Television, the worsening state of the U.S. economy, and the Fulbright hearings helped to increase this.
Credibility Gap
100
He served as the top U.S. negotiator in Vietnam.
Henry Kissinger
100
This called for a gradual withdrawal of U.S. troops in Vietnam.
Vietnamization
100
This nation invaded Kuwait in 1990.
Iraq
100
in 1991, the Commonwealth of Independent States took the place of this nation.
The Soviet Union
200
The U.S. military used planes to spray this leaf-killing toxic chemical, which devastated the landscape in Vietnam.
Agent Orange
200
Angry with Nixon's secret orders to bomb and invade Cambodia, Congress repealed this.
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
200
This murder of more than 200 innocent Vietnamese villagers by U.S. troops shocked Americans when it was finally revealed to the public.
My Lai Massacre
200
Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as the president of this nation.
The Soviet Union
200
The invasion of Kuwait by Iraq lead to the U.S. and its allies to launch:
Operation Desert Storm
300
To expose Vietcong tunnels and hideouts, U.S. planes dropped this gasoline-based bomb that set fire to the jungles of Vietnam.
Napalm
300
In an attempt to win support for his war policies, Nixon made a special appeal to this group.
Silent Majority
300
This requires a president to inform Congress within 48 hours if U.S. forces are sent into a hostile area without a declaration of war.
War Powers Act
300
Sandanista rebels overthrew the dictator of this nation in 1979.
Nicaragua
300
This Soviet Union was one of the most directly affected by the domestic policies known as:
glasnost and perestroika
400
Conducted by U.S. soldiers, these resulted in the uprooting of Vietnamese villagers with suspected ties to the Vietcong, the killing of their livestock, and the burning of their villages.
Search-and-destroy missions
400
Upon hearing of this, U.S. college students went on the first general student strike in the nation's history.
Invasion of Cambodia
400
Publication of this revealed, among other things, that the Johnson administration had lied to the public about its intentions in Vietnam.
Pentagon Papers
400
This tiny island nation was invaded by the United States in 1983.
Grenada
400
Tienanmen Square was the location of demonstrations that drew international attention to this nation's lack of political freedom's.
China
500
As the U.S. commander in South Vietnam, this General introduced the concept of the body count in the belief that as the number of Vietcong casualties rose, the Vietcong would eventually surrender.
William Westmoreland
500
This Communist group seized power in Cambodia after the U.S. invasion of that country unleashed a brutal civil war.
Khmer Rouge
500
This states that U.S. troops are not to remain longer than 90 days in a hostile area without Congressional approval or a declaration of war.
War Powers Act
500
The Contras attempted to overthrow the government of this nation.
Nicaragua
500
The Iraqis lost over 100,000 soldiers in Operation Desert Storm, compared to the U.S. and its allies losing: