American History Spring Study Guide

Which of the following was NOT a member of NATO?

What is a global conflict between the USSR and the U.S., marked by an avoidance of direct war?

Where did the massacre of South Vietnamese civilians by US troops during the Vietnam War occur?

What begins right after WWII ends

The Treaty of Versailles helped to create the League of Nations to do what?

What was the first battle that the US attacked Japanese forces?

How many women entered the American workforce during World War I?

What was the bombing campaign of North Vietnam, started with President Johnson?

Who ruthlessly ruled South Vietnam until his assassination in 1963?

After World War II, Germany was split in four by the United States, Great Britain, France and

Which president escalated the war by attacking neighboring nations like Cambodia in the 1970s?

What was President Nixon's policy of withdrawing American troops & replacing them w/Vietnamese?

Tensions between students who opposed the war and National Guardsmen resulted in four deaths at

Which best explains why the United States sent troops to fight in Vietnam?

Allies did not hold ground and in turn lost the Battle of the Bulge

Who is best known for investigating communism in the film industry?

What were two chemicals used by the U.S. in the jungles of Vietnam?

All the following were ways to avoid the draft EXCEPT

An agreement to stop fighting is called an

What was the South Vietnamese Army called?

Who was the president of the U.S. when World War 1 started?

What did Congress do with the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?

How did the U.S. respond to the Soviet's first explosion of the atomic bomb?

What was the a growing youth movement that pushed for huge social changes in the United States?

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was based on the principle of

The 38th parellel became an important dividing line between

What is a U-boat?

The first satellite launched into space was

What were the two opposing sides during WW1?

Allies won the Battle of Berlin

Of the following participants in the Korean War, which fought on the side of the Communists?

What was one way American citizens could support the war at home?

After the Tet Offensive, the mainstream media began to

All of the following events happened in 1968 EXCEPT

Who were people who opposed fighting the war on moral or religious grounds?

Because of the failure to succeed in Vietnam by 1968,

Who was defeated in the Chinese civil War despite 2 billion dollars in aid from the U.S.?

Who were the communist rebels in South Vietnam? (Also called the Vietcong)

The purpose of The Iron Curtain was to prevent the spread of opposing ideals (ex. communism)

What battle led to the liberation of France?

What was Julius Rosenberg and his wife Ethel convicted of?

What was formed to prevent WWIII from happening

If one country in Indochina fell to communism, others would soon follow. What is this called?

What did some of Buddhist monks do to show their opposition to the President Diem?

The U.S. government passed the ___ to allow a draft to recruit soldiers for the war.

The Battle of Philippine Sea was a big loss for the Allies

Hitler viewed Jews as a religious community

How did the Vietnam War finally end in 1975?

What are border nations between the USSR and the West serving as a buffer zone called?

What battle is considered one of the greatest naval battles in history

Who appeared to be winning the Korean War until China actively entered the conflict?

Hitlers reign of terror ended when he was shot by the Soviet Union army

The Allies win the Battle of Iwo Jima

The Lusitania was a:

Adolf Hitler was able to gain power because

Who was the leader of the Nationalists in China?

What was one criticism of the draft?

An agreement nations make to support and defend each other is known as an

What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?

What 1968 battle in Vietnam was a turning point in the war?

The Hollywood ten were ordered to go to prison because they were convicted of

The Allies won the Battle of Normandy

Who are people who were for the war in Vietnam called? (pro-war)

Which country fought on the side of the Central Powers?

The building up of a strong military to frighten or defeat other countries is known as -

The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 caused--

Who was President Nixon’s National Security Advisor, lead advisor over Vietnam?

Germany is divided into 4 zones to help rebuilding

Since the 1950s, the false and unsupported accusations of a person's actions is now called?

The Battle of _________ US was able to anticipate Japan's attack thorugh "cracking" their code

The difference between President Johnson’s claims of winning and what was really happening?

Who was the leader of the pro-communist forces in Vietnam in the 1950s?

Which of the following was NOT true of the Russian Revolution?

The alliance between the Soviet Union and its allies during the Cold War was called

The Battle of Okinawa ended WWII when the Axis powers were defeated, Japan surrenders

Who was the U.S. Commander of operations in Vietnam who demanded more troops?

General Douglas MacArthur argued that the Korean War

After The Blitz, Geat Britain won what battle?

What was President Nixon’s strategy in ending the war was called?

Who was President Johnson's Secretary of Defense who argued for escalation of the war?

Which event was considered "the straw that broke the camel's back" and the start of WW1?

The young organization that fought for civil rights, and against the Vietnam War and the draft

The Nuremberg Trials punished those responsible for the Holocaust and other Axis power criminals

The Marshall Plan provided aid for European countries

What was the name of the Vietcong supply lines from North Vietnam and neighboring countries?

Japan attacked the US fleet in Pearl Harbor

Hitler commited genocide in the systematic killing of millions of innocent people in the

This country fought on the side of the Allies:

Who was the leader of the communists in China?

What was the Berlin airlift a response to?

Although Mao won the hearts of Chinese peasants, he failed to win U.S. support because he

Which of the following reignited student protests in 1970?

The treaty to end World War I was named the -

Who were the Viet Minh?

What did the Soviet Union set up in response to efforts from the West to reunify Germany?