Before WW1
What is “foreign policy”?
What is the way a country strategizes and makes decisions regarding other countries
When did WW1 end?
When is November 11, 1918 (11/11/11, the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month)
The largest seaborne invasion ever took place on June 6, 1944. What was it called?
What is D-Day
What were the years that the US fought in WW1?
What were 1917-1918
What is the name for a policy where a country actively intervenes in the affairs of other nations
What is internationalism
What was the initial foreign policy of the United States?
What was isolationism and focusing on building the new country
What was No Man’s Land?
What were the dangerous stretches of land between enemy trenches
What event cause the US to join WW2?
What was the attack on Pearl Harbor
What was the period of the 1920s known as?
What were the Roaring Twenties
Who was the USA’s main rival during the Cold War?
Who was the Soviet Union
Which executive department is respond for foreign policy issues?
What is the department of state
What was the League of Nations?
What was an international organization between countries with the goal for preventing future wars
What was the Manhattan Project?
What was a secret US government project with the goal of creating an atom bomb and nuclear weapons
Which European city divided the two sides during the Cold War
What is Berlin
Who were the 2 main rivals of the US during WWI?
What were Germany and Japan
What was the Monroe Doctrine?
What was a US policy from the 1820s stating that US would stay out of European affairs but would view any European colonization in the Americas or any interference in the Americas as a hostile attack
What was the Zimmermann Telegram?
What was a telegram from Germany to Mexico intercepted by the U.S. revealing that Germany wanted to propose to Mexico an alliance that would lead to Mexico regaining US land
What was the Lend-Lease program?
What was a US policy that allowed the US to provide military supplies and weapons to the Allied nations without directly fighting or joining the war
What structure in Europe symbolized the division of the Cold War from 1961 to 1989?
What was the Berlin Wall
What do VE and VJ stand for ?
What are Victory in Europe day and Victory in Japan day
What’s the difference between isolationism and internationalism?
What is isolationalism is a foreign policy where a nation prioritizes its own interests and avoids involvement in international conflicts and alliances, and internationalism is a foreign policy where a nation works with other nations to cooperate and address common global challenges and promotes mutual interests
What were the reasons the US entered WW1?
What are Germany’s unrestricted submarine warcraft, the Zimmermann Telegram, and to “keep the world safe for democracy”
How did the US entry in WWI change society in the US?
What were that factories began producing weapons rather than consumer goods, women filled men’s places working, more men joined the military during the draft, and goods were rationed to ensure there were enough for the military
What was the decision President Truman made to end WW2?
What was to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan
Why did the Great Depression keep the US from supporting WW2?
What was the country wanted to focus on domestic issues within the country and recover economically instead of joining the war