American History Spring Study Guide

What begins right after WWII ends

General Douglas MacArthur argued that the Korean War

The Allies won the Battle of Normandy

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

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

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

Germany is divided into 4 zones to help rebuilding

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

The first satellite launched into space was

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

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

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

This country fought on the side of the Allies:

All the following were ways to avoid the draft EXCEPT

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

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

What is a U-boat?

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

What did Congress do with the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?

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

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

The 38th parellel became an important dividing line between

Which country fought on the side of the Central Powers?

What was Julius Rosenberg and his wife Ethel convicted of?

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

The Marshall Plan provided aid for European countries

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

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

All of the following events happened in 1968 EXCEPT

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

After The Blitz, Geat Britain won what battle?

Allies won the Battle of Berlin

How did the Vietnam War finally end in 1975?

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

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

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

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

What was formed to prevent WWIII from happening

Because of the failure to succeed in Vietnam by 1968,

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

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

What was the Berlin airlift a response to?

Japan attacked the US fleet in Pearl Harbor

What battle led to the liberation of France?

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

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

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

The Allies win the Battle of Iwo Jima

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

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

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

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

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

Which of the following reignited student protests in 1970?

What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Who was the leader of the communists in China?

An agreement to stop fighting is called an

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

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

Which of the following was NOT a member of NATO?

The Lusitania was a:

The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 caused--

Adolf Hitler was able to gain power because

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

What were the two opposing sides during WW1?

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

Hitler viewed Jews as a religious community

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

Who were the Viet Minh?

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

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

What was the South Vietnamese Army called?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Who was the leader of the Nationalists in China?

Who ruthlessly ruled South Vietnam until his assassination in 1963?

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

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

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

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

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

What was one criticism of the draft?

The treaty to end World War I was named the -

After the Tet Offensive, the mainstream media began to

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