 8

1783 end of war of independence, patriots (washington) vs loyalists.
Britain recognizes independence

Question 9

Am constitution

Answer 9

1787, federal gvt established

Question 10

First prsdt

Answer 10

George washington 1789

Question 11

Bill of rights

Answer 11

1791, ten amendments to the constitution : freedom of speech, press, worship

Question 12

Lousiana purchase

Answer 12

1803, bought to france. X2

Beginning of westward mvt (until 1890)

Question 13

Lewis and clarke expedition

Answer 13

1804-06 : explore west to the pacific

Question 14

Congress bans importation of slaves

Answer 14

1808

Question 15

Monroe doctrine

Answer 15

1823 no interference in Euro affairs, anti colonialism

Question 16

Indian Removal Act

Answer 16

1830, relocate west of Mississippi

Question 17

Gold rush

Answer 17

1849, california, westward expansion, manifest destiny

Question 18

Abraham lincoln psdt

Answer 18

1860

Question 19

Civil war

Answer 19

1861-65

11 southern states (Confederate, for slavery sucede) vs north (Union, abolitionists, industry, free trade)

Question 20

Emancipation Proclamation

Answer 20

1863

Lincoln declares all slaves are free. British and French side with Union

Question 21

End of civil war

Answer 21

1865
North wins, 13th amendment, abolishing slavery.
Lincoln assassinated

Question 22

Reconstruction

Answer 22

1865-77

Rebuilt south destroyed, black have full citizenship, resentment from southern whites

Question 23

15th amendment

Answer 23

1870 : black people voting rights

Question 24

Jim Crow laws

Answer 24

1870
Racial segregation in schools, buses, public places
ku Klux

Question 25

Growing resistance of indians

Answer 25

1876, battle of little big horn, forced into reservations

Question 26

Industrial growth, urbanisation

Answer 26

1879

Question 27

Creation of Am Federation of Labour

Answer 27

1886

Question 28

Progressive Era

Answer 28

1901-1917 Roosevelt, Wilson Reforms for social equality, higher education, preserving natural sites

Question 29

Usa enters WW1

Answer 29

1917 | US ships drowned by German submarines, 100 000 lose life

Question 30

Women right to vote

Answer 30

1920

Question 31

Prohibition

Answer 31

1920s, leads to bootlegging

Question 32

roaring Twenties, Jazz age

Answer 32

1920-1929 Prosperity, consumerism, cars, radio => lost generation (fitzgerald, hemingway) concerned with materialism, decline of morals

Question 33

Indian citizenship act

Answer 33

1924

Question 34

New Deal

Answer 34

1932 Roosevelt, boost economy, create jobs Social and eco reforms => effective until war

Question 35

Enters ww2

Answer 35

1941 Bombing at Pearl Harbor Mass production of tanks, planes, military equipment

Question 36

Uno created

Answer 36

1945

Question 37

Marshall plan

Answer 37

1947 | Financial and material help to countries fighting communism

Question 38

Cold war

Answer 38

1950s

Question 39

Creation of Nato

Answer 39

1949 | Alliance between us and western euro countries in case of soviet aggression

Question 40

Korean war

Answer 40

1950-53 | North - USSR / South - US

Question 41

Segregation in oublic school unconstitutional

Answer 41

1954

Question 42

Montgomery bus boycott

Answer 42

1956 | Segregation on buses protest,lead to desegregation on buses

Question 43

Kennedy prsdt

Answer 43

1960-63 The "New Frontier" : end segregation, help the poor Welfare measures

Question 44

Invasion of cuba

Answer 44

1961 | Failure, castro

Question 45

Johnson psdt

Answer 45

1963 | Kennedy assassinated, fight poverty, health insurance and aid to education

Question 46

Martin luther king

Answer 46

1963 | Civil rights march, washington, against segregation and inequality

Question 47

Civil Rights Act

Answer 47

Abolishes segregation, but riots in big cities

Question 48

Vietnam war

Answer 48

1964-1973 60 000 americans died, retreat Anti war demonstrations

Question 49

Ronald reagan psdt

Answer 49

1980-88 Conservative and liberal policies Tax cuts for companies, boost production, cuts in gvt spending and social welfare

Question 50

End of cold war

Answer 50

1989, fall of the Berlin wall

Question 51

Gulf war

Answer 51

1991 | Against iraq, forced the iraq forces to withdraw from kuweit

Question 52

Bill clinton pst

Answer 52

1992-2000 | Social reforms, reduces deficit and unemployment

Question 53

Axis of evil

Answer 53

2002 | State of union, bush said North Korea, Iraq, Iran were an axis of evil threatening world peace, must disarm them