The USA and the world since 1918: KEY DATES

06/04/1917: USA enters WW1

> How many US soldiers took part in WW1?

> Why was the first US Infantry Division "superior to all others"?

8th January 1918: Wilson’s "Fourteen Points" speech given to Congress

> What was Point 14?

07/12/1941: Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour

> How much of the US fleet was destroyed at Pearl Harbor?

> How far is Japan from Hawaï?

> Why did Japan attack the USA?

06/08/1945: Atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima

> Why was a second A-bomb dropped on Japan according to Truman?

> What does "break the deadlock" mean?

24/10/1945: Ratification of the United Nations Charter

> What is the purpose of the UN?

04/04/1949: NATO set up

> What is NATO?

1950-1953: Korean War

> What was/is the 38th parallel?

1955-1975: Vietnam War

> When was the photo of the "burning monk" taken and what was its impact?

1962: Cuban missile crisis

> Who were the two principal leaders in Cuba in 1961?

22 November 1963: JFK assasinated

> Who assasinated the president?

1980 Ronald Reagan becomes President of the USA

> What was the "Reagan Doctrine"?

1989 Berlin wall comes down...

> When and why was the Wall built?

1990-1991: Gulf War

> Who are the two people in the photo above?

> Which country did Iraq invade?

26/12/1991: Dissolution of the USSR

> What role did Korbatchev play in the demise of the Soviet Union?

> Who was the President of Russia at the time?

11/09/2001: Attack on World Trade Center

> Why did terrorists attack the USA?

2001-2014: War in Afghanistan

> When was Bin Laden killed?

2003-2011: Iraq War

> What are WMDs?

> Who did the second Gulf War topple?

> Why did Obama send war planes to Iraq?