1
Q
Army of Africa led by victor of this war
A
Spanish Civil War
2
Q
handing over of the CEDA campaign immediately preceded this war
A
Spanish Civil War
3
Q
- Germany supported one side with Condor Legion
A
Spanish Civil War
4
Q
- Emilio Mola coined “fifth column” to describe eventual losers of this war
A
Spanish Civil War
5
Q
- Americans provided support as part of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade
A
Spanish Civil War
6
Q
- losing side led by Manuel Azaña
A
Spanish Civil War
7
Q
- group of young women known as the “Thirteen Roses” executed
A
Spanish Civil War
8
Q
- one faction based ideology on the “Twenty-Seven Points”
A
Spanish Civil War
9
Q
- one side perpetrated a Red Terror
A
Spanish Civil War
10
Q
- fierce fighting at the Battle of Jarama
A
Spanish Civil War
11
Q
- Spain invaded Portugal in the Fantastic War as part of this conflict
A
Seven Years War
12
Q
- Robert Clive beat Siraj ud-Daulah at the Battle of Plassey during this conflict
A
Seven Years War
13
Q
- Austrian attempts to regain Silesia failed
A
Seven Years War
14
Q
- one side escaped destruction after the Battle of Kunersdorf
A
Seven Years War
15
Q
- preceded by shift in alliances termed Diplomatic Revolution
A
Seven Years War
16
Q
- string of British victories led one year to be called the Annus Mirabilis
A
Seven Years War
17
Q
- partially ended by Treaty of St. Petersburg, known as the Miracle of the House of Brandenburg
A
Seven Years War
18
Q
- twelve Mingo warriors led win Battle of Jumonville Glen
A
Seven Years War
19
Q
- Fort Duquesne surrendered during this war
A
Seven Years War
20
Q
- one theater called Pomeranian War
A
Seven Years War
21
Q
- one participant developed namesake “rose diagrams” to visualize death among soldiers at Scutari
A
Crimean War
22
Q
- Victoria Cross introduced after this war
A
Crimean War
23
Q
- one charge repulsed by “Thin Red Line” at Battle of Alma
A
Crimean War
24
Q
- British Hotel estabished by Mary Seacole to nurse soldiers
A
Crimean War
25
- Siege of Sevastopol saw disastrous cavalry charge at Battle of Balaclava
Crimean War
26
- offensive at Malakoff Redoubt caused enemy to turn around
Crimean War
27
- Prince Menshikov lost the Battle of Inkerman
Crimean War
28
- Roger Fenton took a picture of a road littered with cannonballs during this war
Crimean War
29
- French ship Charlemagne violated London Straits Convention
Crimean War
30
- Omar Pasha led failed Siege of Kars
Crimean War
31
- Treaty of Lubeck ended Christian IV’s involvement
Thirty Years War
32
- Hakkapeliitta used battle cry “Cut them down!”
Thirty Years War
33
- Tilly and Pappenheim sacked Madgeburg
Thirty Years War
34
- Scotsman Alexander Leslie repelled a siege at Stralsund
Thirty Years War
35
- Edict of Restitution attempted to revoke a previous treaty
Thirty Years War
36
- Spanish lost at Battle of Rocroi and Battle of Rain
Thirty Years War
37
- Battle of the Dunes ended by the Peace of the Pyrenees
Thirty Years War
38
- Croation soldiers turned to piracy in the Uskok War
Thirty Years War
39
- one period ended with Battle of White Mountain
Thirty Years War
40
- one leader able to retain lands under Treaty of Stettin
Thirty Years War
41
- War of the Quadruple Alliance engineered by Cardinal Giulio Alberoni after this
Spanish Succession
42
- exchange of cloth and wine outlined in the Methuen Treaty
Spanish Succession
43
- French troops massacred British in the Raid on Deerfield
Spanish Succession
44
- Britain given right to supply slaves to colonies through the Asiento
Spanish Succession
45
- Marshall Villars lost at the Battle of Malplaquet and Blenheim
Spanish Succession
46
- George Rook won at Vigo Bay
Spanish Succession
47
- caused by objections to Second Partition Treaty
Spanish Succession
48
- ended by Treaty of Utrecht
Spanish Succession
49
- Duke de Villeroi lost at Ramillies
Spanish Succession
50
- Convention of Milan signed after failed Siege of Turin
Spanish Succession
51
- Robert Clive captured at the Battle of Madras during First Carnatic War
Austrian Succession
52
- Maurice de Saxe won at Battle of Fontenoy
Austrian Succession
53
- Maurice de Saxe won at Battle of Fontenoy
