World War I
World War II
The Cold War
Vietnam and Korean War
Foreign Policy misc.
100
His assassination resulted in the start of WWI
Who is Franz Ferdinand
100
The 3 countries that made up the Axis powers
What are Germany, Italy and Japan
100
The term given to the failed U.S. led attempt to overthrow the Castro regime in Cuba
What is The Bay of Pigs
100
This is the present day dividing line between North and South Korea.
What is the 38th parallel
100
Person/people that decide the U.S. Foreign Policy
Who is The President
200
This United States act created a lottery system that was used during WWI to fill the ranks of the Army
What is The Selective Service Act
200
This term was given to the large groups of African Americans that moved from the deep south to the North and mid-west
What is the Great Migration
200
This pro-democratic organization was formed for the purpose of Mutual defense.
What is NATO (The soviet equivalent was the Warsaw Pact)
200
The substance American Soldiers used to clear away dense vegetation from the Vietnam jungles
What is Agent Orange
200
The United States blamed Spain for the sinking of which U.S. ship?
What is The U.S.S. Maine
300
This treaty marked the end of WWI and placed most of the blame on Germany
What is the Treaty of Versailles
300
These two battles,one in the European theater and one in the Pacific theater, are considered the turning points of WWII
What is The Battle of Stalingrad and the Battle of Midway
300
The Truman doctrine and the Marshall plan focused on rebuilding Europe's war-torn countries by offering this type of assistance?
What is Financial Help $$$
300
This massacre featured the slaughter of 100+ innocent unarmed civilians by U.S. soliders
What is the My Lai massacre
300
Preemption was a key part of this President's foreign policy
Who is George W. Bush
400
This was used to stop the sinking of commercial ships by the German U-boats in WWI and WWII
What is The Convoy System
400
This pacific island captured by the U.S. was important because it would allow the U.S. to bomb the Japanese homeland
What is Iwo Jima
400
The Eisenhower Doctrine gave the President the authority to use armed force to help this region resist communism
What is the Middle East
400
This North Vietnam military offensive caught U.S. troops by surprise and made the American public lose more faith in the war
What is the Tet Offensive
400
The belief that if one country fell to communism the rest in that region would follow
What is the Domino Theory
500
The Zimmerman telegram and the unrestricted submarine warfare that sank these two 2 ships led the U.S. to declare war on Germany
What are the Lusitania and the Sussex
500
List the leaders and types of Government for the following nations during WWII:Germany, Italy and the USSR.
What is Germany(Hitler-Fascist), Italy (Mussolini-Fascist) and USSR(Stalin-Communist
500
One of the 2 biggest factors leading to the decline and eventual collapse of the Soviet Union was
What is Poor central planning(failure of communism) or the Huge cost of the arms race versus America
500
This nation aided the North Koreans and helped them push U.N. troops back to the 38th parallel
What is China
500
The Iraq invasion of Kuwait prompted the U.S. to get involved in this confrontation
What is The first gulf war (operation desert storm)
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