Wars

Question 1

The sinking of the U.S.S. Maine was altered through the use of...

Accepted Answer

yellow journalism

Question 2

Teddy Roosevelt & The Rough Riders fought against what country?

Accepted Answer

Spain

Question 3

The building up of a nation's military, stockpiling weapons is called...

Accepted Answer

Militarism

Question 4

The United States joined WWI because of...

Accepted Answer

German U-Boats sinking American ships

Question 5

Why did the Spanish American War start?

Accepted Answer

The sinking of the U.S.S. Maine.

Question 6

The Japanese surrendered in WWII after...

Accepted Answer

The dropping of the atomic bombs

Question 7

What country got blamed in the Treaty of Versailles for World War I?

Accepted Answer

Germany

Question 8

The War on Terror started with what attack?

Accepted Answer

The 9/11 Terrorist attack

Question 9

In what war did president Harry Truman fire General Douglas MacArthur?

Accepted Answer

Korean War

Question 10

America joined WWII after...

Accepted Answer

Japan surprised attacked Pearl Harbor

Question 11

Did containment work in the Vietnam War?

Accepted Answer

No, Communism spread making Vietnam one communist country

Question 12

What was Woodrow Wilson & the United States policy before WWI?

Accepted Answer

Isolationism & Neutrality

Question 13

WWI officially ended with the...

Accepted Answer

Treaty of Versailles

Question 14

This propaganda poster symbolized women war effort on the American home front...

Accepted Answer

Rosie the Riveter

Question 15

WWI consisted mainly of what type of warfare?

Accepted Answer

Trench Warfare

Question 16

What two Axis leaders (WWII) are pictured above?

Accepted Answer

Benito Mussolini & Adolf Hitler

Question 17

During WWII, the day Germany surrendered is known as...

Accepted Answer

V-E Day

Question 18

The day the Japanese surrendered in WWII is known as...

Accepted Answer

V-J Day

Question 19

What was the strategy called used in the Pacific Theater during WWII by General MacArthur?

Accepted Answer

"Island Hopping"

Question 20

WWI started in Europe because of the...

Accepted Answer

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Question 21

What were the name of the WWII factions?

Accepted Answer

Allied vs Axis

Question 22

The Korean war began when...

Accepted Answer

Communist North Korea invaded Non-Communist South Korea

Question 23

This organization was formed to prevent the Eastern Bloc from spreading Communism to the west.

Accepted Answer

NATO

Question 24

Named by Winston Churchill, this was a symbolic line that separated Europe in the Cold War...

Accepted Answer

Iron Curtain

Question 25

The turning point of the European theater during WWII is referred to as...

Accepted Answer

D Day

Question 26

Did containment work in the Korean War?

Accepted Answer

Yes, because North & South Korea remained the same.

Question 27

The Cold War officially ended in 1991 when __________ __________ collapsed.

Accepted Answer

Soviet Union

Question 28

The mass extermination of 12 million innocent lives (6 million Jews) is known as the...

Accepted Answer

Holocaust

Question 29

What were the name of the WWI factions?

Accepted Answer

Allied vs Central Powers

Question 30

This iconic WWII photograph depicts the battle of...

Accepted Answer

Iwo Jima

Question 31

What was the name of Adolf Hitlers political party?

Accepted Answer

Nazi

Question 32

What was the name of the African American group of pilots during WWII that protected bombers?

Accepted Answer

Tuskegee Airmen

Question 33

In 1989 Germany was reunified when the _________ ________ was brought down.

Accepted Answer

Berlin Wall

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