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Historical Events
Scholars' Bowl Historical Events to Know
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Eisenhower and George S. Patton Jr. led the American defense. Adolf Hitler’s last major offensive in World War II against the Western Front. Also called the Battle of the Ardennes Took place during frigid weather conditions. | Battle of the Bulge |
| Took place during Warren G. Harding's presidency Govt corruption secret leasing of federal oil reserves by the secretary of the interior | Teapot Dome Scandal |
| On April 3, 1948, President Truman signed this, named for Secretary of State George Marshall, who in 1947 proposed that the United States provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe. | Marshall Plan |
| 1961 A failed attack launched by the CIA during the Kennedy administration to push Cuban leader Fidel Castro from power. | Bay of Pigs |
| Warns European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs Over the centuries, this policy has become a cornerstone of U.S. diplomatic and military policies. | Monroe Doctrine |
| An uprising against foreigners that occurred in China about 1900, begun by peasants but eventually supported by the government. Several countries sent troops to halt the attacks. | Boxer Rebellion |
| Joan of Arc fought A long struggle between England and France over succession to the French throne. It lasted from 1337 to 1453. | 100 Years War |
| Four treaties, and three additional protocols, that establish international legal standards for humanitarian treatment in war. President Chester Arthur signed for U.S. | Geneva Convention |
| A major confrontation that brought the United States and the Soviet Union close to war over the presence of Soviet nuclear-armed missiles in Cuba. JFK / Fidel Castro | Cuban Missile Crisis |
| Conflict between Russia and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom and Piedmont-Sardinia. Setting for Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” Florence Nightingale, nurse | Crimean War |
| Conflict fought between the United States and Great Britain over British violations of U.S. maritime rights. American forces captured and looted the Canadian town of York Treaty of Ghent ended the war | War of 1812 |
| An uprising by citizens who refused to pay a liquor tax in western Pennsylvania that had been imposed by Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton to raise money for the national debt and to assert the power of the national govt. Washington sent troops | Whiskey Rebellion |
| Army under the command of Andrew Jackson defeated British forces News of the Treaty of Ghent had yet to reach the combatants. The American victory made a national figure of Jackson and contributed to the widespread perception U.S. won the war of 1812. | Battle of New Orleans |
| Turning point of the civil war Most casualties Union victory. It ended Confederate general Robert E. Lee’s ambitious second quest to invade the North and bring the Civil War to a swift end. | Battle of Gettysburg |
| Also called Custer’s Last Stand Battle fought in Montana between federal troops led by Lieut. Col. George A. Custer and Northern Plains Indians led by Sitting Bull. Custer and all the men under his immediate command were slain. | Battle of Little Bighorn |
| Also called Battle of Breed’s Hill, (June 17, 1775), first major battle of the American Revolution, fought in Charlestown (now part of Boston) during the Siege of Boston. | Battle of Bunker Hill |
| Unarmed British ocean liner sunk by a German submarine on May 7, 1915 (killing, among others, 128 Americans) Prompted the U.S. to join the war on the side of the Allies. | Sinking of the Lusitania |
| A major political scandal in the U.S. involving the administration of President Nixon that led to his resignation. Nixon's administration tried to cover up a break in of the democratic national committee headquarter in Washington D.C. | Watergate Scandal |
| World War II naval battle, fought almost entirely with aircraft, in which the United States destroyed Japan’s first-line carrier strength and most of its best trained naval pilots. | Battle of Midway |
| Took place during World War II between the US and Japan. It was the first major battle of WW II to take place on Japanese homeland. Strategic location because the US needed a place for fighter planes and bombers to land and take off when attacking. | Battle of Iwo Jima |
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