- Why was the Spanish Civil War sometimes called a 'dress rehearsal for World War II'?
- Name two European countries who helped the Spanish Fascists
- Bill of Rights added to the Constitution
- How did the League of Nations respond to the Italian invasion of Ethiopia?
- George Washington elected as first president of the United States
- Newburgh Conspiracy - A potential military coup by discontented Continental Army officers is defused by George Washington
- Surrender at the Battle of Saratoga - American forces capture a large British army, leading to France entering the war as an ally to the Americans.
- Battles of Lexington and Concord - The first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War
- Siege of Yorktown - The last major battle of the American Revolution, where British General Cornwallis surrenders to American and French forces
- During the Cold War, the United States supported anti-communist dictators who committed human rights abuses and opposed democratic freedoms. What does this indicate about the actual goal of the United States?
- Constitutional Convention organized
- Treaty of Paris - The treaty formally ends the Revolutionary War
- Declaration of Independence formally adopted by the Continental Congress, declaring the thirteen colonies' independence from Britain.
- Washington's Crossing of the Delaware River and the Battle of Trenton
- Map Skills (pg 513). Why did the Soviet Union support the creation of communist states in Eastern Europe?
- Based on the map in what ways might the Soviet Union have benefited from gaining control of Greece and Turkey?
- Thinking Critically (pg. 517) What is President Truman referring to when he mentions the two "two alternative ways of life"?
- When did Austria-Hungary declare war on Serbia?
- Which countries are spared by the 1848 revolutionary wave
- How did Austria's alliance with Germany affect Austria's reaction to the assassination of Francis Ferdinand?