SOL REVIEW

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SOL REVIEW

• IMPORTANT BATTLES IN AMERICAN HISTORY

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Where did the American Revolution begin?

• Battles of Lexington and Concord

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What was the military turning point of the
Revolution?

• The Battle of Saratoga

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Where did the American Revolution end?

• Yorktown, Virginia

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What happened at the Battle of Yorktown?

• The Americans and the French defeated the British

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What battle ended the military phase of the
Revolution and firmly established the
independence of the United States?

• The Battle of Yorktown

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From what fort did President Lincoln refuse to
remove federal troops in April, 1861?

• Fort Sumter

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Where is Fort Sumter located?

• Charleston, South Carolina

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What event caused the Civil War to begin?

• Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter

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Where did the Civil War begin?

• Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina

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Name the two most important battles of the Civil
War.

• Battle of Antietam
• Battle of Gettysburg

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Which side won the Battle of Antietam?

• The North

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Where was the Battle of Antietam?

• Maryland

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What did President Lincoln issue after the
Norths victory at the Battle of Antietam?

• The Emancipation Proclamation

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Which side won the Battle of Gettysburg?

• The North

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Where was the Battle of Gettysburg?

• Pennsylvania

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What was the military turning point of the Civil
War?

• The Battle of Gettysburg

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Where did the Civil War end?

• Appomattox, Virginia

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What happened at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia
in 1865?

• General Lee surrendered to General Grant

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What event brought the U.S. into World War II?

• Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

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What was the turning point of the war in the
Pacific?

• The Battle of Midway

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What was the Allied strategy in the Pacific?

• Island hopping

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What happened at the Battle of Stalingrad?

• Soviet army defeated the Germans
• Prevented the Germans from seizing the Soviet oil
  fields
• Turned the tide against the Germans on the
  eastern front

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What was the turning point of the war in Europe
on the eastern front?

• The Battle of Stalingrad

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What happened at the Normandy landings (D-Day)?

• American and Allied troops landed in France.
• Liberation of Western Europe had begun.

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What was the turning point of the war in Europe
on the western front?

• The invasion of Normandy, D-Day

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How did the United States end the war in the
Pacific?

• Dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki