Nixon
What was Nixon the first U.S. President to do?
Visit China
Who were the people "for the Vietnam war"?
Hawks
Who was Russia afraid of that led to Nixon's building of detente?
China
Who was elected as president 1968
Nixon
Who is China afraid of
Russia
What did President Nixon declare in 1972?
War on the cold war
What did the "doves" think about the U.S. fighting in Vietnam war?
The U.S. had no right to fight in the war
What did Russia's leader sign with Nixon?
The SALT I Treaty
What drug became very popular in the counter culture?
Lsd
Why do china want the U.S on their side?
Afraid Russia would start trouble
What did Nixon promise U.S. troops when elected for president?
To be taken out of Vietnam
What kind of war started here in 1956?
A Civil war
What was the agreed to stop with the Treaty between Nixon and Brezhnev?
Building up missile supplies
What decision of LBJ a shocked America?
He would not accept another term as president
Whats one reason Nixon/U.S wanted to meet with China?
Friendship before Russia, build detente
What was used to build detente between the U.S. and Communist countries?
Personal diplomacy
What did North Vietnam do according to the U.S. in 1964?
Attacked two U.S. ships
What was talked about in the SALT talks?
Ways to slow down the arms race
How many Americans lived below the poverty line in the mid 1960's?
40 million
What's one thing China and the U.S started doing after Nixon's visit?
Trading, sending students, scientist and artists
Why did students of Kent State protest President Nixon's Bombing of Cambodia?
They said he said he would take the U.S. out of Vietnam
What kind of government was North and South Vietnam under when North took over?
Communist
What does SALT stand for?
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
What had a big impact on the women's movement in America? And how?
Birth control pills, can now control if and when they want children
Why did China agree to meet with Nixon?
To win U.S friendship before Russia