Austrian Succession
54
- known as King George’s War or War of Jenkin’s Ear in America
Austrian Succession
55
- started because of a proposed violation of Salic Law
Austrian Succession
56
- ended with the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
Austrian Succession
57
- ended with the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
Austrian Succession
58
- George II beat French forces at the Battle of Dettingen, the last British monarch to lead troops into battle
Austrian Succession
59
- started because of Charles Albert’s contestation of Charles VI’s Pragmatic Sanction
Austrian Succession
60
- British regained right to asiento in this war
Austrian Succession
61
- Peace of Travendal signed during this war
Great Northern War
62
- Treaty of Altranstadt caused Augustus the Strong to abdicate, but Treaty of Thorn restored him
Great Northern War
63
- one side kept ship named Gangut, named after vicory
Great Northern War
64
- King Charles XII decisively defeated at the Battle of Poltava
Great Northern War
65
- ended by Treaty of Nystad
Great Northern War
66
- Pruth River campaign a sub-conflict of this war
Great Northern War
67
- troops under Charles Eugene de Croy trapped under a collapsed bridge
Great Northern War
68
- Cossack Ivan Mazepa deserted to losing side of this war
Great Northern War
69
- one leader fled to Ottoman Empire after losing decisive battle
Great Northern War
70
- Johann Patkul’s instigation of this conflict led to his execution on breaking wheel
Great Northern War
71
- losing side used chassepot rifles and mitrailleuse machine guns
Franco-Prussian War
72
- ended by the Treaty of Frankfurt
Franco-Prussian War
73
- began as a result of an alteration to the Ems Telegram
Franco-Prussian War
74
- Army of the Rhine trapped at the Battle of Gravelotte in the city of Metz
Franco-Prussian War
75
- Papal States annexed by Italy and Alsace-Lorraine lost as a result
Franco-Prussian War
76
- prompted by the proposed installation of Leopold Hohenzollern onto Spanish throne after Isabella II
Franco-Prussian War
77
- idea of revanchism initially developed as a result of this war
Franco-Prussian War
78
- losing side lost the Battle of Worth aka Battle of Froeschwiller
Franco-Prussian War
79
- Moltke defeated Matrice de MacMahon at Battle of Sedan
Franco-Prussian War
80
- Army of Chalons participated in the Siege of Metz
Franco-Prussian War
81
- Leon Gambétta escaped Paris in a hot air balloon from one battle
Franco-Prussian War
82
- British trawler fleet attacked at Dogger Bank incident
Russo-Japanese War
83
- Theodore Roosevelt won Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating Treaty of Portsmouth
Russo-Japanese War
84
- Alexei Kuropatkin’s army retreated from the Battle of Mukden
Russo-Japanese War
85
- began with a pre-emptive strike on the Pacific Fleet at Port Arthur
Russo-Japanese War
86
- Togo Heihachiro won this war at the Battle of Tsushima Strait
Russo-Japanese War
87
- one side launched a failed assault on Manjuyama Hill
Russo-Japanese War
88
- William Pakenham’s report sparked the dreadnought race
Russo-Japanese War
89
- Fedor Keller defeated at Battle of Motien Pass
Russo-Japanese War
90
- Father Gapon led a march calling for the end of this war
Russo-Japanese War
91
- ship Aurora hit by friendly fire six times
Russo-Japanese War
92
- one side forced enemies into small pockets called “motti”
Winter War
93
- started with false flag attack on border village of Mainila
Winter War
94
- Simo Hayha, the White Death, scored 500 confirmed sniper kills at Battle of Kollaa
Winter War
95
- Battle of Raate Road was a surprise ambush
Winter War
96
- one side sought to create puppet state called Terijoki Government
Winter War
97
- fears inspired by rise of Lapua Movement in one country
Winter War
98
- one border set at Mannerheim Line
Winter War
99
- ended with the cession of Karelia
Winter War
100
- “Loveday” failed to reconcile belligerents
Wars of the Roses
101
- soldiers saw three suns in the sky at Battle of Mortimer’s Cross
Wars of the Roses
102
- Henry VI captured at Battle of Saint Albans
Wars of the Roses
103
