Bobalik EOC Test Prep: Wars and Conflicts

Stopped communism from spreading. The country was divided at 38th parallel and still is

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

• Chinese Civil War

• Cuban Missile Crisis

Fought because of unrestricted submarine warfare, Zimmerman Telegram, and to make "world safe for democracy"

• WWI

• WWII

• Cold War

• Spanish-American War

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave Lyndon B Johnson authority to send troops into battle, lasted over a decade, containment failed

• Korean War

• Cold War

• Vietnam War

• War on Terrorism

Prior to our entry, we aided the allies with war supplies through the Lend-Lease Act

• WWII

• WWI

• Spanish-American War

• Persian Gulf War

This war was fought after 9/11 attack, removed Taliban from power & continued to fight al-Qaeda

• War on Terrorism (Afghanistan)

• Operation Iraqi Freedom

• Persian Gulf War

• Vietnam War

Non-fighting war b/w US & Soviet Union, lasted from 1945-1991 - war over different ideologies

• WWII

• WWI

• Vietnam War

• Cold War

This war was fought to help Cuba gain independence in 1898

• Korean War

• Spanish-American War

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Bay of Pigs Invasion

Wilson was president, encouraged victory gardens, Meatless Mondays, Wheatless Wednesdays

• WWI

• WWII

• Cold War

• Spanish-American War

We acquired Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines as a result of this war

• Spanish-American War

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• WWI

• WWII

We fought this war as a part of the War on Terrorism, removing Saddam Hussein from power

• Operation Iraqi Freedom

• Persian Gulf War

• Operation Taliban Overthrow

• Gulf of Mexico War