World War I
The US joined the war effort in this year
What is 1917
The southern states seceded from the Union as a result of his election to the presidency..
Abraham Lincoln
This was the United States' policy for dealing with the Soviet Union.
What is the Truman Doctrine OR containment
The Vietnam War began as a result of an alleged attack on U.S. ships in this place...
Gulf of Tonkin
These were the Central Powers during WWI
What is Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy (in the beginning)
The United States join WWII in
What is 1941
He led the Confederate Army at the end of the war..
Robert E. Lee
This was the name given to the imaginary dividing line between the USSR controlled Eastern Europe, and Western Europe.
What is the Iron Curtain
How did the U.S. get so many troops to go to Vietnam
The draft
This was the letter sent by Germany to Mexico in the hopes of gaining an alliance
What is the Zimmerman Telegram
These 3 countries were part of the Axis Powers during WWII
What is Germany, Japan and Italy
He led the Union army at the end of the war...
U.S. Grant
This is what the United States and the Soviet Union each focused on during the Cold War
What is advancing technologically, building up their military, and/or not allowing the spread of the opposite form of government
This was the leader of Northern Vietnam
Who is Ho Chi Minh
This is the document that ended World War I
What is the Treaty of Versailles
What is D-Day
The Battle of Honey Springs was fight in this state...
Oklahoma
These are two wars that the United States fought in during the Cold War
What is the Korean War and the Vietnam War
The Vietnam War ended under this President...
Nixon
WWII ended in Europe with this event
What is Germany's surrender
DAILY DOUBLE
Who was the President when the Civil War came to a complete end?
U.S. President during the Cuban Missile Crisis..
John F. Kennedy
This was the United States' concern, and reason for joining the Vietnam War
What is the domino theory
WWI started as a result of his assassination.
Franz Ferdinand
WW2 ended in the Pacific as a result of...
The use of two nuclear bombs by the U.S.
Why were southern states afraid of Lincoln being the President?
They thought that he would end slavery.
Who was the leader of the USSR when the Soviet Union fell?
Gorbachev
This was the outcome of the Vietnam War.
What is the United States pulling its troops out of Vietnam, and the North Vietnamese gaining control of South Vietnam
OR
What is communism spreading to South Vietnam.