United States History Wars and Conflicts STAAR Test
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| Spanish American War 1898 | Domestic Impact
American Imperialism Increased
Size of Navy Increased
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| Spanish American War 1898 | International Impact
US Emerges as World Power
Territorial Acquisitions - Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico
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| World War I 1914-1918 US entered in 1917 | Domestic Impact
Increased Work Opportunities for Women & Minorities
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| World War I 1914-1918 US entered in 1917 | Domestic Impact
Economy Improved
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| World War I 1914-1918 US entered in 1917 | Domestic Impact
Espionage Act of 1917 Limited Civil Liberties by making a Crime to Criticize the War Effort
Schenk vs. US (1919) limits free speech if words create a "clear and present danger"
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| World War I 1914-1918 US entered in 1917 | Domestic Impact
Desire for Isolationism and Neutrality Before and After the War
US Refuses to Sign the Treaty of Versailles & Refuses to Join the League of Nations
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| World War I 1914-1918 US entered in 1917 | International Impact
US entry to the war boosts the British & Allies, helps end the war more quickly
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| World War I 1914-1918 US entered in 1917 | International Impact
New Technology; machine guns, tanks, poison gas
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| World War I 1914-1918 US entered in 1917 | International Impact
Wilson's Leadership in Peace Making
14 Points
Creation of the League of Nations
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| World War I 1914-1918 US entered in 1917 | International Impact
Treaty of Versailles:Germany loses territory to France,Poland & all overseas territories
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| World War I 1914-1918 US entered in 1917 | International Impact
Treaty of Versailles:War Guilt Clause & other provisions designed to punish Germany; eliminated navy,reduce army,ordered to pay reparations
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| World War I 1914-1918 US entered in 1917 | International Impact
Treaty of Versailles:End of Austria-Hungary & the Ottoman Empire=new nations in Eastern Europe & the Middle East
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| World War II 1939-1945 US entered in 1941 | Domestic Impact
Alleviates the Great Depression because of increased industrial & agricultural production
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| World War II 1939-1945 US entered in 1941 | Domestic Impact
Increased work opportunities for women & minorities
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| World War II 1939-1945 US entered in 1941 | Domestic Impact
Increased opportunities for minorities in the military -Tuskegee Airmen,Navajo Code Talkers
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| World War II 1939-1945 US entered in 1941 | Domestic Impact
Executive Order 9066 relocated Japanese Americans to internment camps for fear of spying & sabotage
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| World War II 1939-1945 US entered in 1941 | Domestic Impact
Spirit of Volunteerism (Victory Gardens) & rationing at home to help with war efforts
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| World War II 1939-1945 US entered in 1941 | International Impact
New Technology:atomic weaponry, radar/sonar, jets, rocket engines, antibiotics
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| World War II 1939-1945 US entered in 1941 | International Impact
Tensions between US & USSR lead to Cold War
Division of Germany into West & East Germany
Iron Curtain over Eastern Europe
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| World War II 1939-1945 US entered in 1941 | International Impact
Creation of the United Nations
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| World War II 1939-1945 US entered in 1941 | International Impact
Marshall Plan-US leads efforts to support European nations as they repair from war
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| The Cold War 1950's-1991 | Domestic Impact
Not an Open Conflict; more of an ideological tension between the US & USSR
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| The Cold War 1950's-1991 | Domestic Impact
Increased concern over security: McCarthyism -named for Senator Joseph McCarthy-accused people of being communist without proof
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| The Cold War 1950's-1991 | Domestic Impact
Increased concern over security:House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)hunting out the communists in America'often the proceedings violated the constitutional rights of those being investigated
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| The Cold War 1950's-1991 | Domestic Impact
Increased concern over security:Rosenberg Trials -Julius & Ethel Rosenberg were accused of selling secrets about the atomic bomb & executed for spying
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| The Cold War 1950's-1991 | International Impact
Creation of NATO & Warsaw Pact-agreements made between western nations to protect each other against USSR(NATO) & agreement made between communist countries to protect against the west(Warsaw Pact)
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| The Cold War 1950's-1991 | International Impact
Arms race-development of large standing armies to serve as a deterrent against aggression,included stock piling of nuclear weapons
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| The Cold War 1950's-1991 | International Impact
Space Race-Sputnik launches in 1957
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| The Cold War 1950's-1991 | International Impact
Cuban Missile Crisis,1962-USSR sought to place nuclear weapons in Cuba,too close to US;almost leads to WWIII
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| The Cold War 1950's-1991 | International Impact
While not an open conflict,the Cold War influenced America to participate in other wars, like Korean War & Vietnam War
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| The Korean War 1950-1953 | Domestic Impact
US participates based on Containment Policy(attempting to stop spread of Communism) and the authorization of the United nations
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| The Korean War 1950-1953 | International Impact
Conflict ends with an armistice which created a demilitarized zone at the 38th parallel, exactly where the division started at the beginning of the war
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| The Vietnam War 1954-1973 | Domestic Impact
US participates based on Containment Policy-attempting to contain communists and prevent spread
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| The Vietnam War 1954-1973 | Domestic Impact
President Johnson used Gulf of Tonkin resolution to increase military presence despite a lack of declaration of war from Congress(increased presidential powers)
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| The Vietnam War 1954-1973 | Domestic Impact
Congress counteracted Pres.Johnson's Gulf of Tonkin response with the War Powers Resolution to restrict presidential powers during Nixon's administration
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| The Vietnam War 1954-1973 | Domestic Impact
The Anti-War Movement protested against the war-young people lead the movement
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| The Vietnam War 1954-1973 | Domestic Impact
Credibility Gap-even though President Johnson said the US was winning,the media was reporting otherwise-creating distrust of the government
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| The Vietnam War 1954-1973 | Domestic Impact
Expenses of the war meant that funds for Johnson's domestic Great Society programs were cut
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| The Vietnam War 1954-1973 | International Impact
America withdrew before the conflict ended.
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| The Vietnam War 1954-1973 | International Impact
Without American support,the South Vietnamese couldn't prevent the North Vietnemese advancing & capturing Saigon(now Ho Chi Minh City).
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| The Vietnam War 1954-1973 | International Impact
South Vietnamese who supported Americans were captured & suffered torture & horrible conditions in communist camps
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| The Gulf War 1990 | Domestic Impact
President Bush's Biggest Foreign Policy Achievement
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| The Gulf War 1990 | International Impact
US leads United Nations forces against Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait
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| The Gulf War 1990 | International Impact
Increased US influence in the Middle East
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| Somalia | Domestic Impact
Example of US Aid to Foreign nations
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| Somalia | International Impact
President Bush used military to protect humanitarian aid to Somalia
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| Balkan Crisis (Yugoslavia,Bosnia,Croatia) | Domestic Impact
Example of US Aid to Foreign nations
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| Balkan Crisis (Yugoslavia,Bosnia,Croatia) | International Impact
President Clinton helped lead international effort to stop ethnic cleansing and genocide
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| 9/11 & the War on Terror | Domestic Impact
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| 9/11 & the War on Terror | Domestic Impact
Increased security at home to protect Americans & prevent terrorism: USA Patriot Act-gives law enforcement greater power to search for terrorists;some portions were declared unconstitutional for violating civil rights
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| 9/11 & the War on Terror | International Impact
Us and allies fight in Afghanistan to remove Al Queda and the Taliban from power, 2001
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| 9/11 & the War on Terror | International Impact
US & allies invade Iraq based on fears of WMD's(Weapons of Mass Destruction), 2003 Results in removal & execution of Saddam Hussein in 2006
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