Wars Flashcards
American Revolutionary War
1775
April 19
Lexington and concord
War of 1812
June 18 1812 Great Britain Lasted for 2 1/2 years Britain burned the White House down Really lasted about 6 months
Civil war
1861-1865
Confederates (south) vs Union (north)
Spanish American war
1898 World trade issues Taft- gov. Of Philippians during time Trade routes in pacific and ports Spanish released Cuba
World War I
1914-1918
Triple entente- UK, France, Russia
Alliance- Germany, Austria Hungary, Italy and later usa
Usa joined 1917
World War II
1939-1945 Axis- Japan, Germany, Italy Allies- Usa, England, Russia, France (Poland and China) D-day June 6,1944 Beach in France called Normandy
Korea
1950-1953 (now, still there)
North vs. South Korea
Usa fought for south
China fought for north
Vietnam
1955-1975
Operation desert storm
1992
Sadam Hussein invades Kuwait
Operation Enduring freedom
Afghanistan
2001- present
Remove al-queen and Taliban
Operation Iraqi freedom
March 19, 2003-2011
Oil
Weapons of mass destruction
Attack on Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941
Franklin Roosevelt
First man on the moon
Neil Armstrong
1969
One small step for man one giant leap for mankind
Cold War
1950’s
Russia vs USA
England, France and USA
Communist(dictatorship) vs democracy
NATO- North Atlantic treaty organization
Berlin Wall
Warsaw Pact- joe Stalin took control of Poland and all other countries that was taken from Germany