Question 1

Spanish-American War:

Accepted Answer

1898 conflict; U.S. gains Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico.

Question 2

Yellow Journalism:

Accepted Answer

Sensationalist media that influenced public opinion.

Question 3

Monroe Doctrine:

Accepted Answer

Warned European powers to stay out of the Western Hemisphere

Question 4

Roosevelt Corollary:

Accepted Answer

Expanded Monroe Doctrine—U.S. can intervene in Latin America.

Question 5

American-Philippines War:

Accepted Answer

U.S. faces Filipino resistance after annexation.

Question 6

Hawaii:

Accepted Answer

Overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani; annexed in 1898.

Question 7

China:

Accepted Answer

U.S. promoted Open Door Policy—equal trade rights.

Question 8

Boxer Rebellion:

Accepted Answer

Anti-foreigner uprising in China; suppressed by international forces.

Question 9

Open Door Policy:

Accepted Answer

U.S. effort to keep Chinese markets open.

Question 10

Japan:

Accepted Answer

Opened to trade by U.S.

Question 11

Matthew Perry:

Accepted Answer

U.S. commodore who opened Japan to the West in 1854.

Question 12

Gunboat Diplomacy:

Accepted Answer

Using military threat to achieve diplomatic goals.

Question 13

MAIN Causes:

Accepted Answer

Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism.

Question 14

Historical Background:

Accepted Answer

Tension between empires, arms races, secret alliances.

Question 15

New Technology:

Accepted Answer

Tanks, machine guns, poison gas, airplanes.

Question 16

Women/Minorities:

Accepted Answer

Entered workforce; contributed to war effort.

Question 17

Outcome:

Accepted Answer

Collapse of empires; new nations like Poland, Czechoslovakia.

Question 18

Treaty of Versailles:

Accepted Answer

formally ended World War I and imposed harsh terms on Germany

Question 19

Treaty of Versailles Success:

Accepted Answer

Ended WWI.

Question 20

Treaty of Versailles Failure:

Accepted Answer

Harsh terms on Germany → Rise of Hitler.

Question 21

Aggression:

Accepted Answer

Sudetenland, Anschluss (Austria), Czechoslovakia.

Question 22

Appeasement:

Accepted Answer

Munich Conference failed to stop Hitler.

Question 23

Invasion of Poland:

Accepted Answer

Started WWII (Sept 1, 1939).

Question 24

Blitzkrieg:

Accepted Answer

Lightning war.

Question 25

Operation Barbarossa:

Accepted Answer

German invasion of USSR.

Question 26

D-Day (June 6, 1944):

Accepted Answer

Allied invasion of France.

Question 27

Battle of the Bulge:

Accepted Answer

Last major German offensive.

Question 28

V-E Day:

Accepted Answer

May 8, 1945—Victory in Europe.

Question 29

Pearl Harbor:

Accepted Answer

Dec 7, 1941 → U.S. enters war.

Question 30

Island Hopping:

Accepted Answer

U.S. strategy to reach Japan.

Question 31

Pacific Battles:

Accepted Answer

Midway, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Coral Sea

Question 32

Atomic Bombs:

Accepted Answer

Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Aug 1945.

Question 33

Prosperity:

Accepted Answer

Economic boom, suburbs, baby boom.

Question 34

Post WWII Social Issues:

Accepted Answer

Gender roles, conformity.

Question 35

Jim Crow:

Accepted Answer

Continued racial segregation.

Question 36

Civil Rights Movement:

Accepted Answer

Social activism in the United States, primarily from the mid-1950s to the late 1960s, aimed at achieving equal rights for African Americans

Question 37

MLK:

Accepted Answer

Nonviolent protest leader.

Question 38

Brown v. Board (1954):

Accepted Answer

Desegregated schools.

Question 39

Civil Rights Act (1964):

Accepted Answer

Ended segregation.

Question 40

Voting Rights Act (1965):

Accepted Answer

Protected Black voting rights.

Question 41

Counterculture:

Accepted Answer

1960s youth rebellion.

Question 42

Protest Movement:

Accepted Answer

Civil rights, anti-war, feminism.

Question 43

Cold War:

Accepted Answer

U.S. vs USSR—ideological, economic, and military rivalry (no direct war).

Question 44

Truman Doctrine:

Accepted Answer

Aid to stop communism.

Question 45

Containment:

Accepted Answer

U.S. strategy to prevent spread of communism.

Question 46

Marshall Plan:

Accepted Answer

Rebuild Western Europe to resist communism.

Question 47

Korea (1950–1953):

Accepted Answer

North (communist) vs South (democratic); ends in stalemate.

Question 48

Domino Theory:

Accepted Answer

Fear that if one country falls to communism, others follow.

Question 49

Vietnamization:

Accepted Answer

Nixon’s plan to withdraw U.S. troops.

Question 50

Protests:

Accepted Answer

College campuses, draft opposition.

Question 51

Gulf of Tonkin:

Accepted Answer

Escalated U.S. involvement.

Question 52

Tet Offensive:

Accepted Answer

Major Vietcong attack—turned U.S. public opinion.

Question 53

Space Race:

Accepted Answer

U.S. vs USSR in technology.

Question 54

Presidents During Cold War:

Accepted Answer

JFK, LBJ, Nixon.

Question 55

Bay of Pigs:

Accepted Answer

Failed Cuban invasion.

Question 56

Cuban Missile Crisis:

Accepted Answer

Closest to nuclear war (1962).

Question 57

Lyndon B. Johnson:

Accepted Answer

Escalated Vietnam, Civil Rights Act.

Question 58

Richard Nixon:

Accepted Answer

Watergate, Vietnamization.

Question 59

Gerald Ford:

Accepted Answer

"Pardon of Nixon"- President Gerald Ford granting Richard Nixon a full pardon in 1974 for any crimes he committed during the Watergate scandal.

Question 60

Jimmy Carter:

Accepted Answer

Iran Hostage Crisis, energy crisis.

Question 61

Ronald Reagan:

Accepted Answer

Anti-communist policies, military buildup.

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