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Naval Science 202
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Undergraduate 1
05/04/2011

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1st Iron hulled (non ironclad) warship built in 1860
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HMS Warrior
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Mahan's most influential work in the late 19th century
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Influence of Sea Power Upon History: 1660-1783
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Not naval innovation of 2nd half of 19th century: self propelled torps, stell hulls, steam engines, rifled gun barrels.
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steam engines
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Spanish American War began after the ___ exploded in Havanna harbor
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USS Maine
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3rd full Adm in USN history, who was promoted to that rank after defeating Montojo at Manila Bay in Span/Amer war
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Commodore George Dewey
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Event contributed to growing anti-Spanish sentment in US before the outbreak of Span/Amer War
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Spanish atrocities committed during suppression of Cuban rev
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Why did the US construct Panama Canal
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provide a means of transferring warships quickly from Atlantic to Pacific
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Japanese completely destroyed Russian fleet at:
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Battle of Tsushima Straits
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According to Mahan, how should Navy be primarily deployed
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Battle Fleets
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3 Central Powers fought on same side in WWI
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Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
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5 Allied Powers of WWI
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US, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Serbia
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Event set off start of WWI
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assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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German Fleet and British Fleet fought only major naval action of WWI at
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Battle of Jutland
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treaty that ended WWI was called
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Versailles
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Problems w/ Five power Naval Limitation Treaty
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did not recognize that US and Great Britain were no longer rivals
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2 different codes used by Japanese in WWII
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JN25 and PURPLE
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What was the Tokyo Express
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Japanese supply line through "Ironbottom" Sound
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-Robert Whitehead invents self propelled torpedo
-Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated
-Battle of Jutland
-Mahan publishes his famous work
-five power treaty is signed limiting naval tonnage in 1922
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1.torpedo 2.Mahan 3.Franz 4.Jutland
5.Five power treaty
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-all big-gun battleship becomes the mainstay of US fleet
-hitler comes to power
-German Army defeated at 2nd Marne
-US begins Panama Canal
-German Army executes Schlieffen Plan
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1. big-gun 2.panama 3.Schlieffen 4.Marne 5.Hitler
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Factors sparked Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
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-US put an oil embargo on Japan
-Japan saw US as threat and wanted to take us out before we joined war
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State of the Navy after Civil War
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massive downsizing, president didn't believe a navy was necessary so most ships were moth-balled
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