US History Wars Word Scramble
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War/Conflict | Impact |
Spanish American War 1898 | Domestic Impact American Imperialism Increased Size of Navy Increased |
Spanish American War 1898 | International Impact US Emerges as World Power Territorial Acquisitions - Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico |
World War I 1914-1918 US entered in 1917 | Domestic Impact Increased Work Opportunities for Women & Minorities |
World War I 1914-1918 US entered in 1917 | Domestic Impact Economy Improved |
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" |
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 |
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 |
World War I 1914-1918 US entered in 1917 | International Impact New Technology; machine guns, tanks, poison gas |
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 |
World War I 1914-1918 US entered in 1917 | International Impact Treaty of Versailles:Germany loses territory to France,Poland & all overseas territories |
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 |
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 |
World War II 1939-1945 US entered in 1941 | Domestic Impact Alleviates the Great Depression because of increased industrial & agricultural production |
World War II 1939-1945 US entered in 1941 | Domestic Impact Increased work opportunities for women & minorities |
World War II 1939-1945 US entered in 1941 | Domestic Impact Increased opportunities for minorities in the military -Tuskegee Airmen,Navajo Code Talkers |
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 |
World War II 1939-1945 US entered in 1941 | Domestic Impact Spirit of Volunteerism (Victory Gardens) & rationing at home to help with war efforts |
World War II 1939-1945 US entered in 1941 | International Impact New Technology:atomic weaponry, radar/sonar, jets, rocket engines, antibiotics |
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 |
World War II 1939-1945 US entered in 1941 | International Impact Creation of the United Nations |
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 |
The Cold War 1950's-1991 | Domestic Impact Not an Open Conflict; more of an ideological tension between the US & USSR |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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) |
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 |
The Cold War 1950's-1991 | International Impact Space Race-Sputnik launches in 1957 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
The Vietnam War 1954-1973 | Domestic Impact US participates based on Containment Policy-attempting to contain communists and prevent spread |
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) |
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 |
The Vietnam War 1954-1973 | Domestic Impact The Anti-War Movement protested against the war-young people lead the movement |
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 |
The Vietnam War 1954-1973 | Domestic Impact Expenses of the war meant that funds for Johnson's domestic Great Society programs were cut |
The Vietnam War 1954-1973 | International Impact America withdrew before the conflict ended. |
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). |
The Vietnam War 1954-1973 | International Impact South Vietnamese who supported Americans were captured & suffered torture & horrible conditions in communist camps |
The Gulf War 1990 | Domestic Impact President Bush's Biggest Foreign Policy Achievement |
The Gulf War 1990 | International Impact US leads United Nations forces against Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait |
The Gulf War 1990 | International Impact Increased US influence in the Middle East |
Somalia | Domestic Impact Example of US Aid to Foreign nations |
Somalia | International Impact President Bush used military to protect humanitarian aid to Somalia |
Balkan Crisis (Yugoslavia,Bosnia,Croatia) | Domestic Impact Example of US Aid to Foreign nations |
Balkan Crisis (Yugoslavia,Bosnia,Croatia) | International Impact President Clinton helped lead international effort to stop ethnic cleansing and genocide |
9/11 & the War on Terror | Domestic Impact |
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 |
9/11 & the War on Terror | International Impact Us and allies fight in Afghanistan to remove Al Queda and the Taliban from power, 2001 |
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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