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US history A-Z

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A) 16th president of the US, born
in a log cabin in rural Kentucky in 1809
Abraham Lincoln
B) First full scale battle of the Civil War in
northern Virginia, July 1861
Bull Run
C) This pilot was the first to fly nonstop from
NY to Paris in May 1927
Charles Lindbergh
D) Formerly Mt McKinley, the highest peak
in North America
Denali
E) Baltimore based writer famous for his poem,
The Raven in the 1840s
Edgar Allen Poe
F) Wyoming outpost crucial in the migration
westward for supplies and tracking. Named
for a famous fur trapper
Fort Bridger
G) Considered the bloodiest battle of the Civil
War
Gettysburg
H) British born general who served in the
Contiental Army during the Revolutionary war
Horatio Gates
I) Type of naval warships using iron as a way to
strengthen defense during the civil war
Ironclads
J) This man, along with his wife Ethel, were
convicted of spying and selling US military
secrets to the Soviets after WW2
Julius Rosenburg
K) Became the 34th state admitted to the
Union in 1861
Kansas
L) this antislavery political party was founded
in 1839
Liberty party
M) This doctrine stated that the US would not
allow European powers to colonize in the
West
Monroe Doctrine
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N) FDR socioeconomic program to revitalize the
economy during the Depression
New Deal
O) One of the Wright brothers credited with
the first flight in Kitty Hawk in 1903
Orville
P) "charge" assault of Union forces during the
battle of Gettysburg
Picketts charge
Q) Undeclared warfare fought between the US
and France in 1798-1800
Quasi French war
R) A "passion for arms" ethusiasm of Americans
during the Revolutionary war
rage militaire
S) This national song was written by Francis
Scott Key as he watched the bombing of
Baltimore Harbor
Star Spangled Banner
T) Act signed in 1933 by FDR to improve
economic development in the Tennessee area
Tennessee Valley Authority
U) First name of General Grant
Ulysses
V) crucial campaign and Union victory fought
in Western Mississippi in 1863
Vicksburg
W) General whos army burned Atlanta on his
March to the Sea sack of Savannah
William T Sherman
X) Feud of political tension that led to the
Quasi French War
XYZ affair
Y) crucial battle that ended in Gen. Cornwallis'
surrender to Washington
Yorktown
Z) Ice cleaning machine invented in 1949 by
a mechanic named Frank
Zamboni
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