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Major Wars: U.S. History 1870--Modern Day
Major Wars: U.S. History 1870--Modern Day
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A review quiz for the #STAAR in high school #USHistory.
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1
The atomic bomb was used on two cities in what country?
Japan
China
Philippines
Germany
2
The Korean War ended in stalemate, who helped the North Koreans fight back to the 38th Parallel. (Select 2)
England
Russia
China
United States
3
This incident resulted in the U.S. sending more troops to Vietnam...
Pearl Harbor
Gulf of Tonkin
September 11th Attacks
4
The U.S. entered World War One...
Three years into the war (1917)
Right when the war was ending (1918)
At the beginning of the war (1914)
Never
5
These were the troops that supported Ho Chi Minh, but they lived in South Vietnam.
Viet Minh
Viet Cong
Vietnamese Troops
People's Liberation Army
6
Berlin was divided by this group into four different sections following the end of WW2.
Almost a Power
Allied Powers
Alot of Powers
Axis Powers
7
This process was President Nixon's way of leaving the Vietnam War with honor.
Democratization
Revocation
Vietnamization
Guerrilla Warfare
8
This is the name of the treaty that formally ended World War One...
The Geneva Peace Conference
The Treaty of Paris
The Camp David Accords
The Treaty of Versailles
9
The president of the U.S. during World War One was...
Woodrow Wilson
Lyndon B. Johnson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
William McKinley
10
This was a result of the new weapons used in World War One...
The atomic bomb
Trench warfare
Use of old castles in the region
Guerrilla tactics
11
This era ended with the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the U.S. entering World War Two...
The Great Depression
The Progressive Era
World War One
The Roarin' Twenties
12
The U.S. entered World War One as a result of this...
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Pearl Harbor
Sinking of the Lusitania
Sinking of the U.S.S. Maine
13
The U.S. entered World War One as a result of this...
Sinking of the U.S.S. Maine
Pearl Harbor
The Zimmerman Telegram
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
14
As a result of the Spanish-American War, the U.S. gained what?
Key overseas trading partners
Overseas territories
More debt from payments to Spain
New states to be in the union
15
The Korean War was an early conflict in what bigger war?
Chinese Civil War
War on Terror
Cold War
Vietnam Civil War
16
This battle is the major victory that the U.S. was involved in...
Battle of the Coral Sea
Normandy Invasion
Trench Warfare
Battle of Argonne Forest
17
High death tolls in World War One are a result of this...
Trench Warfare
All of the Above
Poison Gas
Machine Guns
18
This event caused the U.S. to declare war on Spain, thus beginning the Spanish-American War.
U.S.S. Maine
Gulf of Tonkin
Lusitania
Pearl Harbor
19
This president was so distraught over the Vietnam War, he didn't run for a second term.
Dwight Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
20
He became famous as a volunteer with the Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War.
William McKinley
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt
George Washington
21
This is the leader of the U.S. forces in World War One...
General John J. Pershing
General Douglas MacArthur
General George Patton
General Eisenhower
22
This battle is important in the U.S. "island hopping" strategy in the Pacific because it... (Select 2)
Gave the U.S. an advantage in the war
Allowed Philippine refugees to escape the Bataan Peninsula
Provided the U.S. a strategic island needed in the Pacific
Achieved revenge for the attack on Pearl Harbor
23
This is known as the turning point of World War Two in Europe...
D-Day invasion
Tet Offensive
Battle of Midway
Battle of the Bulge
24
According to this man, the U.S. lost Korea because...
The troops needed more time to win
Communists were working for the U.S. government
Capitalists weren't spending enough on the war
25
People in the U.S. disagreed with the Vietnam War because they...
didn't know how to shoot a gun
didn't agree with Ho Chi Minh
didn't agree with the reasons the U.S. was there
26
By losing WW1, this country was blamed for it and forced to pay "reparations" to the Allies...
France
Austria
Germany
Russia
27
Name these three leaders. (Select 3)
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt