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The Great American History Quiz(TM): America at War (Great American History Quiz)
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by The History Channel
Sales Rank: 2132852
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$1.38
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 208 pages
Published by: Grand Central Publishing December 1, 2001
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0446678384
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0446678384
Book Dimensions:
8 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
Weighs: 6.2 ounces
Product Description
The U.S. at war has long been a favorite subject for both history buffs and the lay person. From the Revolutionary War to World War II to the Vietnam War, every battle has had its riveting moments and stories. Now in a fascinating and challenging book based on the popular show on The History Channel, here is a quiz book on America's military conflicts. Readers are able to test their knowledge of American History from the basic to the arcane.
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
Five Questions from GAHQ: AMERICANA
1. Francis Scott Key wrote the music for "The Star Spangled Banner." True or false?
Well, that's actually false, because he wrote the words in a wonderful poem but he applied those words to an already existing melody that was actually from an old British drinking song, called "To Anacreon in Heaven."
2. Betsy Ross sewed the first official US flag. True or false?
The answer to that question is false. There's no historical proof that Betsy Ross actually sewed the first U.S. flag. This popular legend seems to have been started by her grandson almost a century after Betsy allegedly threaded her way into history.
3. We've all heard about "The shot heard 'round the world" that got the Revolutionary War going. When the British Army tried to get past a group of minutemen, an unordered shot rang out, causing a bit of a ruckus, and by the end of the melee, 8 minutemen had lost their lives.
Many consider this to be the beginning of the revolutionary war.
Where was "the shot heard round the world fired?" a) Concord, MA; b) Lexington, MA; c) Saratoga, NY; d)Trenton, NJ.
Answer: b) The shot heard 'round the world was fired in Lexington, MA. To this day, no one knows if the British or the Patriots fired that first shot.
4. Artist Emanuel Leutze created the familiar depiction of "George Washington's Crossing of the Delaware River." The question is, which way was George going? a) From Pennsylvania to New Jersey b) from New Jersey to Pennsylvania or c) from Delaware to Pennsylvania?
On Christmas night 1776, Washington sneaked across the Delaware River from Pennsylvania, for a stunning surprise attack that became known as the Battle of Trenton. Washington's victory was a huge morale booster. So the answer is a) He crossed from Pennsylvania to New Jersey. And by the way, if you answered "c" you lose history points and geography points. Because you can't get from Delaware to Pennsylvania by crossing a river.
5. Imagine facing a raging wall of water forty feet high, moving forty miles an hour. A wall of water so powerful it tosses a 48-ton locomotive a mile. Well, that's just what the people of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, faced during the Great Johnstown Flood. Thousands of people perished in the disaster which was triggered when a dam collapsed after heavy rains. Name the decade in which it happened. Was it a) the 1850s b) the 1880s c) the 1910s?
The Johnstown Flood occurred in 1889 so the correct answer is b) the 1880s. The dam had been built to provide a good place to fish; but when it collapsed, 2,000 people lost their lives.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Reader Reviews
This review is from: The Great American History Quiz: The Presidents (Great American History Quiz) (Paperback)
We have had 43 presidents and I am sure that a book could have been written with thousands of questions about them, this book only has 101 and I was amazed and how tough they were. The other books in the series seemed relatively easy compared to these questions. The only thing I saw was that there was no pictures of the presidents and this should be a part of the book. The book does provide some new material and from the reading I don't think there was a question on each president. Overall another good book to add to the reference library.
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