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ID Section Concepts Flashcards

Concepts covered in the course study guide for the ID section of the test.

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OFFENSIVE & LEGITIMACY:

The Battle of Bunker Hill

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British OFFENSIVE was successful (sustained attack and maintained momentum)

British LEGITIMACY was undermined; showed the Brit’s weakness by not completely destroying Patriots

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OFFENSIVE:

Battle of Charleston

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British failed the OFFENSIVE due to squandering movements

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OFFENSIVE:

Princeton

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Patriots sustain the OFFENSIVE by using deception to surprise Cornwallis

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UNITY OF COMMAND & OFFENSIVE:

Saratoga Campaign

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British failed UNITY OF COMMAND due to poor communication among the three commanders.

OFFENSIVE/St. Leger’s disappearing army

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LEGITIMACY:

Waxhaws Massacre

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British fail LEGITIMACY when they shot at Patriots who were surrendering

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LEGITIMACY:

Southern Guerilla War

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Sumter & Marion maintained LEGITIMACY; British failed to maintain it

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LEGITIMACY:

King’s Mountain

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British fail LEGITIMACY because Tories switched sides during the battle

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OFFENSIVE:

Cowpens

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Morgan upheld the OFFENSIVE because he had strong control

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OFFENSIVE:

Guilford Courthouse Campaign

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Green uses Cornwallis’ aggressiveness against him (wares troops out), Green isn’t trying to initiate but controls the fight

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OFFENSIVE:

Detroit Front

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Harrison orders a mounted attack

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LEGITIMACY:

Jackson’s Creek War Campaign

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Jackson upheld LEGITIMACY because he aided and protected those who switched sides (appeal to morality)

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OFFENSIVE:

Vera Cruz

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Scott maintains the OFFENSIVE; he moves quickly and controls the fight via an amphibious landing

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OFFENSIVE:

Cerro Gordo

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Santa Ana was forced to react

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OFFENSIVE:

Battle of Contreras

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Lee controls the fight (finds and maneuvers through a goat trail)

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LEGITIMACY:

Chapultepec

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Scott gains LEGITIMACY because he acts as government for Mexico City, example of good COIN

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PERSEVERANCE:

Anaconda Plan

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The plan would take about a year and a half to complete

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UNITY OF COMMAND: Henry & Donelson

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Rebels kept passing command (Floyd, pillow, buckner)

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OFFENSIVE:

Seven Days Battle

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Lee sustains the OFFENSIVE while McClellan wins, but doesn’t exploit

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OFFENSIVE:

Chancellorsville

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Hooker wasn’t able to have good control over his troops thus moved slowly, Lee is controlling the fight (has intiative)

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OFFENSIVE:

Overland Campaign

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Grant continues to press Lee to Petersburg

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OFFENSIVE:

Atlanta Campaign

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Initiated the attack

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PERSEVERANCE:

Reconstruction

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The army remains in the south for 20 years

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PERSEVERANCE:

Red Cloud’s War

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abandons Bozeman trail & Ft. Kearny for another route

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LEGITIMACY:

Philippine War

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US trying to show we can contribute positive things

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PERSEVERANCE:

1900s Election-Year Surge

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McKinley wants to stay in the war, so recruits people to progress the war toward a positive result

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LEGITIMACY:

Bonus March

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The reaction of Hoover and MacArthur to the Bonus March dramatically undermined their LEGITIMACY

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UNITY OF COMMAND:

Omaha Beach

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No formal UNITY OF COMMAND, but unity of effort via LT rallying

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PERSEVERANCE:

Okinawa

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Requires time to go bunker to bunker to remove Japanese through such tough terrain

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LEGITIMACY:

Little Rock

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federal government upheld court order to integrate schools (federal authority prevails)

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LEGITIMACY:

Kent State

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National Guard reacts poorly to student protestors undermining LEGITIMACY

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EXTERNAL LINES:

Saratoga Campaign

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External – failed b/c 2 of 3 British Commanders had poor communication, only one shows up to the fight

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EXTERNAL & INTERNAL LINES: Horseshoe Bend Battle

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External – Jackson good use, was able to surround Indians on peninsula

Internal – Indians bad use, got surrounded

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EXTERNAL & INTERNAL LINES: Jackson’s Valley Campaign

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External – Union has 3 armies under 3 commanders, don’t communicate to exploit

Internal – British good use, able to move quickly

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EXTERNAL & INTERNAL LINES:

Chancellorsville

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Internal – Lee

External – Hooker (double envelopment)

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EXTERNAL & INTERNAL LINES:

Battle of Gettysburg

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Internal – Union uses their lines to move quickly via fishhook

