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quiz 5 wars

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French & Indian War Cause: France vs Britain for territorial control in North America, N.A. alliances. Effects:end w/treaty of Paris Britain: territory +debt end of French colonial power, tensions with American colonists.
Revolutionary War Cause:taxation without representation and oppressive laws. effects: independence w/ Treaty of Paris demonstrated the success of revolutionary ideas about democracy and self-governance.
war of 1812 Cause: British interference with American trade, impressment of sailors, support of Native American resistance against U.S. expansion. Effects: stalemate, but the U.S. gained national pride, the Federalist Party lost support, begin Era of Good Feelings
Mexican American War Cause: annexation of Texas and disputes over the southern border, desire for territorial expansion (Manifest Destiny) Effects: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo gave U.S. large territories, intensified debates over slavery ->civil war
Civil war Cause: Disagreements over slavery, states rights, +economic differences effects: Union was preserved, slavery abolished (13th Amendment), begin Reconstruction, established the supremacy of the federal government over the states.
Spanish American War Cause: Cuban struggle for independence from Spain, explosion of the USS Maine effects:The U.S. gained territories: Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines. Spain ceded control over Cuba. U.S. is global power, begin American imperialism.
WW1 Cause:Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated, complex alliances, militarism, nationalism, imperialism effects: Treaty of Versailles, severe terms for Germany. U.S. is a global power, reshaped international order, League of Nations
WW2 Cause: German expansion under hitler, Japanese aggression in Asia, and Italy's fascist ambitions. Effects: defeat of the Axis powers, emergence of U.S. + Soviet Union as superpowers. U.S. is leading global military and economic power, begin cold war
Cold War Cause: Ideological conflict capitalist United States vs. communist Soviet Union. Effects: proxy wars (Korean War, Vietnam War), the arms race, collapse of the Soviet Union, collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, changed global politics.
Korean War Cause: Communist North Korea’s invasion of South Korea, prompting U.N. and U.S. intervention. Effects: Korean Peninsula remained divided, with an armistice agreement but no peace treaty. Was a conflict of the Cold War (communism vs. not)
Vietnam War Cause: The spread of communism in Southeast Asia, the U.S. policy of containment. Effects:The fall of Saigon in 1975 -> reunification of Vietnam under communist rule. damaged U.S. credibility -> a shift in U.S. foreign policy, + military interventions.
Persian Gulf War Cause: Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait and its threat toU.S. oil interests Effects: Iraq pushed out of Kuwait by a U.S.-led coalition, but Saddam Hussein remained in power. Showed a shift in U.S. military strategy (advanced technology + rapid deployment)
 

 



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