What Colonial victory in the Revolutionary War brought increased support from the French?

1
What Colonial victory in the Revolutionary War
brought increased support from the French?

• Saratoga

2
What was the freezing cold low point for the
Continental Army?

• Valley Forge

3
Where did the British surrender to Washington at
the end of the Revolutionary War?

• Yorktown

4
What was the issue that started the War of 1812?

• British interfering with trade, impressing our
  sailors

5
Who won the war of 1812? Why was this important?

• the U.S., showed we could stand on our own

6
Who opposed the Mexican American War? Why?

• Whigs and Abolitionists, opposed extension of
  slavery

7
What did the U.S. gain from the Mexican American
War?

• CA, NM, AZ, UT, CO, NV for 15 million

8
Name two advantages the South had at the start of
the Civil War.

• Better generals, defensive war, passion for their
  cause

9
Name three advantages the North had at the start
of the Civil War.

• larger population, more industry, better
  transportation, more food production

10
What was the bloodiest single day of fighting
during the Civil War?

• Battle of Antietam

11
What was it about the style of fighting in the
Civil War that led to such huge numbers of
casualties?

• you would lead large s of your men in an attempt
  to break lines of large s of the opposition
  (e.g. Picket's Charge)

12
What was the purpose of the Emancipation
Proclamation? What did it give the Union?

• Free the slaves in rebellious states, moral cause
  for fighting the war

13
What two Union victories happened on July 4,
1863? Why were they important?

• Gettysburg (turned Lee back from DC) and
  Vicksburg (control of the Mississippi)

14
Who marched through the South in 1864-1865 with
the goal of forcing them to surrender? How?

• Sherman, waging total war

15
What war from the late 1800s signaled the
entrance of the U.S. as an imperial power?

• Spanish American War

16
Where did we gain influence as a result of this
war?

• Philippines, Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico

17
What group of countries did the U.S. fight
alongside in WWI?

• the Allies (GB, France, Russia)

18
What group did the U.S. fight against?

• Central Powers (Germany A-H)

19
What weapon did the Germans use in WWI to attack
allied ships and the British blockade?

• U-Boat

20
What two factors led to trench warfare?

• old tactics combined with new weapons

21
Name the two events that helped pull the U.S.
into the WWI.

• Lusitania Zimmerman Telegram

22
What law prevented disloyal utterances during
WWI?

• Sedition Act

23
How did the Supreme Court rule on the Espionage
and Sedition acts?

• they were constitutional - exceptional measures
  in war time

24
Name 2 kinds of people who might have been
opposed to WWI?

• immigrants (esp. German Irish), socialists,
  pacifists

25
What event allowed Germany to launch an all-out
final offensive on the Western Front in 1918?
Who helped to repel it?

• the Russian Revolution, the United States

26
What was Wilsons Plan for Peace called? Which
part of it was most important to him?

• 14 Points, League of Nations

27
How long did it take Germany to conquer Western
Europe at the start of the WWII?

• 9 months (9/39-6/40)

28
What law allowed us to provide supplies for Great
Britain while remaining neutral at the start of
WWII?

• Lend-Lease Act

29
What was the Atlantic Charter?

• An agreement on war goals between Churchill and
  Roosevelt signed in 8/41 (before we entered the
  war

30
What event brought the U.S. into WWII?

• Bombing of Pearl Harbor

31
What kind of things were Japanese-Americans
forced to leave behind when they were interned
during WWII?

• homes, businesses, most of personal possessions

32
How did WWII solve the problems of the Great
Depression?

• boosted production wages, created full
  employment

33
Name one problem faced by women industrial
workers during WWII.

• wage gap, fired for flirting, sexual harassment,
  little day care

34
How did our army handle soldiers of different
races during WWII?

• placed them in segregated units

35
How did the federal government raise money for
the war effort?

• Selling war bonds

36
Name two goods that were rationed during WWII.

• rubber, gasoline, sugar, flour, meat products

37
Name three common themes of U.S. propaganda
during WWII.

• join the armed forces, buy war bonds, dont
  spread info, do your part (ration, car pool, etc.)

38
How long did it take the Japanese to establish
control of the entire Western Pacific at the
start of WWII?

• 5 months (12/41-4/42)

39
What two kinds of fighting were most common in
the Pacific?

• naval air battles amphibious assaults (island
  hopping)

40
What battle was considered the turning point in
the Pacific?

• Midway

41
Where did the Japanese resort to the greatest
amount of kamikaze activity? Why was this island
geographically significant?

• Okinawa, less than 500 miles from Japan

42
What was the name of the program to create the
A-Bomb? Where did many of its scientists come
from?

• Manhattan Project, Europe which they left
  because of anti-Semitism

43
What was Trumans alternative to dropping the
Bomb?

• massive land invasion

44
Identify two things that were controversial about
the use of the A-Bomb.

• used on civilians, radiation, start arms race,
  unknown effects

45
Where did we enter the fighting in the war
against Germany?

• North Africa

46
Where was our next major campaign after winning
in North Africa? Why was it difficult to fight
there?

• Sicily (Italy), rugged mountainous terrain

47
What did we use to attack German manufacturing
and military centers from 1942 until the end of
the WWII?

• Long range Bombers

48
What invasion marked the beginning of the end for
the Germans in Europe?

• D-Day/Operation Overlord

49
What was the last major German counter attack of
WWII?

• Battle of the Bulge

50
Why did Truman fire MacArthur during the Korean
War?

• insisted on being more aggressive (nuke China)

51
What was the result of the Korean War?

• NK stays Comm., SK free, DMZ in middle (38th
  parallel)

52
What doctrine vowed to support all resistors of
communism wherever they may be?

• Truman Doctrine

53
How did we respond to the Soviets cutting off
access to W. Berlin in 1948?

• Berlin Airlift of supplies

54
What did the Soviets test/demonstrate in 1949
that scared the heck out of us?

• an atomic bomb

55
Who was put to death for supposedly giving our
nuclear secrets to the Soviets?

• Julius Ethel Rosenberg

56
Which U.S. Senator made a name for himself in the
early 1950s by hunting communists? What was his
fate?

• Joseph McCarthy, brought down by his former allies

57
Name 2 places the CIA intervened on behalf of
U.S. interests in the 1950s.

• Iran, Guatemala, Lebanon

58
Where did the Soviets attempt to set up missiles
in October of 1962? How did the U.S. respond?

• Cuba, naval blockade (this is the Cuban Missile
  Crisis)

59
What was the outcome of this crisis?

• U.S. promises not to invade Cuba again, USSR
  takes back its missiles

60
What were the southern sympathizers of communist
North Vietnam called?

• Viet Cong or NLF

61
Which president oversaw our escalation of the
conflict in Vietnam? Whos policies was he
following?

• LBJ, JFK

62
What gave LBJ the power to use any means
necessary to contain Communism in Vietnam?

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

63
What program was started to win over the hearts
and minds of the South Vietnamese and clear rural
areas of VC?

• pacification

64
Name two things used to defoliate the jungles in
Vietnam.

• napalm agent orange

65
List two ways combat conditions in Vietnam were
unlike those soldiers had prepared for.

• jungle, traps guerrilla tactics, heat rain,
  unknown enemy

66
What was vietnamization?

• turning the war over to the South Vietnamese in
  1969

67
Name one factor that made our involvement in
Vietnam so controversial.

• just cause?, high cost ( lives), impatience
  with lack of progress

68
What minority groups were over-represented in the
troops in Vietnam?

• Blacks and Hispanics

69
What theory proposed that if South Vietnam fell
to Communism, the rest of SE Asia would soon
follow?

• domino theory

70
Why did we start Operation Desert Storm/Shield in
1990?

• Because Iraq had invaded Kuwait

71
What type of fighting dominate the first phase of
the first Persian Gulf War?

• air strikes

72
What was the outcome of the first Persian Gulf
War?

• U.S. victory, Iraq out of Kuwait, Saddam stays in
  power