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Army History
Army History Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What date was the Army flag dedicated? | 14 June 1956 (it was approved 12 June 1956) |
| What is the oldest part of our Army? | The Army National Guard (December 1636, the Massachusetts Bay Colony organized America's first militia regiments. |
| When did the U.S. Army begin? | June 14th, 1775 |
| Who was the first commander in Chief of the Continental Army? | George Washington |
| When was the start of the Revolutionary War? | 19 April, 1775 |
| When was the Declaration of Independence signed? | July 4th 1776 |
| The Army received it's first real training from what former Prussian Officer at Valley Forge in the winter of 1778? | Baron Fredreich von Steuben |
| What did Baron Fredriech von Steuben teach the Continental Army at Valley Forge? | He taught the continental army: A simplified version of drill formations Proper care of equipment The use of Bayonets Impressed upon officers their responsibility for taking care of soldiers Taught NCOs how to train and lead those soldiers |
| What is the name of the document that originally governed the United States and was later replaced by the "Constitution" | The Articles of Confederation |
| The nation clearly doubled in 1803 when it purchased a huge expanse of territory from France in what became known as what? | The Louisianna Purchase |
| Who was on e of the most prolific writers of the early 19th century and would be the auther of "The Army Regulations of 1821" | General Winfield Scott |
| What were some of the areas covered in "The Army Regulations of 1821" | The Hand Salute How to conduct a March How to make a good stew for the company |
| What is the bloodiest war in American History? | The Civil War with the death of over 600,000 Americans on both sides. |
| When and where did the Civil war actually begin? | The Civil War began in APril of 1861 when South Carolina militia forces fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. |
| The Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run showed the need for more what? | More thorough preparation and for more soldiers. |
| President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation on 22 September 1862 freed the slaves in any areas still on Confederate control as of what date? | 01 January 1863 |
| Congress authorized the creation of the Medal of Honor on what date? | 12 July 1862 |
| Who recieved the first Medal of Honor ever awarded? | Private Jacob Parrott, Company K, 33rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry on 25 March 1863 |
| The Battle of Gettysburg started on what date? | 01 July 1863 |
| General Lee surrendered his Army on what date, marking the end of the Civil War? | 09 April, 1865 |
| Who was the only female to receive the Medal of Honor? | Dr. Mary E. Walker |
| Congress declared war on Spain on what date? | 25 April, 1898 |
| When did World War I begin? | August 1914 |
| What event sparked the start of World War I | A Bosnian separatist murdered the Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria Hungary and his wife during a visit to Sarajevo. |
| On 23 February 1917 the British turned over to the US Government an intercepted note from the German foreign minister to the German ambassador in Mexico. In the note Mexico would regain what if joined an alliance. | Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona |
| On what date did President Wilson ask Congress to declare war on Germany? | 02 April 1917 |
| The Armistice ended the fighting at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918. Known for many years as Armistice Day, what is it now called in the United States? | Veteran's Day |
| One result of WW I was the creation of what international body roughly similar to the United Nations of today? | The League of Nations |
| National Defence Act of Jun 4, 1920 governed the organization and regulation of what until 1950? | The Army |
| On what date did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor? | 07 December 1941 |
| The Women's Army Corps was created in what year? | 1943 |
| When was D Day? | 06 June 1944 |
| Just after dawn on D Day, the 1st, 4th, and 29th Infantry Divisions assaulted what beaches? | Utah and Omaha |
| President Truman authorized the use of two atomic bombs against Japan, destroying Hiroshima and Nagasaki on what dates? | Hiroshima - 6 August 1945 Nagasaki - 9 August 1945 |
| The National Security Act of 1947 was a sweeping reorganization of the U.S. military. What did it Establish? | The Department of Defense The Army The Navy The Air Force |
| What year marked the start of the Korean War? | 1950 |
| In early of what year did President Johnson begin a process of escalation that put 184,000 Americans in South Vietnam by year's end? | 1965 |
| What is the longest war in U.S. History? | The war in Afganistan |
| After a U.S. Marine was shot in 1989 in Panama, what Operation was launched? | Operation Just Cause |
| General H. Norman Schwarzkopf and his Saudi counterpart sent their mulinational ground forces across the border into Iraq in late February of what year? | 1991 |
| On what date did the United States enormous support from the global community, respond to the attacks on Sept. 11th 2001 with attacks on the Al-Qaeda network and the Taliban-controlled governemtn of Afghanistand that was supporting it. | 07 October, 2001 |
| With a coalition that included Great Britain, Australia, Poland and 44 other nations, the United States began offensive miltary operations to remove Saddam Hussein from power and liberate Iraq on what date? | 20 March 2003 |
| When was Saddam Husein captured? | 13 December 2003 |
| When was Osama Bin Laden killed? | 2 May 2011 |
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