External – Lee doesn’t use them well

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EXTERNAL & INTERNAL LINES:

Pusan Perimeter

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Internal – US is able to move supplies quickly

External – NK exhausted themselves, had long + vulnerable LOCs

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OBSTACLES:

Battle of Charleston (1776)

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Obstacles - British mis-assessed amphibious landing due to tide & sand bars

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OBSERVATION/FOF:

King’s Mountain

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Obs/FoF – Patriots have it, use terrain to their advantage (trees/ridges)

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COVER & CONCEALMENT: Cowpens

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C & C – use microterrain (slight hill) to hide forces

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OBSTACLES:

Guilford Courthouse Campaign

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Obstacles – Green uses the woods to break up Cornwallis’ formations

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COVER & CONCEALMENT

+ OBSTACLES: Jackson’s Defense at New Orleans

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C & C – uses terrain & fog

Obstacles – Jackson uses the marshy area, canal reinforcements, and Mississippi River

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OBSTACLES:

Battle of Buena Vista

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Obstacles – Taylor uses hills on right and broken terrain on left

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OBSERVATION: Perryville

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Observation – bad example, Buell’s acoustic shadow doesn’t allow him to hear that his forces are fighting

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OBSERVATION/FOF
+ COVER & CONCEALMENT:
Battle of Gettysburg

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Obs/FoF – Union has them uses them to communicate & can see Lee approaching

C & C – Union denies rebels this because of good ^^^, Yankees on ridge

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OBSERVATION/FOF
+ COVER & CONCEALMENT:
Cassino & Rapido River

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Obs/FoF – the Germans sit on Monte Cassino hill and are able to see the valley of which US troops are trying to maneuver through

C & C – US unable to move through the river without detection

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OBSTACLES:

Battle of the Bulge

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Obstacles – Airborne Division uses obstacles everywhere to slow down German forces until Bastogne can get rescued

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TIMING:

Cowpens

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Morgan applied well to perform double envelopment

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TIMING:

Jackson’s Defense at New Orleans

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British fail b/c couldn’t get through terrain with row boats fast enough

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TIMING:

Jackson’s Valley Campaign

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Union – didn’t coordinate or time their actions

British – interior lines let them move faster, 50+ miles in 2 days

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TIMING:

Seven Days Battle

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Lee’s penetration attack has poor coordination

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TIMING:

Battle of Antietam

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Fought a little over here and a little bit over there

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TIMING:

Battle of Gettysburg

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Lee doesn’t use lines well, so fails

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TIMING:

Overland Campaign

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Penetration has to be just right, explosive occurs, but not exploited

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TIMING:

Kasserine Pass

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Didn’t exploit small victory, Germans able to win

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TIMING:

Inchon

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MacArthur timed really well, NK forces were preoccupied with Pusan

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TIMING:

Mayaguez

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Hasty decision making leads to a sloppy operation, left people behind

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TIMING:

Airland Battle

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Timing is synchronous and simultaneous

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TURNING MOVEMENT:

Princeton

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Washington flanks Cornwallis’ rear

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TURNING MOVEMENT:

Jackson’s Defense at New Orleans

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British, doesn’t work due to difficult terrain

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TURNING MOVEMENT:

Atlanta Campaign

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Sherman makes several of these against Johnston

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TURNING MOVEMENT:

Lae

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US did a successful on (achieved obj)

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TURNING MOVEMENT:

Lucas at Anzio

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Tried an amphibious turning movement to cut LOCs via cutting off roads, did not achieve Obj

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TURNING MOVEMENT:

Patton in France

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Encircles German forces or causes them to retreat to get them out of France (achieves obj)

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TURNING MOVEMENT:

Inchon

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Successful b/c cut LOCs & took Seoul, moved NK forces out of South

65
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What are the two US Constitutional guidelines regarding the US military?

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ARTICLE 1: (Congress) How the militia is trained; organizing, arming, and disciplining. Requires a simple majority.

ARTICLE 2: (Executive) The President cannot declare war, but he/she can commit troops

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CENTER OF GRAVITY:

Lake Champlain

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British LOCs

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CENTER OF GRAVITY:

NYC & Philadelphia Campaigns

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The Army

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CENTER OF GRAVITY:

1864 Union

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Presidential Election

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CENTER OF GRAVITY:

Shenandoah Valley

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Food and Crops

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CENTER OF GRAVITY:

March to the Sea

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Food and Crops

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CENTER OF GRAVITY:

WW2 @ Pacific Islands, Bismarck Sea, & Lae

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Troop Ships

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CENTER OF GRAVITY:

Vietnam

A

The People (south to join the north)

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