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26 Questions focusing on American Wars post-Civil War
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The United States crossed the 38th parallel to prevent the spread of Communism in this country
Iraq
Korea
China
Vietnam
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The "attack" on the US ship is said to be the cause of the Spanish American War
The Lusitania
The USS Maine
The Titanic
The USS Maddox
3
This surprise attack by the Vietcong led to Americans losing faith in the War and US government
D-Day
Pearl Harbor
9/11
Tet Offensive
4
After the terrorist attack on 9/11, the US entered this country to search for Osama bin Laden
Iraq
Vietnam
Iran
Afghanistan
5
President Bush's war in the Middle East to prevent Iraq from destroying Kuwait and Saudi Arabia
Vietnam War
Persian Gulf War
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Korean War
6
Sanford B Dole and the US military overthrew this country's queen to later make it a US state
Puerto Rico
California
Hawaii
Alaska
7
The American government placed Japanese Americans in these to "keep the country safe"
Internment Camps
Containment Camps
Concentration Camps
Extermination Camps
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He was the US president during the Spanish American War.
George Bush
William McKinley
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Richard Nixon
9
George W. Bush's war to eliminate the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein in the early 2000s
Tet Offensive
Vietnam War
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Persian Gulf War
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The organization designed by Woodrow Wilson after World War I to try and prevent future wars.
United Nations
North American Treaty Organization
Justice League
League of Nations
11
The sinking of this ship by German U-Boats pushed the United States into World War I
The Titanic
The USS Maine
The Lusitania
The USS Maddox
12
An amphibious assault into France by the Allied forces on June 6, 1944, that doomed the Nazis
Tet Offensive
VE-Day
VJ-Day
D-Day
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This type of WWI warfare led to large casualties and battles to last for days or even months
Guerilla Warfare
Submarine Warfare
Naval Warfare
Trench Warfare
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He was an American colonel during the Spanish American War that later became a US president
Woodrow Wilson
John Adams
Dwight Eisenhower
Teddy Roosevelt
15
This treaty ended World War I and also blamed Germany for all the destruction and death
Treaty of Manila
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Ghent
16
This 1950s war in Asia has been labeled as the "Forgotten War"
Vietnam War
World War II
Korean War
Iraq War
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The belief that if one country falls to Communism its neighboring countries will as well.
Containment Theory
Manifest Destiny
Domino Theory
Imperialism
18
The dropping of the atomic bomb on these two Japanese cities helped lead to the end of WWII
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Midway and Honolulu
Saigon and Tet
Versailles and Paris
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This conflict started because of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Vietnam War
World War II
Spanish American War
World War I
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The US became a world power after this war in the late 1800s
World War I
World War II
The Spanish American War
Vietnam War
21
The attack on this naval base led the United States to get involved in World War II.
Bering Strait
Iwo Jima
Nagasaki
Pearl Harbor
22
America gained Puerto Rico, Cuba, Haiti, and Guam as territories after this war in 1898.
World War II
Spanish American War
Korean War
World War I
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This major war lasted from 1914-1918 and was one of the most brutal the world had ever seen.
Spanish American War
World War I
Korean War
World War II
24
The US president at the beginning of World War II. He also served THREE terms until his death.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Dwight Eisenhower
Harry Truman
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Nazi Germany, Italy, and Japan formed this group during World War II and fought the US.
Axis
Allies
A-Team
Avenger
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US President Nixon's plan to reduce the number of American troops fighting in Vietnam over time
Reduction
Escalation
Detente
Vietnamization