Cold war
What caused the Cold War?
What is Wanting to keep communism out of the United States
What triggered the United States to join WW2?
What is The Japanese attacking Pearl Harbor
Who is on the Allies side and who is on the Central Powers side?
Allies: France, Britain, Russia, Japan, Italy, United States
Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria
The Battle of Antietam was especially crucial because it...
Probably prevented the intervention of Britain and France on the side of the Confederacy
What war did the treaty of Ghent end?
War of 1812
What war happened during the Cold War?
What is Korean War
What role did women have in the war?
What is They took over men's jobs while they were gone, and few fought in the war.
Causes of WWI???
1. Zimmerman Telegram
2. Russian(Bolshevik) Revolution
3. Germany sinking U.S. ships after asked to stop.
At the end of the Civil War, the vast majority of freed slaves found work as...
Tenant farmers
What war did the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo end?
Mexican-American War
What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?
A military alliance for defending all members from outside attack
What are important changes in United States foreign policy between 1920 and 1941?
What is Fear from WW1, break in neutrality, Nonintervention to Intervention, Isolationism.
Effects of war on society?
More jobs for women, migration of Mexicans and African Americans
What is Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?
Sanctioned “separate but equal” public facilities for African Americans.
What war was ended with the treaty of Paris of 1898
Spanish-American War
After the Soviet Union created the A-bomb what did the United States create next?
What is the H-bomb! (Hydrogen bomb 1000X more powerful than A-bomb)
Servicemen's readjustment act of 1944 is what?
What is Made money available to send former WWII soldiers to school, raised education levels.
Name 2 of Wilsons 14 points...
freedom of seas, an end to making secret treaties, reduction to national military weapons, removal of economic barriers, reduction of armaments, removal of trade barriers, make an association of nations(make a league of nations)
How did the Civil War transform American Society
It accelerated industrialization and modernization in the North and destroying much of the South.
What war ended with the treaty of Westphalia?
Thirty-years war
What is one necessary measure for fighting the Cold War?
-Quadruple U.S. gov. spending to 20% of GNP
-Form alliances with noncommunist countries around the world
- Convince Americans that a costly arms buildup was necessary for nations defense
Who is involved in the Axis and Allied powers?
What is Axis: Germany, Japan, Italy,
Allied: United States, Great Britain, Soviet Union, France, China
What was the treaty of Versailles????
It stripped Germany of many rights and controlled the Central power countries and made countries join the League of Nations
What is so important about the civil war for African Americans?
What war ended with the treaty of Paris 1783
American Revolution