World War I
German naval policy that included targeting civilian ships
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
What was the most immediate reason that the United States entered World War II?
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The Truman Doctrine stated that...
The US will support anyone, anywhere in the fight against communism
What country controlled Vietnam prior to World War II?
France
Sent to Mexico to encourage them to surprise attack the United States
Zimmerman Telegram
October 29, 1929 is better known as...
Black Tuesday
What military tactic allowed Germany to dominate the first two years of World War II?
Blitzkrieg (Lightning War)
The US lent billions of dollars to rebuild Europe after World War II in a process known as the...
Marshall Plan
What event led to Congress granting Lyndon Johnson expanded Presidential power to wage an undeclared war in Vietnam?
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident
What does the acronym MANIA stand for?
Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism, Assassination
The now-banned practice of purchasing stocks on credit was known as...
Buying on Margin
What region of France did the D-Day invasion occur in?
Normandy
During this months-long event, the US flew planes over West Berlin and dropped all necessary supplies to keep the city operating.
The Berlin Airlift
Series of jungle pathways that allowed people and supplies to travel from North Vietnam to South Vietnam in the 1950s and 60s
The Ho Chi Minh Trail
Although the US government was officially neutral in the early years of WWI, what did American citizens and corporations do that showed a clear preference for the Allied Powers?
Loaned tons of money $$$$$
The massive protest involving World War I veterans who were struggling financially was known as...
The Bonus Army
What laws did the US Congress pass in an attempt to avoid participating in World War II?
The Neutrality Acts
The Senator from Wisconsin who led the charge against domestic communists during the 2nd Red Scare...
Joseph McCarthy
Name for the coordinated large-scale attack by Vietnamese communist forces in 1968, which exposed the lies that the US government had been telling Americans for years.
Tet Offensive
Other than the League of Nations, describe one of Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points that he believed were necessary to secure world peace after WWI.
Freedom of the seas, territorial integrity, colonial boundaries based on ethnic/cultural native population, reduction of armaments, open diplomacy, free trade, etc.
Name 3 totalitarian leaders who came to power in the years leading up to World War II.
Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Francisco Franco, Hideki Tojo
What was the first battle that the US participated in after joining the Allies in World War II?
The Battle of the Atlantic
The overarching nuclear deterrence policy adopted by the United States and Soviet Union.
Mutually Assured Destruction
How did the Vietnam War ultimately end?
The US pulled out all troops and North Vietnam succeeded in unifying the country under a communist government