American Revolution/War of 1812
Royal Navy strategy to address manpower shortages which led to War of 1812.
Impressment
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
Which wars were the Battle of Lake Erie and Battle of Saratoga in respectively?
Battle of Lake Erie - War of 1812
Battle of Saratoga - Revolutionary War
Confederate Naval strategy attacking enemy's merchant ships to disrupt their supply lines, weaken their economy, and inflict material losses.
Guerre de Course / Privateering
The rebellion of this territory directly led to the War of 1898.
Cuba
President Roosevelt sent this around the world in 1907.
The Great White Fleet
What are the three levels of war?
Tactical, Operational, Strategic
What European nation aided the American Army at the Battle of Yorktown?
French
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.)
Which Empires were dismantled following WWI?
Ottomon and Austria-Hungarian (Russian Empire acceptable answer)
This uprising overseas resulted in an 8-nation military force (including U.S. Marines) deploying to quell the violence and protect foreign commerce in this nation from 1899-1901.
The Boxer Rebellion in China
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)
What European War led to the outbreak of the American Revolution?
Seven Years War (French and Indian War in the American theater)
This battle saw the Union turning back a Confederate invasion of the North
Name three factors that led to the outbreak of WWI.
-Militarism (Arms Race)
-Complex Treaty systems
-Nationalism
-Imperialism
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
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
This international meeting developed post-WWI naval building restrictions. Also name the naval force ratios decided in the meeting.
Washington Naval Conference. 5:5:3 (US, Britain, Japan).
Give a definition of attrition warfare and two historical examples.
Attrition warfare is the term used to describe the sustained process of wearing down an opponent so as to force their physical collapse through continuous losses in personnel, equipment and supplies or to wear them down to such an extent that their will to fight collapses.
Examples: Anaconda Plan in American Civil War
Western Front WWI
Sherman's March to the Sea - Scorched Earth Tactics
Guerre De Course/Privateering in American Revolution
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare