The USA - American History

Revolution

• How many colonies were there by the time of the French and Indian War?
• 13
• What was the slogan of the protesters in Boston?
• They would not stand for taxation without representation
• Where did the Revolutionary War begin?
• Lexington in April 1775
• Where did the colonies declare their independence and when did it happen?
• 4th of July 1776 at the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia

Slavery and the Civil War

• When did the first African slaves arrive in the New World?
• 1619
• When was the importation of new slaves made illegal?
• 1807
• When did Abraham Lincoln become president?
• 1860
• What did his victory lead to?
• South Carolina left the union and was followed by 10 other states
• Which role did the Emancipation Proclamation play?
• It freed the slaves

The USA in WW I and WW II

• What do we call Woodrow Wilsons policy in the first part of WWI?
• Isolationism, which meant that USA would not participate in the first part
• What made the US enter the war?
• Germany attacked an American boat
• What was the purpose of the League of Nations?
• It was formed to secure peace
• When did the US enter WW II?
• 1941, after the attack on Pearl Harbor
• Which president was responsible for the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
• Harry S. Truman
• How did the wars change life for American women?
• They entered the workplace to fill in the parts while the men were at war

The Cold War

• Why was it a surprise that the US and the USSR did not work together after WW II?
• They became locked in an international power struggle after Germany was defeated - power vacuum
• There was a constant race between the US and the USSR to be in front technologically. Which country was the first country in space?
• The Soviets in 1957
• Who said: “A small step for man, but a giant leap for mankind”?
• Neil Armstrong
• Two men were central in the process of ending the Cold War. Who were they?
• Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev