US & International Conflicts

Helping to stop the spread of communism is a reason for U.S. involvement in international conflicts after World War 2 and into the 1970s.

• True

• False

US enters World War 1 because of which events?

• German U-Boat sank the ship Lusitania and Germany sent a telegraph to Mexico.

• Bombing of Pearl Harbor and the Invasion of Poland

• US wanted to go to war with anyone and Germany wanted to go to war with anyone too.

• Germany attacked the US and the UK at the same time.

Before World War 1 and 2 the USA was practicing more

• Internationalism

• Isolationism

• Fascism

• Totalitarianism

Which organization was created after WW2 to try to avoid world wars in the future?

• United Nations

• United States

• League of Nations

What event caused the US to enter WW2 on the side of the Allies?

• Bombing of Nagasaki.

• Bombing of UK.

• Bombing of Pearl Harbor.

• Bombing of Germany.

What was the main reason for the US involvement in the Korean War, Bay of Pigs Invasion, Cuban Missile Crisis, and Vietnam War?

• Stop the spread of democracy.

• Stop the spread of monarchy.

• Stop the spread of socialism.

• Stop the spread of communism.

In the Cuban Missile Crisis, the US used diplomacy to avoid a nuclear war. What other country was involved in the negotiations?

• North Korea

• China

• Russia

• Germany

After 444 days, the Iran Hostage Crisis was ended when the US negotiated the release of the hostages. What type of resolution is this called?

• War

• Strategy

• Free Speech

• Diplomacy

Gulf War 1 started when a country invaded Kuwait and the US with the support of the UN went to help. What was the country that invaded Kuwait?

• Iraq

• Iran

• Germany

• Russia

In Gulf War 1, the US was protecting a friendly nation Kuwait mostly because of what?

• religion

• steel

• oil

• weapons