American Revolution/War of 1812
Mexican American War/Civil War
War of 1898/WWI
American Foreign Policy/Imperialism
Military Theory
100

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

100

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

100
The primary naval strategy of the Germans in WWI

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

100

American foreign policy mainstay established in 1823 to deter European influence in the Western Hemisphere

Monroe Doctrine

100

This man published a book entitled, "The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660–1783."

Alfred Thayer Mahan

200

Royal Navy strategy to address manpower shortages which led to the Chesapeake Leopard Affair.

Impressment

200

Confederate Naval strategy attacking enemy's merchant ships to disrupt their supply lines, weaken their economy, and inflict material losses.

Guerre de Course / Privateering

200

This area of operations stretched from the English Channel to the Alps in WWI.

The Western Front

200

President Roosevelt sent this around the world in 1907.

The Great White Fleet

200

What are the three levels of war?

Tactical, Operational, Strategic

300

Ship Boarding and Regimented In-line skirmishes are examples of this level of war in the American Revolution

Tactical Level of War

300

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.)

300

The rebellion of this territory directly led to the War of 1898.

Cuba

300

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

300

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.

400

This political group traditionally advocated against a standing military and were seen as anti-Navy.

Anti-Federalists

400

This battle saw the Union turning back a Confederate invasion of the North

Battle of Gettysburg
400

Name four factors that led to the outbreak of WWI.

-Militarism (Arms Race)

-Complex Treaty systems

-Nationalism

-Imperialism

400

This international meeting developed post-WWI naval building restrictions

Washington Naval Conference

400

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)

500

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

500
Name two causes for the Mexican American War

-U.S. expansionist desires / Manifest Destiny

-Texas Mexico border dispute after Texas statehood

500

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

500

Name the four major territories acquired as a result of the War of 1898

Cuba, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam

500

T Harry Williams argued the "modern command system" arose out of the interactions between what two historical individuals?

President Lincoln and General Ulysses Grant

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