HIUS 380 Test 1 Questions with Correct Answers Latest Update 2025/2026
Enfilade - Answers Flanking fire
Defilade - Answers Cover
Cover - Answers Something that stops bullets
Concealment - Answers Something that hides you from the enemy
Clausewitz - Answers Hit them in their center of gravity, essence
Jomini - Answers Checklist to win the battle
Infantry - Answers Blue pawn
Cavalry - Answers Yellow
Artillery - Answers Red queen
General Otis - Answers Peacetime general. Wants large predictable soldier patrols
General Lawton - Answers War general. Wants fast, unpredictable patrols
General MacArthur - Answers Carrot and Stick
General Funston - Answers Conducted an elaborate ruse to capture Aquinaldo and wanted to
use macabebe scouts
Battle of Cantigny - Answers First major US battle in WW1. Won because of long distance
marksmanship
Battle of Belleau Woods - Answers Major battle fought by marines commanded by General
Pershing
Meuse-Argonne Offensive - Answers Most costly battle for the US. Men vs. Pillboxes
What weapons were used in WW1 - Answers Springfield rifle, Mortars, Tanks, Machine Guns,
Chemical weapons, Flamethrower, Aircraft
What did the Air Force develop between the World Wars? - Answers The B-17
What was special about the B-17? - Answers Hydraulic bomber with 4 engines
Flies higher and faster than fighter aircrafts
What did the Army develop between the World Wars? - Answers Marshall- triangular division,
, holding attack, armored division, airborne, improvements to artillery
What were the improvements to artillery that the Army made between the World Wars? -
Answers OTOT, Firing Tables, FM Radio
What did the Navy develop between the World Wars? - Answers Aircraft Carriers with circular
formations
What did the Marines develop between the World Wars? - Answers Close air support,
amphibious warfare, Small Wars Manual
What did the Military do between the wars? - Answers War games (Blue force vs. Red force),
CCC
How many casualties did the US suffer during WW1? - Answers 53,000
What are the two types of Air Force tactics? - Answers Interdiction (bombers) and Fighters
Tactics win the - Answers Battle
Strategies win the - Answers War
Spanish American War year? - Answers 1898
What 2 countries involved in Spanish American War? - Answers The Philippines and Cuba
What led to riots in Cuba and demonstrations in the streets? - Answers Sanctions put on by the
US
Significance of yellow press? - Answers Propaganda by US to entice war with Spanish Countries
Why was the USS Maine sent to Cuba? - Answers Show of force
After the US sent the USS Maine to Cuba what they demand? - Answers That Spain leaves Cuba
The Explosion of the USS Maine was significant because? - Answers At first they though it was
due to a mine, but later found out it was an internal explosion - yet still led American's to war
Who replaced William McKinley as President? - Answers Roosevelt
Who becomes the main force in Cuba? - Answers Guard members known as the "volunteers"
In the Battle of Manilla Bay, how many rounds hit? - Answers 142 out of 6,000
Who did Roosevelt order into Manilla Bay? - Answers George Dewey
Why was the Cuban blockade by the Atlantic Fleet important? - Answers Because men and
horse swam ashore
Enfilade - Answers Flanking fire
Defilade - Answers Cover
Cover - Answers Something that stops bullets
Concealment - Answers Something that hides you from the enemy
Clausewitz - Answers Hit them in their center of gravity, essence
Jomini - Answers Checklist to win the battle
Infantry - Answers Blue pawn
Cavalry - Answers Yellow
Artillery - Answers Red queen
General Otis - Answers Peacetime general. Wants large predictable soldier patrols
General Lawton - Answers War general. Wants fast, unpredictable patrols
General MacArthur - Answers Carrot and Stick
General Funston - Answers Conducted an elaborate ruse to capture Aquinaldo and wanted to
use macabebe scouts
Battle of Cantigny - Answers First major US battle in WW1. Won because of long distance
marksmanship
Battle of Belleau Woods - Answers Major battle fought by marines commanded by General
Pershing
Meuse-Argonne Offensive - Answers Most costly battle for the US. Men vs. Pillboxes
What weapons were used in WW1 - Answers Springfield rifle, Mortars, Tanks, Machine Guns,
Chemical weapons, Flamethrower, Aircraft
What did the Air Force develop between the World Wars? - Answers The B-17
What was special about the B-17? - Answers Hydraulic bomber with 4 engines
Flies higher and faster than fighter aircrafts
What did the Army develop between the World Wars? - Answers Marshall- triangular division,
, holding attack, armored division, airborne, improvements to artillery
What were the improvements to artillery that the Army made between the World Wars? -
Answers OTOT, Firing Tables, FM Radio
What did the Navy develop between the World Wars? - Answers Aircraft Carriers with circular
formations
What did the Marines develop between the World Wars? - Answers Close air support,
amphibious warfare, Small Wars Manual
What did the Military do between the wars? - Answers War games (Blue force vs. Red force),
CCC
How many casualties did the US suffer during WW1? - Answers 53,000
What are the two types of Air Force tactics? - Answers Interdiction (bombers) and Fighters
Tactics win the - Answers Battle
Strategies win the - Answers War
Spanish American War year? - Answers 1898
What 2 countries involved in Spanish American War? - Answers The Philippines and Cuba
What led to riots in Cuba and demonstrations in the streets? - Answers Sanctions put on by the
US
Significance of yellow press? - Answers Propaganda by US to entice war with Spanish Countries
Why was the USS Maine sent to Cuba? - Answers Show of force
After the US sent the USS Maine to Cuba what they demand? - Answers That Spain leaves Cuba
The Explosion of the USS Maine was significant because? - Answers At first they though it was
due to a mine, but later found out it was an internal explosion - yet still led American's to war
Who replaced William McKinley as President? - Answers Roosevelt
Who becomes the main force in Cuba? - Answers Guard members known as the "volunteers"
In the Battle of Manilla Bay, how many rounds hit? - Answers 142 out of 6,000
Who did Roosevelt order into Manilla Bay? - Answers George Dewey
Why was the Cuban blockade by the Atlantic Fleet important? - Answers Because men and
horse swam ashore
