The Vietnam War
U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War increased due to this Congressional action.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
What is Watergate?
This controversial action taken by Ford turned the American public against him.
What is Ford's pardon of Nixon?
President Reagan tried to reshape the economy with tax cuts and increased spending. This was the nickname of his economic policies.
What is Reaganomics (or trickle down economics)?
This was a key part of the Clinton administration's move to establish free trade between North American countries.
What is NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)?
This surprise military attack by the Vietcong on South Vietnamese cities is considered a major turning point of the war.
What is the Tet Offensive?
Nixon won the 1968 election in part because he promised to end the Vietnam War. What was his policy called?
What is Vietnamization?
This was Carter's attempt to obtain peace in the Middle East.
What is the Camp David Accords?
Reagan worked with this Soviet leader to help bring about the downfall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War.
Who is Gorbachev?
This act was passed after 9/11 and made it easier for the U.S. government to spy on citizens to protect against future terrorism.
What is the Patriot Act?
At these two major universities, antiwar protests turned bloody.
What is Kent State and Jackson State?
Nixon was the first U.S. president to visit this foreign country.
What is China?
This foreign policy blunder by Carter was a major reason that he lost the election of 1980.
This was the foreign policy blunder of the Reagan administration when they tried to support a rebel group in Nicaragua, even after Congress told them to stop.
What is the Iran-Contra Affair?
The election of 2000 was decided in this state when the Supreme Court stepped in and said that the recount of ballots must be stopped.
What is Florida?
At the DNC in Chicago in 1968, this Democratic politician won the nomination and spurred demonstrations that turned violent in the streets of Chicago.
Who is Hubert Humphrey?
This was the name of Nixon's foreign policy, meant to ease tensions between the U.S. and the Soviets.
What is detente?
During his presidency, Carter tried to get the U.S. off of oil reliance. His push for nuclear energy ran into trouble due to this event.
What is the Three Mile Island incident?
Sadaam Hussein invaded this country, which prompted President Bush to invade Iraq and start the Persian Gulf War?
What is Kuwait?
Who is Ross Perot?
At the end of the Vietnam War, Congress passed a law to undo the powers given to LBJ to start the war. What was this law?
The oil embargo, caused by this organization, made oil prices and inflation skyrocket in the 1970s.
What is OPEC?
President Ford tried to lower inflation during his presidency. This was his three letter motto to try to get Americans to support his policies.
What is WIN (Whip Inflation Now)?
Who is Jerry Falwell?
Clinton tried to bring peace to the Middle East between Israel and Palestinians by laying out this plan to withdraw Israeli troops from Gaza and the West Bank.
What is the Oslo Accords?