Wars in American History

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  1. 4. The king of England during the Revolutionary War
  2. 5. Following the September 11th, 2001 attacks, the United States engaged in war in two countries, this is one of them
  3. 11. The final battle of the Revolutionary War and the site of British surrender
  4. 14. The war that saw the U.S. White House burned down
  5. 16. The _________ war ended slavery
  6. 17. A war that began in 1939, but which the U.S. entered in 1941. The war would end in 1945.
  7. 20. This was the United States' main rival during the Cold War
  8. 21. The United States entered World War II because the ______________ attacked Pearl Harbor.
  9. 22. This war is sometimes called the Second Gulf War and resulted in the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. The conflicted lasted from 2003-2011.
  10. 24. The United States entered the Korean War (1950-1953) in an attempt to stop the ____________ of communism
  11. 26. The treaty of this ended the Mexican-American war
  12. 27. The U.S. president during the First Gulf War
  13. 28. The United States entered World War I because _____________ attacked U.S. civilian ships.
  14. 30. The Mexican-American war ended when?
  15. 31. The site of the beginning of the Civil War.
  16. 32. The opponent to the U.S. during the Spanish-American War.
  17. 34. In this war the United States faced opponents like Germany, Austria Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire.
  18. 35. The U.S. entered this war to force the Iraqi military from Kuwait
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  1. 1. The U.S. president during the War of 1812
  2. 2. The U.S. president for the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  3. 3. The U.S. president during the Civil War
  4. 6. The U.S. policy following the September 11th, 2001 attacks that included the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
  5. 7. When was the Spanish-American war fought?
  6. 8. During the Cold War, this was one of the main concerns of the United States
  7. 9. Dwight Eisenhower was a general during WWII, but he was president at the end of the __________ war.
  8. 10. This man was president during the Great Depression and World War II.
  9. 12. The war Americans fight to win independence from Britain
  10. 13. The U.S. war between the North and the South (1861-1865)
  11. 15. The U.S. president during that September 11th, 2001 attacks
  12. 18. All women gained the constitutional right to vote following which war?
  13. 19. The U.S. participated in this war from 1955-1975 to try to stop the spread of communism
  14. 23. A war fought by the US in the 1800s
  15. 25. Who has the power to declare war?
  16. 29. The U.S. president during WWI
  17. 33. The first (and only!)war to use nuclear weapons