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Wk 15 Review: Cold War - Later Years
Wk 15 Review: Cold War - Later Years
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1
The withdrawal of US troops in Vietnam and replacing them with South Vietnamese troops was known as:
Search and destroy
Vietcong
Guerilla warfare
Vietnamization
2
Who was the Soviet leader who Reagan challenged to tear down the Berlin Wall in 1989?
Malenkov
Khruschchev
Gorbachev
Stalin
3
During the Vietnam War, this was used to destroy jungle forestation...
H-Bombs
Thalidomide
Agent Orange
Forrest Gump
4
Which President during the Cold War was nicknamed the Great Communicator?
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Lyndon B Johnson
Jimmy Carter
5
Which President became deeply unpopular for escalating the Vietnam War and lying to the public:
John F Kennedy
Lyndon B Johnson
Jimmy Carter
Dwight D Eisenhower
6
After Nixon resigned because of the Watergate scandal, President Ford decided to:
Punish Nixon harshly for his crimes
Also step down from office
Punish leaders in Congress for impeaching the President
Pardon former President Nixon
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This was a major economic problem in the 1970s...
Low unemployment
Lack of trade for the US
Excessive savings by Americans
High inflation
8
During Richard Nixon's presidency, the US opened a relationship with this Communist country...
Belarus
Ukraine
China
East Germany
9
This bureaucratic agency was established during Nixon's time in office...
IRS
Medicare
EPA
Social Security
10
As a result of the SALT talks, the US and USSR:
Became even more hostile toward each other
Agreed to trade and remain committed to world peace
Agreed to reduce their nuclear arsenals
Decided to resume nuclear testing in the Pacific
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The Watergate scandal was an attempt by President Nixon's campaign to:
Embezzle government funds
Cover up government lies about Vietnam
Assassinate the Democratic candidate
Spy on the Democrats