American Revolution/War of 1812
Battle which turned the tide of the War of 1812 with the destruction of the British Great Lakes fleet by Commodore Oliver Perry.
Battle of Lake Erie
Union strategy during the Civil War devised by General Winfield Scott, aiming to suffocate the Southern states' economy by blockading their ports and controlling the Mississippi River to cut the Confederacy in two.
Anaconda Plan
The primary naval strategy of the Germans in WWI
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
American foreign policy mainstay established in 1823 to deter European influence in the Western Hemisphere
Monroe Doctrine
This man published a book entitled, "The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660–1783."
Alfred Thayer Mahan
Royal Navy strategy to address manpower shortages which led to the Chesapeake Leopard Affair.
Impressment
Confederate Naval strategy attacking enemy's merchant ships to disrupt their supply lines, weaken their economy, and inflict material losses.
Guerre de Course / Privateering
This area of operations stretched from the English Channel to the Alps in WWI.
The Western Front
President Roosevelt sent this around the world in 1907.
The Great White Fleet
What are the three levels of war?
Tactical, Operational, Strategic
Ship Boarding and Regimented In-line skirmishes are examples of this level of war in the American Revolution
Tactical Level of War
The Vicksburg Campaign is an example of what level of war?
Operational Level of War
(Operational level connects tactical actions to strategic goals, involving the planning and execution of campaigns and major operations.)
The rebellion of this territory directly led to the War of 1898.
Cuba
This uprising overseas resulted in an 8-nation military force deploying to quell the violence and protect foreign commerce in this nation.
The Boxer Rebellion in China
What is one of Clausewitz's two central ideas about warfare?
-War is a continuation of politics by other means.
-The nature of war is timeless in that it is a contest of wills and is characterized by chaos, chance, and friction.
This political group traditionally advocated against a standing military and were seen as anti-Navy.
Anti-Federalists
This battle saw the Union turning back a Confederate invasion of the North
Name four factors that led to the outbreak of WWI.
-Militarism (Arms Race)
-Complex Treaty systems
-Nationalism
-Imperialism
This international meeting developed post-WWI naval building restrictions
Washington Naval Conference
What does Huntington argue is the cornerstone to his theory of objective civilian control?
Military professionalism
(Also acceptable: clear separation between civilian authority and military power)
List three outcomes of the War of 1812
-Increased American nationalism
-Treaty returned to pre-war conditions (status quo treaty)
-Defeat of Native Americans in Northwest territories and continued expansion westward
-Temporary federalist military build-up
Name two causes for the Mexican American War
-U.S. expansionist desires / Manifest Destiny
-Texas Mexico border dispute after Texas statehood
The name given to the German military ground strategy in the opening stages of WWI. This strategy was an example of ______ warfare in terms of Clausewitz's theory.
Schlieffen Plan
Maneuver Warfare
Name the four major territories acquired as a result of the War of 1898
Cuba, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam
T Harry Williams argued the "modern command system" arose out of the interactions between what two historical individuals?
President Lincoln and General Ulysses Grant