Part 3–Using the activities throughout the lesson, complete this chart to describe how the United States responded to each conflict and the type of response it used. Sometimes the response to a single conflict changes over time. Include all appropriate information. The first appears for you.
Name U.S. Response Type(s) of Response
World War I
1914–1918
("The Great War") At first the United States tried to stay out of World War I. It was a conflict in Europe and Americans did not want to get involved. The Zimmerman Note changed their minds. In 1917, the United States joined its allies France and Great Britain to fight Germany. President Woodrow Wilson used diplomacy to help set the terms of peace at the end of the war. Isolation
Diplomacy
Intervention

World War II
1938–1945







Korean War
1950–1953







Bay of Pigs
April 1961







Cuban Missile Crisis
October 1962







Vietnam War
1954–1975







Iran Hostage Crisis
1979–1981







Gulf War I
1990–1991
("Persian Gulf War")







Gulf War II
2003–2011
("Iraq War")