WWII
WWII started when Germany invaded this country.
Poland
This was the bloodiest single-day battle in the ACW
Battle of Antietam
This conflict set the stage for the Korean War.
WWII
The term popularized by Winston Churchill used to describe Soviet relations with Western powers.
Iron curtain
The number of American Presidents that were elected during The Vietnam War.
5 (Johnson, Kennedy, Nixon, Eisenhower, and Ford)
This city was the site of a 900- day siege during WWII
Leningrad
This city was the first capital of the Confederate States of America
Montgomery
This American foreign policy contributed to US involvement in the Korean War.
The Truman Doctrine
This theory stated one country's "fall" into communism would precipitate neighboring countries to do the same
domino theory
this populist Vietnamese revolutionary led a rebellion
Ho Chi Minh
This technology helped the U.K. defeat Germany's months long air offensive against it in the Battle of Britain.
Radar
This semi-military secret organization was active in the Midwestern states during the ACW.
Knights of the Golden Circle
The island the Chinese Nationalists fled to after being defeated by Mao and the Chinese Communists.
Formosa
Often cited as their first regime change, the CIA deposed the prime minister of this country after he nationalized their oil industry.
Iran
This was the name given to the documents that split Vietnam into North and South.
The Geneva Accords
Helium balloons
This battle helped the Union regain the state of Tennessee.
Battle of Fort Henry
The island where MacArthur and Truman met to discuss policy.
Wake Island
In a failed attempt to overthrow communist ruler Fidel Castro, U.S.-funded Cuban exiles used this site to start their invasion.
Bay of Pigs
This was the name of the first American Military Operation of the Vietnam War.
Operation Rolling Thunder
Because Japan conquered the Dutch East Indies, these goods were first to be rationed in the United States.
Tires
This person was the quartermaster general of the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Montgomery Meigs
The kind of war Truman hoped to pursue in Korea
Limited War
A direct "hotline" from the White House to the Kremlin was established as a result of this event.
Cuban Missile Crisis
This is the person who brokered peace talks with the North Vietnamese in 1970.
Henry Kissinger