Cold War & Modern USA Review

Which of the following was NOT a known fashion statement during the counterculture movement of the 1960s and 1970s?

Campus protests began in 1965 and continued through the rest of the war. What was the first type of campus protest?

Many of the popular artists of the day played at what music festival known as a symbol of the counterculture movement?

What incident in Vietnam caused President Lyndon Johnson to respond by sending U.S. troops to Vietnam in 1964?

These disgruntled, but mostly young white adults, started the counterculture of the 1960s.

President Clinton signed this treaty with Mexico and Canada to bring closer trade relations between the three countries.

Which was NOT a law passed by the U.S. Congress for social change during the Vietnam Era?

A _________ was caused during Vietnam by lies and deceitful news reports about how the war effort was going.

He is the only U.S. President to resign the office to avoid being impeached.

What operation by the Viet Minh and their allies showed the American public that the war was unwinnable?

Under President Nixon's orders, what operation dropped the most bombs on Viet Minh targets in a single day?

He became the first African American ambassador to the United Nations under President Carter.

To destroy the Ho Chi Minh Trail, U.S. troops began what operation to drop bombs on the secret trail?

This person was the only U.S. president never elected to the office of Vice President or President.

To end the Soviet Union, President Reagan built up what forces to force the USSR into bankruptcy?

Who won the election as U.S. President in 1988, following his years as Vice President under Ronald Reagan?

President Reagan's economic policy became known as what after it successfully turned around the struggling U.S. economy.

Personal computers became the norm in the 1980s due to stiff competition between which two computer moguls?

Following the release of the Pentagon Papers, what did Congress enact to restrict the military powers of the President?

This tragedy destroyed a village and led to the criminal prosecution of the U.S. soldiers who perpetrated the war crime.

Vietnam became central to the U.S. prevention of communist expansion in Southeast Asia because of what policy?

John Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962. Who was the first American to walk on the moon in 1969?

What disaster in 1986 was broadcast on live TV to millions of viewers in the U.S.?

The U.S. economy in the 1970s was rife with high inflation, leading to long lines to purchase what limited product?

Buddhist monks protested the treatment of Buddhists in Vietnam by doing what in public squares?

This native leader, born in 1890, sought independence for Vietnam.

Chinese Communist officials ordered the massacre of hundreds of student protesters in this area of Beijing in 1989.

Chemical warfare in Vietnam attacked the jungles. Which of the herbicides accounted for 60% of those used by US troops?

Following the Communist Revolution in Cuba, the Soviet Union planted military weapons on the island causing what?

This event began the U.S. War on Terror, bringing the Patriot Act and other sweeping changes still impacting life today.

Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) led a March on Washington, which drew 20,000 demonstrators, in what month?

May 4, 1970, campus protests turned violent with a massacre on which college campus?

The U.S. increased its use of this explosive substance to destroy Viet Minh & Viet Cong strongholds.

President Reagan is credited with ending the Cold War. What iconic symbol of the Cold War did he demand be torn down?

Which famous boxer was arrested for refusing to report to the military after being drafted in 1966?

What law gave Native American tribes their sovereignty while protecting their citizens under the U.S. Bill of Rights?

President Nixon and NSA advisor Kissinger used what policy to end the U.S. involvement in Vietnam?

Which U.S. President promoted policies to end poverty as a countermeasure to communism?

This situation in the Middle East was the culminating event of President Carter's ineptitude as U.S. President.

Satellite and cable television changed the entertainment industry. What TV channel changed the music industry forever?