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Review of Unit 8: Vietnam/End of Cold War
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What event caused the United States to boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics?
The Camp David Accords
The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
The Iran-Contra Affair
The creation of Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)
2
What is best represented by this image?
Detente was effective and long lasting
The Soviets held the advantage during nuclear arms talks
Negotiations help reduce nuclear weapons
Negotiations to reduce nuclear weapons were not effective
3
How did the Vietnam war cause LBJ to lose support amongst the Democratic Party?
Many democrats favored Vietnamization, LBJ did not
Democrats opposed LBJ's peace talks w/ the North Vietnamese
Democrats wanted total victory in Vietnam
Democrats started to demand a peaceful end to the war
4
What was Reagan looking to eradicate in Nicaragua when he provided support to the Contras?
Militarism
Communism
Islamic Revolution
Democracy
5
Why did the US government institute a draft for Vietnam?
War was fought mainly by wealthy young men who needed help
The war was fought largely by the poor and minorities
S. Vietnam demanded more support, volunteers were not enough
Wealthy elites found the old method to be unfair to them
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What does this image best represent?
A majority of the Vietnam war was fought in tunnels
How the South Vietnamese survived Operation Rolling Thunder
Use of guerilla warfare by the Vietcong and N. Vietnamese
How a draft was necessary to American success in Vietnam
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"Vietnamization" refers to
Arguments for an American military victory in the war
Encroachment of the communists into South Vietnam
Congressional approval of the military-spending bills
Nixon's plan to turn over most of the fighting to S Vietnam
8
What is best represented by this image?
USA & China becoming ideological & national security allies
Nixon's steadfast commitment to getting panda's to the U.S.
How Nixon supported Mao and Mao's ideology
Detente
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What was the "credibility gap"?
Propaganda from the North Vietnamese government
Victory claims of the Viet Cong
Difference between events in Vietnam & statements by US govt
Disagreements between the United States and its allies
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What causes improved relations between the US and the USSR during the late 1980s?
Increased military spending
Gorbachev’s programs of glasnost and perestroika
The outbreak of war in the Persian Gulf
The fall of East Germany
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What does this image best represent?
The Vietnam War took money away from the Great Society
LBJ fell in love with the Vietnam War
LBJ liked voluptuous gold digging women
America needed to adhere to the Domino Theory
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What was the most significant impact of the Tet Offensive?
America and S. Vietnam repelled the N. Vietnamese invasion
It demonstrated a failure of Operation of Rolling Thunder
American public opinion turned against the war
The Vietnam war ended
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What will this image represent?
Detente
Anger towards the Middle East and war against OPEC nations
Rising gas prices leading to inflation & a recession
Containment
14
What idea states when a country falls to communism the other countries around it will as well?
Containment
Detente
Domino Theory
Search and Destroy
15
President George H.W. Bush committed United States troops to the Persian Gulf War to
contain the spread of Communism in the Middle East
maintain the oil trade through the Panama Canal
fulfill military obligations as members of NATO
assure the flow of Middle Eastern oil to the US & allies
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What does this image best represent
Persian Gulf War
Iran Hostage Crisis
Detente
The American boycott of the 1980 Olympics in Moscow
17
What was the outcome of American support for Israel in the October (Yom Kippur) War?
OPEC cut off oil to the U.S.
All of the Above
Instability but democracy in the Middle East
Peace in the Middle East
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How did Ronald Reagan shift American foreign policy against the Soviet Union in the 1980's?
He sparked a massive arms build up to try to bankrupt USSR
He increased trade with USSR
He tried to abolish nuclear weapons
He continued with detente
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What was the purpose of the War Powers Act?
To allow state gov'ts to vote on issues related to war.
To return the power to make war back to Congress
To change the voting age to 18
To give the President unlimited power to make war.
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Which two nations did America broker peace with at Camp David?
Egypt & Saudi Arabia
USSR & Afghanistan
Israel & Iran
Egypt & Israel
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Which best describes how Americans felt in regards to foreign policy by the early 70's?
Continue the Vietnam War and prevent "dominoes" from falling
Wanted to start underground communities for nuclear safety
Many wanted peace, diplomacy and disarmament
They trusted government officials and felt they knew best
