Quiz #4 61-80 Social Studies Academic Team 500 Questions

attacks. Cardinal Richelieu [REESH-lew] was the first to convert the structure to its most famous

use, and populated it using lettre de cachets [LETT-ruh de kah-SHAY]. Name this French prison

which was stormed on July 14, 1789.

Centered on nonviolent protest, these acts were utilized during the civil rights movement and led to

policy changes in 20 states. What peaceful form of protest first began on February 1, 1960, in

Greensboro, North Carolina?

hah-zee] was implicated as guilty. Centered on the alleged sale of military secrets to the German

empire, the second court martial in this affair was overturned by the president. What late

nineteenth-century political crisis centered on alleged treason of a Jewish French officer?

Rudolf the Second. Centered on the closure of Protestant chapels in two towns, Protestant leaders

called an assembly and found the imperial regents guilty. What event ended with Catholic officials’

being thrown from a window, and signaled the first phase of the Thirty Years' War?

April morning. City Hall collapsed as the ground shook, and an ensuing fire leveled more than 500

blocks in the city’s center. What city was devastated by an earthquake in 1906?

president, Manuel Oribe [oh-REE-bay]. Civil war broke out in 1836 between Oribe’s Blancos and the

Colorados of his predecessor, José Rivera. What nation was, under British mediation, created in

1828 as a buffer state between Brazil and Argentina?

1912. Commissioned a second lieutenant, he ran a tank training center in Pennsylvania during World

War One. Which president would serve two terms, being first elected eight years after directing the

D-Day landing of 1944?

to pacifism, she voted against the American entry into both World War One and World War Two.

What Montana native was the first woman elected to Congress?

defensive positions. Composed of soldiers, militiamen, Choctaw tribesmen, and pirates, the

American army defeated a numerically superior British army while sustaining minimal casualties.

What 1815 battle was fought after the signing of the Treaty of Ghent?

and trade, but had territorial expansion as their core aim. Composed of young and outspoken

senators, including Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun, the group lobbied for U.S. expansion into

Canada and Florida. What name is given to the U.S. politicians that advocated actions that

ultimately resulted in the War of 1812?

letters, the series addressed dissatisfaction with the current government model, taxation,

federalism, and other topics. What series of letters advocated ratification of the Constitution, and

was written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay?

Concerned about the brutality of the sport, Roosevelt advocated for changes to the game after over

15 student-athletes died in 1905. What sport's first contest took place in 1869 in a game between

Rutgers and Princeton?

Conflicts in this period included the Ōnin War, Siege of Osaka, and Battle of Sekigahara. What was

this period of Japanese history that ended with the rise to power of Tokugawa Ieyasu [eye-YAH-

soo], marked by near constant military and political conflict?

on trains. Construction of the artery began in 1987, and it was officially opened to traffic on May 6,

1994. Identify this undersea route that connects France and Great Britain.

popular vote was not elected president. Contested among four candidates, no candidate won a

majority in the electoral college, and the House of Representatives decided the election. What term

is attached to the 1824 election, where Henry Clay's support of John Quincy Adams resulted in

Andrew Jackson's defeat?

late 15th century. Designed to eradicate heresy, the institution targeted Muslims, Jews, and Protestants. What institution forced numerous Iberian non-Catholics to often choose between

conversion or death?

numerical superiority, Confederate forces were halted by a last stand by Union forces under George

Thomas, and failed to pursue fleeing troops. General Braxton Bragg's inaction at what 1863

Confederate victory allowed for continued Union control of Chattanooga?

and 17th centuries to include the regions around Estonia and Lithuania today. Despite a period of

relative peace during the second half of the 1600s, this country found itself facing a growing

Russian threat to the east as Peter the Great militarized. Allied with the Ottoman Empire for the first

five years of the conflict, what nation fought The Great Northern War against Russia while led by

Charles the Tenth at the beginning of the conflict?

Agreement. Despite concessions from the government, he and other leaders were arrested when

the government declared martial law in 1981. Name this politician and leader of the Solidarity

movement in Poland.

Japanese territorial gains, these islands were reclaimed by U.S. forces after a naval blockade and

the capture of Kiska. What islands off the coast of Alaska were the only part of the U.S. taken by

Japanese forces in World War Two?