I'm Taking A Survey For a History Class - Do You Know....?

Question:I'm taking this survey for a history class. I know answering homework questions on here is annoying as most people need to do their own work - but this is a little different! I'm supposed to use the data to show how much the average American does and doesn't know about their country! Here we go:

a) Can you name the war in which the most amount of Americans died?

b) What was the shortest war that American fought in?

c) What war included Battle of the Bulge?

d) Name someone famous that fought in the American Revolution, The American Civil War, WWI, and WWII.

e) How did President Buchanan feel about Southern session?

f) What does the phrase, the "era of good feelings" refer to?

g) How did John Locke influence America?

h) What country's revolution was influenced by the American Revolution?

I know it's a lot - thanks for your help with my project!

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I'm taking this survey for a history class. I know answering homework questions on here is annoying as most people need to do their own work - but this is a little different! I'm supposed to use the data to show how much the average American does and doesn't know about their country! Here we go:

a) Can you name the war in which the most amount of Americans died?

b) What was the shortest war that American fought in?

c) What war included Battle of the Bulge?

d) Name someone famous that fought in the American Revolution, The American Civil War, WWI, and WWII.

e) How did President Buchanan feel about Southern session?

f) What does the phrase, the "era of good feelings" refer to?

g) How did John Locke influence America?

h) What country's revolution was influenced by the American Revolution?

I know it's a lot - thanks for your help with my project!

a. Civil War- 600,000 dead

b. Spanish American War

c. World War 2

d. George Washington, Ulysses S Grant, John Pershing, George Patton

e. Ambivalent. Or maybe better to say he didn't have a clue what to do and left it for Lincoln to deal with.

f. There was very little political turmoil then (early 19th century U.S. 1815-1824).

g. All men should be created equal?

h. France

a) civil war or iraq war?
b) Spanish American war
c) WW2
d) american revolution - george washington
civil war -
WW1 - hitler
WW2 - general isenhower
e) against
f) 1815–24 describes a period in United States political history in which partisan bitterness abated
g) he influenced the founding fathers
h) French Revolution, the Haitian Revolution, and the Latin American wars of liberation.

a Gettysburg
b Cold war
c WWII
d IDK
e IDK
f im guessing the 70s because eveyone was on those psychadelic drugs
gIDK
h French Revolution

Can you post the answers later on. I want to see how American I am

A: Civil war-both sides Americans
B: Uhm....French/Indian, if that counts? I dunno.
C: That sounds oddly dirty...but Imma guess the Rev. War?
D: George Washington, your mom, your mom, and your mom.
E: ....Whossawhatnow?
F: Post-depression...?
G: Didn't he bring over some important invention to the colonies?
H: Oh, I know this one! Frenchie's Revolution. Beheaded the royals and whatnot. :D

I'm just a stupid Freshie, hence why I don't know most of these. e_____X;; xD

A. Hmmm, I believe it's the Civil War

B. Not sure. The First Gulf War only lasted a few weeks. I'm not certain how long the Quasi-War lasted. Right now I'd say the First Gulf War

C. WWII. European Theater. Late 1944.

D. American Revolution you've got George Washington, Nathaniel Green, Benedict Arnold, Horatio Gates as some of the better known names. A bit less well known would be Israel Putnam and John Stark. Civil War you've got U.S. Grant, R.E.Lee, W.T. Sherman, J.E.B. Stuart, G.B. McClellan, T.J. Jackson as some of the better known names. Personally, try looking up Richard Kirkland. He's also known as the Angel of Marye's Heights for the fact that he personally volunteered to carry water to the wounded enemy at Fredricksburg and he did so without a white flag. WWI you've got Pershing, MacArthur, Patton, Harry S. Truman, Eddie Rickenbacker as some of the better known names. But also try the Lafayette Escardrile with Raoul Lufbery and William Thaw. Now note MacArthur and Patton in WWI, where both men were junior officers in the American Expeditionary Force. They return as Generals in WWII. WWII also features Eisenhower, (Medal of Honor winner who became an actor after the war), George H.W. Bush Chester Nimitz, William F. Halsey as some of the better known names. For some lesser known names try Richard Bong, George H. Gay, Thomas MacGuire, Richard "Dick" Winters, John Thach, and Audie Murphy.

