Wars in history

Question 1

Hundered Years’ War

Answer 1

Fought from 1337-1453 by England & France

Question 2

French & Indian/Seven Years’ War

Answer 2

Happened in 1754 between British & French

First war fought on a global scale

Question 3

The American Revolution

Answer 3

Happened between 1775 and 1783 due to increasing colonial unhappiness with the ruling of the British

Question 4

War of 1812

Answer 4

War between United States and Great Britain over various issues

Question 5

Mexican-American War

Answer 5

War due to Mexican resentment of the United States annexation of Texas

Question 6

American Civil War

Answer 6

Fought between 1861 to 1865 as a result of decades of sectional tension between South and North, mainly focused on slavery and states rights’

Question 7

Spanish-American War

Answer 7

Fought between April and August 1898 due to concern over Spanish treatment of Cuba.

Question 8

World War I

Answer 8

Commenced in August of 1914
Fought by two alliances Triple Entente (Britain, France, Russia) and Central Powers (Germany, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Ottoman Empire)
Largest conflict in history to date

Question 9

World War II

Answer 9

Fought between 1939 to 1945
Axis powers against Allied nations
Bloodiest conflict in history

Question 10

Korean War

Answer 10

Fought from June 1950 to July 1953

War between North and South Korea with the help of the United Nations

Question 11

Vietnam War

Answer 11

War between Democratic Republic of Vietnam against Viet Cong to unite and impose a communist system over the entire nation

Question 12

The Gulf War

Answer 12

Began when Saddam Hussein’s Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990.