Name That War! EXAM

Question 1

Opponent: 23 Northern states vs 11 southern states
Results: bloodiest battle in US history, bitterness, Union won

Answer 1

Civil War

Question 2

Opponents: central powers-Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Ottoman Empire
Results: US world power, allies punish central powers

Answer 2

World War I

Question 3

Opponents: Axis vs Allies
Result: US superpower, Iron Curtain cuts off Eastern Europe, US uses nuclear bomb on Japan

Answer 3

World War II

Question 4

Opponents: UN and South Korea and China
Result: China enters war, stalemate, Korea still divided

Answer 4

Korean War

Question 5

Opponents: North Vietnam vs South Vietnam and US
Result: US leaves, South Vietnam falls, deeply divided nation, war powers act passed

Answer 5

Vietnam War

Question 6

Opponent: Iraq
Result: drove Iraq, out of Kuwait, gulf war syndrome,

Answer 6

Desert Storm (1st Gulf War)

Question 7

Opponents: US, Great Britain, and Afghanistan vs Taliban forces
Result: still fighting, Obama sent more troops, democratic government in most of south

Answer 7

Afghan War

Question 8

Opponents: coalition of US and Great Britain vs Sadaam Huessin and Baath Party
Result: Iraq now democracy, Huessin executed, Feb 2010-Obama declared war over, called “New Dawn”, over 50,000 troops remain

Answer 8

Iraqi Freedom (2nd Gulf War)

Question 9

opponent: Great Britain
Result: US independent country

Answer 9

Revolutionary War