E. Sorry, I pretty much forget my history on this one. Secsion did begin while Buchnanon was president and he pretty much did nothing to stop it, but I don't remember how he felt about it.

F. Don't know, never heard of this one.

G. I know the name John Locke but I can't think of any influence he had.

H. How many do you want? We can talk France and some of those in the Carribean. Trying to remember if the Dominican Republic was one of them.

a. WW2
b. War of Jenkin's ear
c. WW2
d. Ethan Allen, Robert E. Lee, The Red Baron, Gen Patton
e. No, no, no you can't go
f. Before LSD was outlawed.
g. Wrote stuff
h. French

a) american civil was
b) spanish-american war
c) WWII
d) LOL, at first i thought u were asking for someone who fought in all three. george washington, robert e lee, John j pershing, douglas macarthur
e) he was called a "northern man with southern principles" so i think he would've pardoned the secession of the southern states only after certain terms and conditions were agreed upon
f) beginning with Monroe, from 1817 to 1823 where the disappearance of federalists enabled the republicans to govern in a spirit of almost nonpartisan harmony
g) some english philosopher that constantly emphasized the power of the people and the existance of inalienable rights to life, liberty, and, property
h) france

the survey took longer than i expected and boy, does my brain feel fried!

Well, I took ap hist, so let's se what I remember....
a. Civil War-- 2.5 million? ish? Because, you know, we fought both sides....
b. The War of Jenkin's Ear?
c. I don't think anyone fought in all of them, dearie....but, here's a whack at it....
AR-Washington, Marquis de Layfayette, b. arnold, etc.
ACW-Grant, J.E.B. Stuart, the most hot Chamberlain, Hooker, Lee, Jackson, etc.
WWI- Oh bugger.....um...the cool War Poets?
WWII-Winters and Nixon from the 101st airbourne!!!!! (sorry, band of brothers fan here...) TS Elliot (was he american? well, you never specified...) Patton
e. Who the hell cares? It's Buchanan. He wasn't useful for much, and one has to assume that he supported it, considering that 7 states seceded before he left office.
f. It was the period right after the "second war of american independance" the war of 1812, when we were kinda awesome....
g. He wrote his treatises on the rights of man that helped the founding fathers decide the constituation.
h. France, because they spent so much money and troops over here helping us against their traditional enemies, the english, so they were too poor to run their own country. Also, the peasents saw us getting freedom, and they were all, like, "i can has too plz?"

Hope I helped!

okay, i'll bite on this one. here are the correct answers:
a) the civil war- both sides were counted as american casualties
b) the first gulf war- lasted only 6 weeks
c) world war 2
d) revolution: washington, allen; civil war: robert e. lee, thomas jackson, jeb stuart, nathan forrest, grant, sherman: ww1: pershing, macarthur, patton, rickenbacker, alvin york; ww2: patton, eisenhower, macarthur, bradley, nimitz, halsey, smith, murphy, doolittle, lemay, spaatz, rommel, guderian, manstein, alexander, montgomery, von rundstedt, zhukov, chuikov
e) he was very indifferent about it, he was thinking that if he appeased the south there would be no secession
f) refers to the era after the war of 1812
g) was one of the main influences to the founding fathers, locke's ideas were one of several that the founding fathers used to write the constitution
h) the main one was the french revolution, there have been countless others that based their fight for independance on what the americans did.
there ya go, hope i helped.

a) WWII
b) the 100 hour war, AKA the First Gulf War.
c)WWII
d)Lafayette, William T. Sherman, Sgt Alvin York (Medal of Honor), My Dad.
e) I have no idea and don't care.
f) ditto
g) ditto
h) France