- Edwarth IV won at the Battle of Towton
Wars of the Roses
104
- ended with death of RIchard III at Battle of Bosworth Field
Wars of the Roses
105
- Richard Neville called “Kingmaker”
Wars of the Roses
106
- friendly fire occured at Battle of Barnet after a star was confused with a sun
Wars of the Roses
107
- Act of Accord ended this conflict
Wars of the Roses
108
- Mary of Anjou led an army with son Edward of Westminister
Wars of the Roses
109
- Bastard of Fauconberg burned various bridges and suburbs
Wars of the Roses
110
- caused in part by ship money tax
English Civil War
110
- Prince Rupert of the Rhine lost the Siege of Bristol
English Civil War
111
- one commander bludgeoned to death with wooden leg
English Civil War
112
- Thomas Fairfax led winning side
English Civil War
113
- Solemn League and Covenant drawn up during this war
English Civil War
114
- Pride’s Purge created Rump Parliament during this conflict
English Civil War
115
- ended at Battle of Naseby
English Civil War
116
- sparked by dismissal of the Grand Remonstrance, crafted by John Pym
English Civil War
117
- Battle of Marston Moor turning point
English Civil War
118
- hunting poodle Boy described as “dog-witch” and later killed
English Civil War
119
- John Talbot defeated at Battle of Castillon
Hundred Years War
120
- Guillaume (William) Cale led Jacquerie uprising
Hundred Years War
121
- John the Good ransomed in Treaty of Bretigny
Hundred Years War
122
- initial stage saw Battle at Sluys
Hundred Years War
123
- Henry V led longbowmen to victory at one battle
Hundred Years War
124
- English sought to place Jean de Montfort on the throne of John III in the War of Breton Succession
Hundred Years War
125
- Edward Woodstock won key battles
Hundred Years War
126
- both sides backed opposing factions in War of the Two Peters
Hundred Years War
127
- Charles d’Albret killed during a battle preceded by St. Crispin’s Day speech
Hundred Years War
128
- Charles the Mad signed the Treaty of Troyes
Hundred Years War
129
- Herbert Jones led an attack made on Goose Green settlement
Falklands War
130
- one side based two aircraft carriers at Ascension Island
Falklands War
131
- nuclear submarine sank General Belgrano
Falklands War
132
- includeed invasions of the South Sandwich Islands
Falklands War
133
- main theater began with a landing at San Carlos
Falklands War
134
- photo taken during this war of a soldier marching with a flag called The Yomper
Falklands War
135
- Mount Tumbledown captured after a day of trench warfare
Falklands War
136
- resulted in the collapse of Leopold Galteri’s government
Falklands War
137
- ended after the Battle of Government House
Falklands War
138
- HMS Sheffield sunk by an Exocet missile
Falklands War
139
- Louis Botha and Paul Kruger won Battle of Colenso during “black week”
Second Boer War
140
- “khaki election” won by Lord Salisbury
Second Boer War
141
- Robert Baden-Powell resisted Siege of Makefing
Second Boer War
142
- Fawcett Commission condemned involvement in this conflict
Second Boer War
143
- Lord Kitchener used concentration camps
Second Boer War
144
- Treaty of Vereeniging ended this conflict
Second Boer War
145
- Siege of Ladysmith occured during this conflict
Second Boer War
146
- Gandhi and Churchill both rose to prominence during this event
Second Boer War
147
- Jameson Raid conducted at the start of this conflict
Second Boer War
148
- Emily Hobhouse’s investigated strategies used in this conflict
Second Boer War
149
- settled by Treaty of Ancon
War of the Pacific
150
- Esmeralda sunk by the Huáscar
War of the Pacific
151
- Captain Miguel Grau won the Battle of Iquique
War of the Pacific
152
- one key ship captured at Battle of Angamos
War of the Pacific
153
- failed peace negotiations occured aboard the USS Lackwanna
War of the Pacific
154
- territories of Tacna and Arica ceded during this conflict
War of the Pacific
155
- sparked by one side’s occupation of Antofagasta
War of the Pacific
156
- started at the Battle of Topater and Battle of the Halt of the Alliance
War of the Pacific
157
- losing side won the Battle of Pacocha
War of the Pacific
158
- capture of Humaitá fortress turning point in this war
