American History: Online Trivia

Using the internet, answer the following questions on a separate piece of paper.

1. Define each of the following: isolationism, interventionism, hegemony, foreign policy.
2. From where and when did the name “America” come?
3. How many presidents of the United States have there been? Who was the first? How long can a president be in power?
4. Describe the significance of each of the following monuments and symbols of the United States: American Flag, Liberty Bell, Statue of Liberty, Bald Eagle, Uncle Sam, Mount Rushmore, Declaration of Independence.
5. How many U.S. Presidents have been assassinated? Who were they? How many have survived assassination attempts? Who were they?
6. What were the Thirteen Colonies? List the members.
7. What was the “Common Sense” pamphlet? What was the 1765 act that united the Thirteen Colonies together? How did the American Revolution end?
8. What was the Gettysburg Address of 1863? What is the significance of this speech?
9. What / when were the Salem Witch Trials? How many people were killed during these trials?
10. Who were the leaders at the Battle of Quebec in 1759? What war was this? Who was the victor?
11. Which American colonies relied on slavery the most? Why? When was slavery abolished in the United States?
12. Why did the United States join WWI? Why did the US enter WWII?
13. What was the ‘Manhattan Project’?
14. Visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8GFswburko . What was President Eisenhower’s warning about the “military industrial complex”?
15. What is the inscription on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery? What is the significance of this cemetery?
16. What was the Cold War? What was Checkpoint Charlie?
17. When was JFK assassinated? What is the conspiracy surrounding this assassination?
18. What do the legal cases of Plessy vs. Ferguson, Rosa Parks & the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka have in common? How did these impact American history?
19. Visit http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=iEMXaTktUfA and watch the famous speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. on August 28, 1963. What was the title and message of his speech? What was the purpose of the “March on Washington”? What happened on April 4, 1968?
20. What was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution? How did this impact America’s role in Vietnam? Visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd6zKqGcaOM
21. What was Watergate? What happened to President Nixon? Extra: visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XqMgFroU64
22. What was Operation Desert Storm?
23. How did President George W. Bush rationalize the War on Terror and the invasion of Iraq in 2003? Extra: visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_A77N5WKWM
24. What are the two major political parties of the United States? Compare and contrast the party’s ideals.
25. As of February 2008, who are the potential presidential candidates for the 2008 Presidential Election? What party does each candidate represent? Who is projected to win the primaries?
    
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