U. S. History Final

who were three American leaders at the Alamo?

Travis, Jim Bowie, Davy Crocket

who was the Mexican leader who attacked the Alamo?

Santa Anna

how many men were at the Alamo?

185

how many days did they fight?

thirteen days

why did they stay at the Alamo?

to give Houston more time to raise an army

Give three causes for the Mexican War

1. there has been resentment between Mexico and the United States for years
2. they never recognized Texas independence
3. fight over the boundary between Texas and Mexico, United States wanted Rio Grande, Mexicans wanted nuances (nueces)

give the years of the Mexican war

1846-1848

give three American officers who experience in the Mexican War to be used in Civil War?

1. Robert E. Lee
2. Thomas J. Jackson
3. Ulysses S. Grant

give three Presidents during the Progressive Era

1. Theodore Roosevelt
2. William Howard Taft
3. Woodrow Wilson

What three things did the Treaty of Sevres bring about?

Down with the Ottoman Empire, established Turkey as a nation, established Muslim faith

give the four Central Powers in WWII

1. Germany
2. Austria-Hungry
3. Turkey
4. Bulgaria

What year did the United States enter the war?

1917

give the date of the Armistice of WWI

November 11, 1917

only Confederate President

Jefferson Davis

American commander in Spanish American War

John Dewey

Prohibition

Amendment 18

professor at Princeton who defended the Scriptures

Benjamin Warfield

was the Southern Democrat candidate in the crucial election of 1860

Breckenridge

say Senators are now elected directly by people not by the state legislature

Amendment 17

last Democrat pro-compromise President

Buchanan

was the evangelist who preached against alcoholism

Billy Sunday

called the Father of Humanism (Progressive Education)

John Dewey

was the first Republican candidate to run for President

John C. Fremont

Income Tax

Amendment 16

was the Supreme Court Chief Justice who said blacks were U.S. citizens

Taney

Republican candidate in the crucial election of 1860

Abraham Lincoln

gave women the right to vote

Amendment 19

was the Constitutional Union candidate in the crucial election of 1860

John Bell

repeal prohibition

Amendment 21

was the Northern Democrat candidate in the crucial election of 1860

Douglas

known as the man that used peanuts in his experiments and farming

George Washington Carver

Thousands of slaves escaped via the Underground Railroad.

True

Franklin D. Roosevelt won only three terms for the Presidency

False

an American commander that defeat the Germans in Italy and North Africa was American General George Patton

True

D-day date was June 8, 1944

False

United States joined the League of Nations, but never signed the Treaty of Versailles

False

Germany invasion of Switzerland brought Great Britain in the war

False

Germany was not blamed for WWI, but still had to pay for all the war debts in WWI

True

the central issue of the Civil War was slavery

False

the state that entered the Union unconstitutionally was West Virginia

True

John Tyler was considered a great President by the Whig party

False

the President during the Spanish-American War was Theodore Roosevelt

False

give two of the four goals of James K Polk

1. lower the tariff
2. restore the independent treasury system of Van Buren
3. settled the Oregon question
4. acquire California from Mexico

Gadsden Purchase - how much did the United States pay Mexico for the two territories? Name the two states involved?

1. United States paid $10 million to Mexico for their lands
2. New Mexico and Arizona

how long did the Spanish-American war lasted?

90 days

Give the Three Reichs

Bismark, which started Germans; Hitler; holy roman empire under Otto the Great

give the three axis power in WWII

Japan, Germany, Italy

give the four major allies in WWII

Great Britain, France, Russia, United States

Canadian ace in WWI

Billy Bishop

Known as "Old Rough and Ready"

Zachary Taylor

last battle for the Germans in WWII

Battle of Budge

33rd President

Harry S. Truman

gave Texas its independence from Mexico

San Jacinto

bloodiest single campaign in the pacific

Okinawa

American commander at Midway

Nimitz

dark horse candidate - 11th president

James K. Polk

allies plan to take Italy

Operation Husky

captured Santa Fe in the Mexican War

Stephen Kearney

toughest costliest battle in Marine's history

Iwo Jima

was the turning point in World War I

Argonne

brought the first Americans to settle in Texas

Austin

was the sea battle that was fought with planes over the Pacific

Leyte Gulf

was the greatest invasion in history

Normandy

was known as old fuss and feathers

Winfield Scott

allies plan to take Africa

Operation Torch

said "I shall return"

Douglas MacArthur

was commander of the Texan Army

Sam Houston

helped to capture California in the Mexican War

John C. Fremont

the first one to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean from New York City to Paris was

Charles Lindbergh

the first person to have a million-dollar sale was

Jack Dempsey

the first sport to be announced on commercial radio was

boxing

was considered the greatest baseball player of all time.

Babe Ruth

was the first Catholic to run for President

Al Smith

said America's business was business

Calvin Coolidge

was the popular American psychologist in the 1920s

Sigmund Freud

give three results of the Mexican War

1. United States got California, Arizona, New Mexico.
2. Rio Grande would now be the boundary between United States and Mexico
3. United States paid Mexico $15 million dollars and paid off all debts Mexico owed United States citizens

give three causes of the Spanish-American War

1. Yellow Journalism
2. the de Lome letter
3. sinking of Maine

name one of the cities on which the atomic bomb was droppped

Nagasaki or Hiroshima

was the 31st President

Herbert Hoover

had the slogan "return to normalcy"

Warren G. Harding

invested in Germany to rebuilt it

Dawes Plan

is the tariff that made it difficult for European nations to trade with the U.S.

Fordney McCumber

was two navy oil reserves given to two friends

Teapot Dome

the stock market crashed during _____________ administration

Herbert Hoover

stole two million dollars from the Veteran's Administration

Charles Forbes

was the 30th President

Calvin Coolidge

was the one who did the Teapot Dome

Albert B. Fall

was the popular American psychologist

Sigmund Freud

was the 29th President

Warren G. Harding

was the attorney general put on trial for bribery, but was found innocent

Harry Daughtery

started the N.A.A.C.P.

W.E.B. DuBois

said "Separate but equal"

Plessy vs. Ferguson

is the date World War II began

September 1,1939

was the leader of the Progressive party in the Democratic party

William J. Bryan

required Department of Agriculture to inspect the killing of healthy animals

Meat Inspection Act

was the leading Socialist of his day

Eugene Debs

wrote "up from slavery"

Booker T. Washington

is the date that ended the war in the Pacific

September 2, 1945

was sent around the world sixteen battleships to impress the Japanese with America's strength

Great White Fleet

are writers who exposed abuse and corruption

Muckrakers