2014

Question 0

What were the 4 main causes of WW1?

Answer 0

• militarism
• alliances
• imperialism
• nationalism

Question 1

What policy toward international relations governed the United States in the early 1900’s?

Answer 1

Monroe Doctrine

Question 2

What new weapon and form of warfare made progress in the war difficult?

Answer 2

Machine Guns, Trench Warfare

Question 3

What incident was the last straw that finally drew the u.s. Into WW1?

Answer 3

Zimmerman Note

Question 4

What is Armistice Day and what was the date of this event?

Answer 4

Cease fire of WW1

Nov 11, 1918

Question 5

What was the purpose of the 14 points and who was their author?

Answer 5

Nations come to agreement, form unified nations, lasting peace

Woodrow Wilson

Question 6

What was the main emphasis of the treaty of Versailles?

Answer 6

Punish Germany

Question 7

What were 4 causes of the Great Depression?

Answer 7

• easy credit
• abuse of stock market
• overproduction of farms and factory goods
• international money problems

Question 8

What year did the stock market crash?

Answer 8

1929

Question 9

Who was the president at the beginning of the Great Depression who did not believe in the government going into debt?

Answer 9

Herbert Hoover

Question 10

Who became president in 1932?

Answer 10

FDR

Question 11

What was this new president’s plan called that would address the problems of the Great Depression?

Answer 11

The New Deal

Question 12

What were the two things that these programs were able to create? (More than jobs or breadlines-these are more fundamental)

Answer 12

• hope

- improved infrastructure of the nation

Question 13

What event led to the end of the Great Depression?

Answer 13

WWII

Question 14

What was the U.S. Position towards international relations called in the 1930’s and early 40’s?

Answer 14

Isolationism

Question 15

What program did FDR initiate to help support Great Britain but appease Americans who did not want to go to war?

Answer 15

Lend Lease Act

Question 16

What event caused the United States to enter WWII?

Answer 16

Bombing of Pearl Harbor

Question 17

What continent was the site of the first land invasion by Americans troops?

Answer 17

Africa

Question 18

Who were the two most famous generals from WWII and in what theater of war were they commanders?

Answer 18

MacArthur- Pacific

Eisenhower- European

Question 19

What event led to the surrender of japan? What president made this decision?

Answer 19

2nd Atomic Bombing
Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Truman

Question 20

What was the international policy called that guided the United States during the 1950’s and 1960’s?

Answer 20

Containment

Question 21

Who were the opposing sides during the Korean War and what countries supported them?

Answer 21

North Korea- China

South Korea- U.S.A.

Question 22

What is the boundary between North Korea and South Korea?

Answer 22

38th parallel

Question 23

Who was the president that escalated troop involvement in Vietnam to 200,000 men?

Answer 23

Lyndon Johnson

Question 24

Who was the president that promised “peace with honor” and called for the final evacuation of American troops in Vietnam?

Answer 24

Richard Nixon