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100
The President that escalated the scope of the Vietnam War after the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
100
This operation was a failed attempt by the U.S. to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro in Cuba.
What is the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
100
The name of Ronald Reagan's plan to build a shield in space over the United States in order to protect the country from missiles launched at the country.
What is SDI (Strategic Defense Initiative) or "Star Wars"?
100
Many historians have argued that this President's policies of increasing tensions with the Soviet Union and increasing spending on defense put pressure on the Soviet Union and helped lead to an end of the Cold War.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
100
This world event saw Ronald Reagan illegally sell weapons to negotiate the release of hostages in the Middle East. Reagan then used the money to continue to fund the anti-communist group in Nicaragua that congress outlawed.
What is the Iran-Contra Affair?
200
This President secretly increased the scope of the Vietnam War but was able to see the nation to the end of their involvement in Vietnam.
Who is Richard Nixon?
200
This President was known for having a strong anti-communist policy in Latin America. He was known to suppot repressive regimes if they would oppose communism.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
200
This was an understanding by the U.S. and the Soviet Union that either side would refuse to start a war or use nuclear weapons because it would lead to the destruction of both nations.
What is MAD (mutual assured destruction)?
200
The U.S. buildup of military defense, revolutions in Eastern Europe, and the policies of "glasnost" and "perestroika" all led to an end of this world event that began at the end of WWII.
What is the Cold War?
200
In order to sell more American products in Mexico, the United States needed to have ______ trade.
What is "open trade" (NAFTA)?
300
The anti-war movement became violent on this campus as national guardsmen shot and killed 4 students during protests.
What is Kent State University?
300
The U.S. action during this event showed that they would not tolerate nuclear weapons in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
300
This President attempted to increase an emphasis on human rights in his foreign policy.
Who is Jimmy Carter?
300
This event in 1989 will be remembered as the ultimate symbol of the end of the Cold War.
What is the fall of the Berlin Wall?
300
Of the 4, which was not an effect of the Cold War: 1) Social and Educational spending declined in the 1960's, 2) Increased government deficits and debt, 3) The federal contribution to education increased, 4) Increased defense spending.
What is 1) Social and Educational spending declined in the 1960's?
400
This Congressional action allowed the President to use combat troops in Vietnam by giving him the power "to take all necessary steps to repel an attack on the forces of the United States".
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
400
The CIA funded the Contras in Nicaragua to combat this communist extremist group.
Who are the Sandinistas?
400
This was a nuclear arms reduction treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union that was negotiated by Richard Nixon.
What is SALT I (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty)?
400
This person was President of the United States when the Cold War ended with the Soviet Union officially disbanding. He was able to negotiate peace with the new Russian leader, Boris Yeltsin.
Who is George H.W. Bush?
400
The U.S. took in the ousted Shah of Iran to receive cancer treatment in 1979. Ayatollah Khomeini, the new Islamic leader, seized hostages at the American embassy in Tehran. President Jimmy Carter was unable to negotiate an end to this crisis. The hostages were eventually released just hours after Ronald Reagan's inauguration.
What is the Iran Hostage Crisis?
500
This attack on the Vietnamese New Year convinced many citizens that the U.S. was losing the war and gave momentum to the anti-war movement.
What is the Tet Offensive?
500
This treaty lowered economic trade barriers between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada.
What is NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)?
500
Richard Nixon and his National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger instituted this policy to help ease Cold War tensions during his Presidency.
What is detente?
500
This proposal called for the U.S. and Soviet Union to stop testing, producing, and deploying nuclear weapons.
What is the nuclear freeze movement?
500
Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1991 and forced a UN coalition army to respond in this event.
What is the Persian Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm)?