WWI
American President who asked for a declaration of war on Germany.
Woodrow Wilson
This event pulled the US directly into WWII
the attack on Pearl Harbor
This is the geographic dividing line between North and South Korea in 1950.
38th Parallel
Inspirational leader of communist North Vietnam for most of the war.
Ho Chi Minh
Chemical defoliant used in Vietnam, many soldiers got cancer from exposure to it
Agent Orange
Passenger ship sank by Germany and grew anti-German feelings in the US
Lusitania
This policy allowed the US to send military aid directly to Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and China before US entry in the war.
Lend-Lease
Name of the leader of UN forces for much of the war, later fired by President Truman.
MacArthur
This event of 1964 was used to allow American forces to engage militarily with North Vietnamese soldiers and their supporters
the Gulf of Tonkin incident
Two new technologies used in WWI
machine gun, poison gas, tank, airplane, barbed wire, radio
Wilson's plan for peace was known as the...
14 Points
Who were the "Big Three" allied leaders?
Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt
When UN forces neared the Yalu River, this nation entered the war on the side of North Korea
China
The three American presidents in office for the majority of US involvement in the Vietnam War.
Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon
WWII US strategy in the Pacific to fight on strategically important islands to get closer to Japan
island hopping
Created pro-American propaganda during the war.
the Creel Committee or CPI
This was the code name for the development of the atomic bomb.
the Manhattan Project
Nickname of the Korean War
the "Forgotten War"
The name given to South Vietnamese guerrilla fighters who aided the communist North.
Viet Cong
June 6, 1944
D-Day invasion
The primary reason the US Senate failed to ratify the Treaty of Versailles
League of Nations
This is the conference where the "Big Three" allied leaders determined the fate of post-war Europe
Yalta Conference
The Korean War ended under this American's presidency
Dwight Eisenhower
This event convinced a majority of Americans that the war was un-winnable and that the US government had been less than honest regarding the weakness of the enemy.
the Tet Offensive
During WWI "hamburger" was changed to
Salisbury steak