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| What was the period of hostility between communist powers and western powers called? | Cold War |
| Where did the allied forces decide how to split Berlin, Germany into four zones in 1945? | The Yalta Conference |
| What describes when Western planes flew in food and supplies to Berlin over a Soviet blockade? | The Berlin Airlift |
| Which country did the United States view as the biggest threat to world peace after World War II? | The Soviet Union |
| What was the imaginary line that divided communist Europe from non-communist Europe called? | The Iron Curtain |
| What does the Berlin Wall symbolize? | Communist repression |
| What happens on November 9, 1989 that eventually unites the country of Germany under non- communist rule? | The Fall of The Berlin Wall |
| What was the economic assistance given to Western European nations to repair their nations after WWII called? | The Marshall Plan |
| This said the U.S. would stop the spread of Communism anywhere in the world. | Truman Doctrine |
| The idea where the U.S. felt if one country became communist, then another and another would keep falling to communism was: | The Domino Theory |
| The U.S. policy that was defined as stopping communism from spreading was called: | Containment |
| This warned European nations that if they became involved in areas of the Western Hemisphere (specifically Latin America), the United States would view that as an act of aggression. | Monroe Doctrine |
| What organization was created after WW II to prevent future wars and settle international disputes? | United Nations |
| Why is it difficult for the UN to settle disputes between nations? | U.S, France, Russia, Britain & China have veto power |
| What military alliance did the United States join to defend against communism? | NATO |
| Who led the UN military forces during the Korean War? | Douglas MacArthur |
| What happened to MacArthur when he publicly criticized Truman’s cautious approach to the Korean War? | He was fired by Truman |
| How did the Korean War end? | With a cease fire along the 38th parallel |
| On June 25, 1950, North Korean troops suddenly invaded? | South Korea |
| What country started to support North Korea after U.N. troops came close to their boarder? | China |
| What could be said about the start and end of the Korean War | Both sides started and ended at the 38th parallel |
| When did the United States pull all troops out of Korea? | Never. We still have troops there today |
| How well did the Bay of Pigs go? | Terrible... The U.S. didn't even deliver their promised air raid support. |
| After the U.S. discovered Soviet missile sites in Cuba, what was Kennedy's response? | A naval blockade around Cuba not letting any ships through |
| What was the Peace Corps supposed to do? | Provide aid to poor countries, Lower the appeal of communism, Provide volunteer workers such as teachers and doctors |
| Which country launched the world’s first human-made satellite into orbit? | The Soviet Union |
| What country was the first to send a human being to orbit Earth? | Soviet Union |
| While trying to have the Soviets spend less on nuclear arms, what did President Kennedy do? | He increased spending |
| Whose name has come to be associated with accusing someone of disloyalty without having any evidence? | Joseph Carthy's |
| What was it called when the Soviet Union and Communist China broke their alliance and made the Domino Theory unimportant? | The Sino - Soviet Split |
| Which countrie did Vietnam fight with in the 1900's? | France, United States, Japan |
| The regime in South Vietnam that supported the communist North Vietnamese was called: | Vietcong |
| What was the name of the event that gave Lyndon Johnson authority to use American forces in Vietnam and to escalate U.S. involvement? | Gulf of Tonkin Resolution |
| Why was fighting in Vietnam so difficult? | Dense jungles, Muddy trails, Swampy rice paddies, No clear enemy lines |
| What was the name given to the turning point of the war on January 31, 1968? | Tet Offensive |
| What was the name of Nixon's policy where the South Vietnamese would start taking more and more control of the war? | Vietnamization |
| In the end, what was the North Vietnamese goal? | Unify Vietnam under a communist government |
| What was the name of the North Vietnamese leader? | Ho Chi Minh |
| If you were part of the American counterculture of this era, were you MORE LIKELY to be a Hawk or a Dove? | Dove |
| Where did the famous incident that 4 college students were killed by the National Guard take place? | Kent State University |
| What event opened up the Soviet Union from communist repression that means "opening," lifting media censorship, and the Soviets speaking out against government that helped mark the beginning of the collapse of the Soviet Union? | Glasnost |
| What event opened up the Soviet Union from communist repression that means "restructuring" of a corrupt government bureaucracy and the withdrawal from Afghanistan? | Perestroika |
| What happens to the Soviet Union in 1991? | It collapses |
| What group had the job of responding to "leaks" of secret information to investigate Nixon's political enemies and broke into the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate Hotel to collect information about the Democratic Strategy for the 1972 election? | Plumbers |
| What happened during the investigation of the Watergate scandal when the Senate Investigation revealed that a former presidential aide to Nixon said that Nixon tape recorded all conversations in his office since 1971? | Nixon refuses to give up the tapes |
| What does Nixon refer to when he claimed that he has a right to withhold the tapes because all White House conversations should remain confidential to protect national security? | Executive Authority/Privilege |
| What happens as a result of the Watergate Scandal? | Nixon resigns |
| Why is the Watergate Scandal so significant to Americans both back then and today? | It helps explain why the public has a hard time putting their confidence in elected officials |
| What describes the relaxation of tensions and overall goals was to build a more stable world in which the United States and the countries that have opposite viewpoints accepted one another’s place? | Detente |
| Who was the next president after Nixon that continued the policy of detente? | Gerald Ford |
