1. Both the Mexican War and SpanishAmerican War resulted in
(A) little territory lost or gained by the
belligerents
(B) completion of America's drive for
Manifest Destiny
(C) stopping European aggression in the
Caribbean and South America
(D) the United States gaining clear title to
Cuba and Texas
(E) the United States gaining significant
territorial acquisitions
2. In terms of objective and outcome the ,ivaI'
that
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
most resembled the Korean War was
Vietnam
World War II
the Spanish American War
World War I
the Mexican War
3. The War of 1812, Spanish-American War,
and World War I all involved
(A) disputes over land claims in the
Western Hemisphere
(B) toppling foreign leaders who
threatened United States security
(C) maritime incidents that led to war
(D) border incidents that started the
conflicts
(E) large territorial gains for the United
States at the settlement of the conflict
1812-1814
1846-1848
1861-1865
1898
James Madison
James K. Polk
Abraham Lincoln
William McKinley
Impressment
Manifest Destiny
Slavery
Freedom of the
seas threatened
Texas boundary
dispute
States' rights
Oppression of Cubans
by Spain sparks revolt
U.S. hoped to gain
Canada from
England
South's desire for
new slave territory
War Hawks'
pressure
Eleven southern
states withdrew
from Union to
start their own
country
U.S. business
interests threatened in
Cuba by the
fighting between the
rebels and Spanish
Battleship Maine
blown up
Yellow press
strengthened antiSpanish sentiment
Pressures of new
Manifest Destiny
England burned
Washington
Plattsburg battle
Buena Vista
Antietam
Manila Bay
Siege of Veracruz
Fredericks burg
San Juan Hill
Mexico City
ChanceJJorsville
Battle of the Thames
Gettysburg
Siege of Baltimore
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Sherman's march
to sea
Ghent
Guadalupe Hidalgo
Appomattox
Paris
No resolution of
original disputes
U.S. got Mexican
Cession
Cuba freed from Spain
No territory gained
for either side
Agreement on
Texas border
South rejoined
the Union, but
without slavery
War promoted
American
nationalism and
patriotism
Fulfilled Manifest
Destiny
Crushed Indian
resistance in South
and West
Federalist Party died
Industrialization
began in New
England
Era of Good
Feelings began
Re-opened debate
over expansion of
slavery (Wilmot
Proviso)
Led to Compromise
of 1850
Union saved
Ended slavery in
the U. S.
Bloodiest war in
American history
Difficult and
divisive Era of
Reconstruction
left bitter
feelings on both
sides for decades
U.S. got Guam, Puerto
Rico, Philippines
U.S. acquires foreign
territory and becomes
world power
U.S. enforced Monroe
Doctrine with
aggressiveness
F. Roosevelt
H. Truman
H. Truman
D. Eisenhower
German submarine
attacks
Japan closed Open
Door in China
Sinking of the
Japanese expansion
in Asia and Pacific
Communist North
Korea attacked
South Korea and the
United States sent
troops to contain
communism
Failure to hold
Geneva Accords'
elections in 1956
caused communist
insurgency in South
Vietnam and attacks
by North Vietnamese
forces
Guadalcanal
Pusan siege
Gulf of Tonkin
Chateau Thierry
Midway
Inchon landing
Pleiku
Second Battle
of the Marne
Leyte Gulf
Chinese communist
intervention
Tet Attacks
Accords vvith the
Axis powers
Panmunjom Accords
Paris Accords
Unconditional
surrender
South Korea
remained free of
communism
Cease fire
Lusitania
Zimmerman
Note
Pearl Harbor
attacked
Germany declared
war onU.S.
El Alamein
Stalingrad
H. Truman to
G. Ford
Invasion of
Cambodia
Normandy Invasion
Battle of the Bulge
Germany
surrendered,
punished for war
League of Nations
created
European boundaries
redrawn to create
new nations
Germany, Italy and
Japan gave up
FasCist philosophies
and methods
Communism
remained in the
North
Japan and Germany
occupied by Allied
forces
Atomic age began
at Hiroshima
First test of military
containment
Communists took
over in Russia
USSRIU.S. began
Cold War
First limited war
U.S. rejected
membership in
League of Nations
United Nations
founded
Harsh treatment of
Germany leads to
rise of Hitler
U.S. became
international
superpower
Hardened relations
between the U.S.
and Communist
China
Communist troops
remained in South
Americans withdrew
South Vietnam
temporarily
remained free of
communism
Six U.S. presidents
tried to contain
communism
War divided nation,
left legacy of distrust
of government and
foreign intervention
In 1975 North
conquered South
and communism
triumphed