War of the Triple Alliance
159
- one country’s Children’s Day stems from the death of two thousand children in the battle of Acosta Ñu
War of the Triple Alliance
160
- most of losing country’s male population killed during this war
War of the Triple Alliance
161
- Fracisco Solano López ordered invasion of Mato Grosso to start this war
War of the Triple Alliance
162
- Rutherford B. Hayes helped arbitrate a dispute after this war took place
War of the Triple Alliance
163
- losing leader’s mistress Eliza Lynch watched him die at Battle of Cerro Cora
War of the Triple Alliance
164
- Duke of Caxias led winning army in this war
War of the Triple Alliance
165
- Corrientes invaded in order to gain support of Justo Jose de Urquiza
War of the Triple Alliance
166
- began following defeat of Atanasio Aguirre’s Blanco party by Colorado Party
War of the Triple Alliance
167
- gunboat Tacuarí captured a civilian steamship in leadup to this war
War of the Triple Alliance
168
- soldiers fed “embalmed beef” by Russell Alger
Spanish-American War
169
- called a “splendid little war” by John Hay
Spanish-American War
170
- one campaign launched against “Butcher” Weyler
Spanish-American War
171
- victors had to put down the Moro rebellion afterwards
Spanish-American War
172
- overweight general William Shafter won at El Carney
Spanish-American War
173
- Henry Glass commanded the USS Charleston during this conflict
Spanish-American War
174
- “Fighting Joe” Wheeler stormed Las Guasimas, but failed
Spanish-American War
175
- continuation of the Virginius Affair 25 years prior
Spanish-American War
176
- withdrawl of troops after victory demanded in Teller Amendment
Spanish-American War
177
- one cause was the policy of “reconcentration” after the Ten Years’ War
Spanish-American War
178
- religion-restricted Mormon Battalion fought in this conflict
Mexican-American War
179
- Henry David Thoreau called on “honest men to rebel and revolutionize” and then didn’t pay his taxes
Mexican-American War
180
- Wilmot Proviso would’ve banned slavery from territory gained in this war
Mexican-American War
181
- peace successfully negotiated by Nicholas Trist
Mexican-American War
182
- Governor Charles Bent scalped and killed during this conflict
Mexican-American War
183
- Boy Heroes killed at the Battle of Chapultapec
Mexican-American War
184
- short-lived state commanded by William Ide incorporated by Stephen Kearney
Mexican-American War
185
- Thorton Affair south of the Nueces River triggered this conflict
Mexican-American War
186
- Spots Resolution given by Lincoln in opposition to this war
Mexican-American War
187
- John Slidell sent on a failed diplomatic mission to eventual losers
Mexican-American War
188
- Oliver Hazard Perry won Battle of Lake Erie
War of 1812
189
- “blue lights” were Americans accused of helping enemy ships
War of 1812
190
- Laura Secord warned James FitzGibbon of an attack
War of 1812
191
- Robert Ross led unit of escaped slaves during Battle of Bladensburg
War of 1812
192
- one general wrote “we have met the enemy and they are ours”
War of 1812
193
- pirate Jean Lafitte assisted winning side
War of 1812
194
- Edward Pakenham lost at final battle of this war
War of 1812
195
- Edward Pakenham lost at final battle of this war
War of 1812
196
- Hill and Knowlton firm hired Nayirah to falsely testify about babies being ripped out of incubators
First Gulf War
197
- losing side attacked in the Highway of Death
First Gulf War
198
- “Stormin” Norman Schwarzkopf led operations for one side during this war
First Gulf War
199
- sparked by dispute over Rumaila oil field
First Gulf War
200
- SCUD missiles fired into Israel during this conflict
First Gulf War
201
- Chuck Horner won Battle of Khafji
First Gulf War
202
- no-fly zones established in this conflict’s aftermath
First Gulf War
203
- first conflict to be televised through cable news
First Gulf War
204
- final battle Battle of Norfolk
First Gulf War
205
- namesake “syndrome” caused by anti-nerve agent deployed in this war
First Gulf War
206
- UN Security Council Resolution 242 dealt with territorial exchanges in this war
