Notes 18 - Review International Conflicts

What side was the US on in WWI?

• Axis Powers

• Central Powers

• Allied Powers

• Patriot Powers

What happened after the US entered WWI?

• Both sides agreed to stop fighting

• The Allies won the War

• The Central Powers Won the War

• The Germans sunk the Lusitania

Why did the United States enter World War II?

• To stop the spread of communism

• The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor

• The Gulf of Tonkin Incident

• To stop global terrorism

How did the U.S. defeat the Japanese in WWII?

• ground invasion

• the US had braver soldiers

• the US dropped atomic bombs on two Japanese cities

• submarine warfare

What is the struggle between the US and Soviet Union after WWII called?

• The Communism War

• The Cold War

• The War to End All Wars

• The Great War

What organization was formed by the US and its allies to stop the spread of communism?

• NATO

• NAFTA

• The Warsaw Pact

• The United Nations

After NATO was formed, what organization did the communism countries form for their collective security?

• NAFTA

• The Warsaw Pact

• NATO

• USAID

Why did the US go to War in Korea and Vietnam?

• to stop the spread of communism

• the sinking of the Lusitania

• The bombing of Pearl harbor

• to Americanize them

What event led to the US fighting in Vietnam?

• Gulf of Tonkin Incident

• September 11, 2001

• Pearl Harbor

• sinking of the Lusitania

What is the closest the World has ever come to Global Thermal Nuclear War?

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• WWII

• Bay of Pigs

• Gulf War