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SOL REVIEW

Explore key military turning points from American Revolution to World War II, including Yorktown, D-Day, Stalingrad, and more pivotal events shaping history.

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SOL REVIEW

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  1. SOL REVIEW IMPORTANT BATTLES IN AMERICAN HISTORY

  2. Where did the American Revolution begin? • Battles of Lexington and Concord

  3. What was the military turning point of the Revolution? • The Battle of Saratoga

  4. Where did the American Revolution end? • Yorktown, Virginia

  5. What happened at the Battle of Yorktown? • The Americans and the French defeated the British

  6. What battle ended the military phase of the Revolution and firmly established the independence of the United States? • The Battle of Yorktown

  7. From what fort did President Lincoln refuse to remove federal troops in April, 1861? • Fort Sumter

  8. Where is Fort Sumter located? • Charleston, South Carolina

  9. What event caused the Civil War to begin? • Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter

  10. Where did the Civil War begin? • Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina

  11. Name the two most important battles of the Civil War. • Battle of Antietam • Battle of Gettysburg

  12. Which side won the Battle of Antietam? • The North

  13. Where was the Battle of Antietam? • Maryland

  14. What did President Lincoln issue after the North’s victory at the Battle of Antietam? • The Emancipation Proclamation

  15. Which side won the Battle of Gettysburg? • The North

  16. Where was the Battle of Gettysburg? • Pennsylvania

  17. What was the military turning point of the Civil War? • The Battle of Gettysburg

  18. Where did the Civil War end? • Appomattox, Virginia

  19. What happened at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia in 1865? • General Lee surrendered to General Grant

  20. What event brought the U.S. into World War II? • Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

  21. What was the turning point of the war in the Pacific? • The Battle of Midway

  22. What was the Allied strategy in the Pacific? • Island hopping

  23. 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

  24. What was the turning point of the war in Europe on the eastern front? • The Battle of Stalingrad

  25. What happened at the Normandy landings (D-Day)? • American and Allied troops landed in France. • Liberation of Western Europe had begun.

  26. What was the turning point of the war in Europe on the western front? • The invasion of Normandy, D-Day

  27. How did the United States end the war in the Pacific? • Dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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