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MISCELLANEOUS
100
Nixons term for generally content, law-abiding, middle class Americans who supported both the Vietnam War and American Institutions.
What is SILENT MAJORITY
100
The US president 1968-74
Who is Richard Nixon.
100
Name one effect of the prolonged war in Vietnam on US homefront
-Increased Protests, some violent -Loss in support of war -Economic stress, inflation -Increased causalities
100
The country of conflict from 1961-75
What is Vietnam. BOOBYTRAP! ONLY GET 50 pts.
100
What both leaders of Chile wore.
What is Sunglasses/glasses
200
Secret US government report detailing early planning policy decisions regarding Vietnam war under JFK/LBJ. Leaked to public in New York Times.
What is Pentagon Papers.
200
FELL INTO BOOBYTRAP
NO QUESTION FOR YOU
200
Name an effect of the original drafts for the Vietnam war
The college students excused so military mainly poor and largely African American. Increased dislike of the war.
200
Country where Nixon launched counter defense and invaded in 1970
What is Cambodia. BUT PROTESTORS ARE AGAINST YOU. POINTS GO TO TEAM ON YOUR RIGHT.
200
Name of goverment US recognized with the "One China" Policy.
What is the People's Republic of China
300
Area of relaxed tensions.
What is DETENTE.
300
Communist/Nationalist Leader of North Vietnam.
Who is Ho Chi Minh.
300
LAND MINE!!!
LOOSE 300 pts
300
City where Nixon visited to negotiate with USSR.
What is Moscow.
300
One of the places of mass protest of Vietnam war.
What is Kent State, Jackson State College, Boston Common, Washington DC.
400
Proclaimed that the US would honor existing commitments but further foreign wars would be fought without large bodies of US ground troops.
What is the Nixon Doctrine.
400
Leader of China/PRC.(Nixon meets with in 1972)
Who is Mao Zedong.
400
What caused OPEC to place an embargo in the 70s?
The US backing Israel in the Yom Kippur War/ Syrian-Egyptian conflict.
400
The two countries that took agression against Israel in Yom Kippur War.
Egypt/Syria Boobytrap. LOOSE THE MEMBER OF YOUR GROUP THAT ANSWERED THIS QUESTION FOR THE REST OF THE GAME.
400
The 26th admentment banned
What is states/federal government setting the voting age higher than 18.
500
Military assault in a small Vietnamese village where US soldiers murdered aprox 400 unarmed people mainly children and women.
What is My Lai Massacre FOUND UNDERGROUND TUNNEL SYSTEM! CHOOSE ONE TEAM TO ELIMINATE OR 550 pts.
500
Marxist leader that came to power in Chile in 1970.
Who is Salvador Allende.
500
What effects did Nixon meeting with the USSR have?(1972)
What is 1. Agreement for the US to sell $750 million worth of food to USSR 2. Anti-Ballistic missile ban 3.Future SALT talks
500
Capital of South Vietnam.
What is Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City
500
Democrat candidate against Nixon 1968
Who is Hubert Humphrey.