Colonial Era/American Revolutionary/War of 1812
* What three Principles of War did the British violate during the Saratoga Campaign?
Unity of Command, Security, and Simplicity
* To take Monterrey, Taylor used what Principle of War to fix the Mexican Army in town? and then he let that army depart the town.
Maneuver
* Who oversaw building the Panama Canal?
Army Engineers
How were weapons and supplies transported into South Vietnam to support the Viet Cong insurgency?
Ho Chi Minh Trail
* The President sometimes put Guard units under federal control, and Guard units sometimes struggled to handle unrest like at what University?
Kent State
* In the Colonial Wars, what dictated whether British forces used conventional or guerilla-style tactics?
Enemy and Terrain
* Who made adjustments in discipline to improve Security and win battles against Indians in the Old Northwest?
Anthony Wayne
* The WW1 Square Division emphasized mass and depth for prolonged combat, but this smaller WW2 Division stressed deployability and Maneuver for a global war
Triangle
* Abrams improved what after the Tet Offensive?
COIN
Where was considered to be a Taliban sanctuary during Operation Enduring Freedom?
Afghan-Pakistani border
* At Monmouth, how did the Continental Army Stop the British counter attack?
Good use of linear tactics
* What strategies did Grant’s use to end Rebel resistance and to break southern will?
Coordinated continuous campaigns and hard-war measures
* What were two examples of how Indians sometimes did not remain pacified after the Army sent them to such places?
The San Carlos and Pine Ridge Reservations
* What did Ridgway do to assist his successful offensives?
Raised morale and used firepower Mass
Resulting after Grenada, the Act which strengthened theater command by giving the theater commander authority over all services in that AO and simplifying command structure from the president to SecDef to theater commander
The 1986 Goldwater-Nichols Act
* Where did the The Constitution split control of the militia between?
US Congress and the States
* Using naval help and Maneuver in a relatively low-cost campaign, Grant took what city, which gave the Union full control of the Mississippi River?
Vicksburg
* During the Spanish-American War, where was US logistical operations, staff work, and disease control poor?
South Cuba
In October 1950, what was Truman & the UN's war aims for the Korean War?
Unify Korea and limit the nature of the advance in order to avoid provoking China and Russia
* In the OIF invasion, Iraqis often resorted to what? which mostly, but not always, failed
Suicide attacks and ambushes
* Which naval battles did US Naval forces win, which had a big operational and strategic effect even though they occurred on inland lakes?
Battles of Lake Erie and Lake Champlain
* Which of Grants Campaigns failed to achieve a decisive tactical victory against Lee, but it did cripple Lee’s army operationally and strategically?
Overland Campaign
* In the Pacific Theater, what strategy did the US employ to deal with the multitude of islands that the Japanese controlled?
Island Hopping
* What was Westmoreland's Dilemma during the Vietnam War?
Whether to focus his effort upon the North Vietnamese conventional threat or the Viet Cong guerilla insurgent threat
* In the 1990s, what US military operations encountered different conditions, required different approaches, and yielded different kinds of results?
Somalia, Haiti, and Bosnia-Herzegovina
What does Article II Section II of the Constitution state?
The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States
* What were the two main reason reconstruction failed even with Congress' ambitious aims?
Lack of perseverance in its Army force size down South or in completion of its reforms
* American forces at Remagen overcame challenges via Offensive, but this Operation in the Netherlands was too ambitious.
Operation Market-Garden
What was the result of the Total Force Policy in 1970 following the Vietnam War?
Reductions in all facets of the active forces and concomitantly increased reliance on the reserve components for both combat and combat support capabilities
Why did the Iraqi elections fail to stabilize the country in 2005-2006?
Lack of US resources and Iraqi quasi-civil war
Describe the significance of Tecumseh during the War of 1812
Tecumseh rallied Indian followers and joined British forces in Michigan, playing a key role in defeating American forces at the Siege of Detroit. After Tecumseh is killed in battle, Indian support of the British is diminishes
Why was General Scott more successful than General Taylor in dealing with the guerilla raiders during the Mexican-American War?
Scott was better administratively and his soldiers were more disciplined and interacted with the population far better than Taylor’s soldiers
* Guadalcanal taught US forces the importance of what?
Air power
New combine arms tactic that was utilized for the first time in combat at the Battle of Ia Drang?
Airmobile Calvary
* For the OIF Surge, US Army COIN doctrine re-embraced what Vietnam's lessons?
Army's focus upon political and social factors