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What conflict resulted in the creation
of our country?
Delegates from the 13 American colonies agreed to
sign the Declaration of Independence to
fight against British rule on July 4,
1776. After the American Revolution was won, the
13 American states formed a confederation under
the Articles of Confederation.
What domestic conflict caused the death of
more American lives than any other war in our
history?
The American Civil War. The states
seceded from the U.S. to form their own country called
The Confederate States of America and attacked the U.S. with
Rebel troops. President Lincoln led the Yankee
troops to keep the US together. This war was fought from
1861-1865.
Conflict: World War I
Events: After Germany sank the ship Lusitania with many
Americans on board, the U.S. entered the war and fought
with the Allied Forces. The enemy was the
made up of Germany, Austria-
Hungary and Italy. The 6 _________________ won in 1918.
After the War, President Wilson failed to persuade Congress
that the U.S. should join the League of Nations, because most
Americans wanted to follow the doctrine of isolationism.
Conflict: World War II
On December 7, 1941, Japanese planes surprise
bombed the U.S. Navy base at
7_______________________ in Hawaii. The enemies
were known as the 8_____________________
powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan). The war did not
totally end until the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on
Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan in 1946, the only
time such bombs were ever used in a war.
What is the difference between
the US’ internment camps and the
Nazi’s concentration camps?
Japanese-Americans were relocated to live in these areas to be supervised during WW2 as potential spies. Millions of European Jews (and others) were mass-murdered by the Nazis in death
camps.
Conflict: Cold War
After World War II, the Communist Soviet Union declared that
democracy and capitalism were an evil which had to be wiped off the
face of the earth. President 9___________________ established the
Doctrine of 10 _______________________, which declared that the
U.S. would defend democracies around the world to try contain the
spreading of communism. Both 11 ____________________ built up
huge arsenals of nuclear missiles, and set-up the alliances known as
12______________________ vs. the Warsaw Pact, but avoided directly
attacking each other.
Conflict: Korean War
In 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea. Supporting
13____________ Korea were the communist Soviet Union
and the People’s Republic of China. Supporting
14__________ Korea were the freedom-loving United States,
Great Britain, and the UN. When the war ended in 1953,
South Korea’s independence & democracy were safeguarded.
Conflict: Bay of Pigs Invasion
In 1961, the CIA of the U.S. trained Cuban exiles to try to
overthrow 15 ___________________. Since
16____________________ was allied with the Soviet Union,
this had given communism and the Soviet Union a place in
the Americas. The invasion failed.
Conflict: The Cuban Missile Crisis
In 1962, the Soviet Union began to place
17_________________________ in Cuba. The missiles could reach any
place in the U.S. and cause mass destruction. The whole world held its
breath, fearing that a nuclear war could begin at any second. President
18___________________ said that the missiles must return to the
Soviet Union. After secret diplomatic negotiations, the Soviet Union
removed the missiles from Cuba after the US agreed to never invade
Cuba again and to remove their nuclear missiles from Turkey & Italy.
Conflict: Vietnam War
North Vietnam’s 19____________________ wanted to take
over South Vietnam. The U.S. helped South Vietnam to stop
the spread of communism and the growing power of the
Chinese, who supported North Vietnam. The American
people protested against this war, so eventually our troops
were all pulled out of the conflict. The northern army
captured the South Vietnamese capital city in 1975. Since all
of Vietnam became communist, the U.S. ultimately
20_______________ this battle against communism.
Conflict: The Iran Hostage Crisis
The Ayatollah Khomeini encouraged a protest against the
U.S., which resulted in the taking of 66 hostages from the U.S.
21 ___________________ in Tehran. Since diplomatic
negotiations & a rescue mission had failed, President Carter
used 22__________________________ by banning oil
imports from Iran & freezing Iranian bank accounts in the US.
In 1981, President Reagan unfroze around $1 billion in Iranian
assets, and the hostages were freed after 444 days.
Conflict: The end of the Cold War
The end was signaled by the tearing down
of the 23______________________ in
1989, which had symbolically separated
the democratic west from the communist
east of Germany. The Soviet Union
gradually fell apart.
Conflict: Gulf War I
Iraq’s dictator, 24______________________, invaded
the country of 25_____________________. The UN
Security Council called for Iraq to withdraw. The U.S.
stopped most trade with Iraq. Operation Desert Storm
was launched in 1991, when the U.S.-led coalition of
nations defeated the Iraqis and freed Kuwait.
Conflict: Gulf War II
Hussein refused to allow the required weapons
26_______________ by scientists chosen by the UN.
President 27_________________ concluded that Iraq was
hiding weapons of 28________________________ (nuclear,
biological, and chemical). In 2003, the US led a coalition of
TROOPS from 40 countries to take over Iraq. The new Iraqi
government put Hussein on trial and executed him.
Why did the US send troops into
Afghanistan?
The US wanted to find the 29_____________ who
caused the deaths & destruction resulting
from the attacks known as 30____________.
Responsibility for these attacks was claimed
by Al-Queda, who was led by Osama bin
Laden.
