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What is secession?
The term for leaving the Union.
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What is yellow journalism?
Media that uses sensationalism and exaggeration to sell itself.
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Who is Woodrow Wilson?
This president first told Americans to remain neutral in thought and deed but later proclaimed a need to "make the world safe for democracy."
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What is Pearl Harbor?
This attack on U.S. soil, a date that will live in infamy, led the U.S. to declare war on Japan and Germany.
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What is communism?
Both the Korean War and the Vietnam War were fought to prevent the spread of this ideology.
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What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This freed the slaves of the Confederacy and was issued after the Battle of Antietam.
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Who were the Rough Riders?
Cavalry troops led by Teddy Roosevelt in the Battle of San Juan Hill.
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What is the Lusitania?
This Irish passenger ship was used by the British to transport arms and was torpedoed by a German U-boat.
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What is D-Day?
This key offensive led to the opening of a western front in Europe.
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What is Vietnamization?
Nixon's policy for ending the Vietnam War.
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What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This turning point battle was three-days long and was the last significant Confederate offensive into the North.
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What is the Teller Amendment?
Amendment to the war resolution stating that the U.S. did not plan to acquire Cuba as its own territory.
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What is the convoy system?
Due to German U-boats, this strategy was implemented by the Allies on the high seas.
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What are Japanese-Americans?
Fear of spies in the U.S. led to the internment of this population within the United States during WWII.
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What is containment?
The Cold War foreign policy goal that led to U.S. involvement in both Korea and Vietnam.
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Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
This general later became the 17th president of the U.S. and presided over a corrupt administration.
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What is the Philippines?
The major naval engagement of this war occurred in Manila Bay off the coast of this island nation.
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What is the Zimmermann Telegram?
A communication from the Germans asking Mexico to ally with them against the U.S.
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What is the Lend-Lease Act?
Franklin D. Roosevelt provided aid to the Allies through this program that allowed the Allies to borrow military equipment from the U.S.
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What is the 38th parallel?
The division between North Korea and South Korea is a demilitarized zone here.
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What is the Anaconda Plan?
Winfield Scott's strategy for the Union to win the Civil War by blockading southern ports, taking control of the Mississippi River, and capturing Richmond, VA.
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What is the Foraker Act?
The U.S. defined its relationship with Puerto Rico through this Act.
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What were the Espionage and Sedition Acts?
At home, these laws made it illegal to speak out against the war and led to Supreme Court cases like Schenck v. United States and Debs v. United States.
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What is island hopping?
This strategy was employed in the War of the Pacific in an effort to get to the Japanese mainland.
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What is the Selective Service Act?
One of the major criticisms of the Vietnam War was the unfairness of exemptions to the draft under this law.
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