Six-Day War
207
- losing side issued a Khartoum Resolution declaring “three no’s”
Six-Day War
208
- began with the airstrike Operation Focus
Six-Day War
209
- sparked by one side closing the Straits of Tiran
Six-Day War
210
- USS Liberty attacked allegedly by accident in this war
Six-Day War
211
- ceasefire negotiated along the Purple Line
Six-Day War
212
- major cause was blockade of Eilat
Six-Day War
213
- one side received bad intelligence from the Soviet Union right before this conflict
Six-Day War
214
- began with the crossing of the Bar-Lev Line
Yom Kippur War
215
- U.S. airlifted supplies to one side during Operation Nickel Grass
Yom Kippur War
216
- one side’s inadequate defenses investigated by Agranat Commission
Yom Kippur War
217
- misinterpretation of writing on agricultural equipment gave one position in this war the name Chinese Farm
Yom Kippur War
218
- two attempts made to breach defensive line at Fort Budapest
Yom Kippur War
219
- one site known as Valley of Tears after Kahalani held out against a larger force
Yom Kippur War
220
- UN Security Council Resoution 338 called for an end to this conflict
Yom Kippur War
221
- non-aggression urged by one side’s defense minister Moshe Dayan
Yom Kippur War
222
- Golda Meir resigned in favor of Yitzhak Rabin
Yom Kippur War
223
- started with one side launched Operation Badr
Yom Kippur War
224
- sparked by raid on “Thirteen Factories” ordered by Lin Zexu
Opium Wars
225
- one side intervened due to execution of August Chapdelaine
Opium Wars
226
- initially ended by the Treaty of the Bogue
Opium Wars
227
- cargo ship called the Arrow was seized before this conflict
Opium Wars
228
- resulted in numerous “Unequal Treaties”
Opium Wars
229
- letter asking “Where is your conscience?” sent to one leader
Opium Wars
230
- Lord Elgin burned the Summer Palaces
Opium Wars
231
- inspired Prince Gong’s Self-Strengthening Movement
Opium Wars
232
- James Hope Grant captured Eight-Mile Bridge
Opium Wars
233
- saw Battle of Luding Bridge
Chinese Civil War
234
- two sides of this conflict created two seperate United Fronts
Chinese Civil War
235
- George Marshall attempted to mediate the end of this conflict
Chinese Civil War
236
- troops departing from Jiangxi participated in the Long March
Chinese Civil War
237
- attempted reversal through Project National Glory
Chinese Civil War
238
- back-to-back engagements at Siping
Chinese Civil War
239
- winning army instructed to follow Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Points of Attention
Chinese Civil War
240
- began at Battle of Saguntum in over border at Ebro River
Second Punic War
241
- one general’s brothers Mago and Hasdrubal, defeated together
Second Punic War
242
- initiated First Macedonian War against Philip V
Second Punic War
243
- Syphax captured after Battle of Cirta
Second Punic War
244
- Numidian cavalry led by Masinissa played a critical role
Second Punic War
245
- ended at Battle of Zama by Scipio Africanus
Second Punic War
246
- Fabian strategy first used after Battle of Lake Trasimene
Second Punic War
247
- Battle of the Trebia saw Sempronius Longus ener a trap
Second Punic War
248
- one historian wrote “the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must” during this war
Peloponnesian War
249
- interrupted by a peace treaty named for Nicias
Peloponnesian War
250
- losing side’s Long Walls connecting to Port of Piraeus worsened a plague during this conflict
Peloponnesian War
251
- one side massacred after a leader held off on an invasion because of a lunar eclipse
Peloponnesian War
252
- general on the losing side recalled on charges of defacing and castrating statues
Peloponnesian War
253
- included Sicilian expedition of Alcibiades
Peloponnesian War
254
- ended after Lysander’s victory at Battle of Aegospotami
Peloponnesian War
255
- Melos was destroyed for refusing to join one side in this war
Peloponnesian War
256
- six generals executed for failing to rescue drowning sailors
Peloponnesian War
257
- Yale historian Donald Kagan wrote a four-volume history on this war
Peloponnesian War
quarterbacking
flashcards
Decks in class (17)
# Cards
