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Vocabulary
Correct Me If I'm Wrong...
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Who Do You Think I Am?
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100
The process of Americans moving out of the city into the suburbs.
What is suburbanization?
100
During the Bay of Pigs Invasion, President Kennedy trained his Green Beret soldiers to invade Cuba.
Green Beret = exiled Cuban citizens
100
Why did America implement the Marshall Plan?
To help rebuild post-WW2 Europe AND to boost the American economy.
100
I am the Prime Minister of Great Britain well-known for my drastic reduction of welfare.
Who is Margaret Thatcher, aka, The Iron Lady?
100
The acronym HUAC stand for this.
What is the House Un-American Activities Committee?
200
The act of all peasant land and labor being pooled together, as ordered by Mao.
What is collectivization?
200
Mikhail Gorbachev's open policies in the USSR gave citizens more freedom and boosted the economy.
Boosted the economy= crippled the economy
200
Why did South Vietnamese citizens like Ho Chi Minh even though they were fighting him in war?
Ho Chi Minh freed Vietnam from France.
200
I am the president who finally withdrew troops from Vietnam.
Who is President Nixon?
200
This was the ending place of the Korean War... Or was it the beginning?
What is the 38th parallel?
300
The battle that Vietnam won to gain independence from France.
What is Dienbienphu?
300
The Tet Offensive was the event that triggered America to send 500,000 troops to Vietnam.
Tet Offensive= Gulf of Tonkin
300
Why did the American economy hit a recession during the 1970’s?
A crisis in the Middle East caused gas prices to go up, and subsequently the price of other goods.
300
I am the communist ruler in charge of China.
Who is Mao Zedong?
300
Pensions, healthcare insurance, food aid, housing assistance and more.
What is welfare?
400
These two organizations oversee the world's finances.
What is the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank?
400
Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge overthrew the Cambodian government after America bombed Cambodia while fighting in the Korean War.
Korean War= Vietnam War
400
Why did Khrushchev place missiles in Cuba in the 1960’s?
To back Cuba as a part of their retaliation against America for the Bay of Pigs Invasion.
400
I am the first chancellor of West Germany known for my success in office and witty quotes.
Who is Konrad Adenauer?
400
How did the Cuban Missile Crisis begin?
An American U-2 plane flew over Cuba and saw their build-up of nuclear weapons.
500
SALT and the Mutually Assured Destruction Theory both fall under this word meaning the relaxing of tensions.
What is detente?
500
A brief period of freedom in Czechoslovakia that was shut-down by the USSR was known as The Great Leap Forward.
Great Leap Forward= Prague Spring
500
Why were American schools finally desegregated in 1954?
The Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education found that seperate is not equal.
500
Who did America put in charge of South Vietnam?
Dinh Diem
500
The USS Maddox is the center of debate in this issue.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin incident?