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42 Cards in this Set
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WHAT DATE WAS THE ARMY FLAD DEDICATED?
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14 JUNE 1956
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WHAT IS THE OLDEST PART OF OUR ARMY?
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THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
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WHEN DID THE US ARMY BEGINS?
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14 JUNE 1775
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WHO WAS TH EFIRST COMMANDER IN CHEIF OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY?
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GEORGE WASHINGTON
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WHEN WAS THE START OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR?
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19 APRIL 1775
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WHEN WAS THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDECE SIGNED?
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4 JULY 1776
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THE ARMY RECIEVED ITS FIRST REAL TRAINING FROM WHAT FORMER PRUSSIAN OFFICER AT VALLEY FORGE IN THE WINTER OF 1778?
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BARON FREDREICH VON STEUBEN
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WHAT DID BARON FREDRIECH VON STEUBEN TEACH AT THE CONTINENTAL ARMY VALLEY FORGE?
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*DRILL FORMATIONS AND MOVEMENTS
*CARE OF EQUIPTMENT *HOW TO USE THE BAYONET *HOW TO TAKE CARE OF SOLDIERS *HOW TO TRAIN AND LEAD SOLDIERS |
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE DOCUMENT THAT ORIGINALLY GOVERNED THE UNITED STATES AND WAS LATER REPLACED BY THE CONSTITUTION?
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ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
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THE NATION NEARLY DOUBLED IN 1803 WHEN IT PURCHASED A HUGE EXPANSE OF TERRITORY FROM FRANCE IN WHAT BECAME KNOWN AS WHAT?
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THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE
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WHO WAS ONE OF THE MOST PROLIFIC WRITERS OF THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY AND WOULD BE THE AUTHOR OF "THE ARMY REGULATIONS OF 1821" THE FIRST WRITTEN REGULATION BY THE ARMY SINCE THE PUBLICATION OF BARON VON STEUBEN "BLUE BOOK"?
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GENEREAL WINFIELD SCOTT
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WHAT WERE SOME OF THE AREAS COVERED IN "THE ARMY REGULATIONS OF 1821"?
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THE HAND SALUTE
HOW TO CONDUCT A MARCH HOW TO MAKE A GOOD STEW FOR THE COMPANY |
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WHAT IS THE BLOODIEST WAS IN AMERICAN HISTORY?
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THE CIVIL WAR WITH THE DEATH OF OVER 6000000 AMERICANS ON BOTH SIDES
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WHEN AND WHERE DID THE CIVIL WAR ACTUALLY BEGIN?
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IN APRIL OF 1861 IN CHARLESTON HARBOR
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THE UNION DEFEAT AT THE FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN SHOWED THE NEED FOR MORE WHAT?
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MORE THOROUGH PREPARATION AND FOR MORE SOLDIERS
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PRESIDENT LINCOLNS EMACIPATION PROCLAMATION ON 22 SEPTEMBER 1862 FREED THE SLAVES IN ANY AREAS STILL UNDER CONFEDERATE CONTROL AS WHAT DATE?
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1 JAN 1863
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CONGRESS AUTHORIZED THE CREATION OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR ON WHAT DATE?
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12 JULY 1862
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WHO RECIEVED THE FIRST MEDAL OF HONOR EVER AWARDED?
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PRIVATE JACOB PARROTT
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THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG STARTED ON WHAT DATE?
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1 JULY 1863
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GENERAL LEE SURRENDERED HIS ARMY ON WHAT DATE, MARKING THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR?
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9 APRIL 1865
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WHO WAS THE ONLY FEMALE TO RECEIVE THE MEDAL OF HONOR?
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DR. MARY E WALKER
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CONGRESS DECLARED WAR ON SPAIN ON WHAT DATE?
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25 APRIL 1898
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WHEN DID WORLD WAR 1 BEGIN
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AUGUST 1914
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WHAT EVENT SPARKED THE START OF WORLD WAR 1?
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BOSNIAN SPERARATIST MURDERED THE ARCHDUKE FRANCIS FERNAND AND HIS WIFE
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IN THE NOTE WERE INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFER MEXICO AN ALLIANCE IN THE EVENT OF WAR WITH THE UNITED STATES AND PROMISING THAT MEXICO COULD GAIN WHAT?
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TEXAS, NEW MEXICO, AND ARIZONA
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ON WHAT DATE DID PRESIDENT WILSON ASK CONGRESS TO DECLARE WAR ON GERMANY?
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2 APRIL 1917
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KNOWN FOR MANY YEARS AS ARMISTICE DAY, WHAT IS IT NOW CALLED IN THE UNITED STATES?
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VETERANS DAY
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ONE RESULT OF WW I WAS THE CREATION OF WHAT INTERNATIONAL BODY ROUGHLY SIMILAR TO THE UNITED NATIONS OF TODAY?
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THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
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NATIONAL DEFENSE ACT OF JUNE 4 1920 GOVERNED THE ORGANIZATION AND REGULATION OF WHAT UNTIL 1950?
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THE ARMY
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ON WHAT DATE DID THE JAPANESE ATTACK PEARL HARBOR?
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7 DECEMBER 1941
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THE WOMENS ARMY CORPS WAS CREATED IN WHAT YEAR?
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1943
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WHEN WAS D DAY?
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6 JUNE 1944
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JUST AFTER DAWN ON D DAY, THE 1ST, 4TH, AND 29TH INFANTRY DIVISIONS ASSAULTED WHAT BEACHES?
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UTAH AND OMAHA
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PRESIDENT TRUMAN AUTHORIZED THE USE OF TWO ATOMIC BOMBS AGAINST JAPAN, DESTROYING HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI ON WHAT DATES?
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HIROSHIMA-6 AUG 1945
NAGASAKI-9 AUG 1945 |
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THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947 WAS SWEEPING REORGANIZATION OF THE US MILITARY. WHAT SIS IT ESTABLISH?
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
AMRY NAVY AIR FORCE |
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WHAT YEAR MARKED THE START OF THE KOREAN WAR?
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1950
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IN EARLY OF WHAT YEAR DID PRESIDENT JOHNSON BEGIN A PROCESS OF ESCALATION THAT PUT 184000 AMERICAN TROOPS IN SOUTH VIETNAM BY YEARS END?
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1965
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AFTER A US MARINE WAS SHOT IN 1989 IN PANAMA, WHAT OPERATION WAS LAUNCHED?
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OPERATION JUST CAUSE
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GENERAL H. NORMAN SCHWARKOPF AND HIS SAUDI COUNTERPART SENT THEIR MULTINATIONAL GROUND FORCES ACROSS THE BORDER INTO IRAQ IN WHAT IN LATE FEB OF WHAT YEAR?
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1991
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ON WHAT DATE DID THE UNITED STATES ENORMOUS SUPPORT FROM THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY, RESPOND TO THE ATTACKS ON SEP 11, 2001 WITH ATTACKS ON THE AL-QAEDA NETWORK AND THE TALIBAN-CONTROLLED GOV OF AFGANISTAN THAT WAS SUPPORTING IT?
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7 OCT 2001
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WITH A COALITION THAT INCLUDED GREAT BRITIAN, AUSTRALIA, POLAND AND 44 OTHER NATIONS, THE UNITED STATES BEGAN OFFENSIVE MILITARY OPERATIONS TO REMOVE SADDAM HUSSEIN FROM POWER AND LIBERATE IRAQ ON WHAT DATE?
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20 MAR 2003
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WHEN WAS SADDAM HUSEIN CAPTURED?
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13 DEC 2003
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