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1
Q

What reason did Americans give for protesting the war in Vietnam?

A

It was a Civil War and the United States should not have interfered.

2
Q

Which resolution allowed President Johnson to take all necessary measures β€œto repel any armed attack or to prevent further aggression?”

A

Gulf of Tonkin

3
Q

Which country launched an artificial satellite called Sputnik in 1957?

A

Soviet Union

4
Q

Which country formed the group NASA?

A

United States

5
Q

What was the goal of the United Nations?

A

promote conditions that support world peace

6
Q

What was the reason for the United States to use the military in Korea and Vietnam?

A

To stop the spread of communism

7
Q

Why did the Vietcong support communism?

A

they felt the government was corrupt and favored the wealthy.

8
Q

What was the Berlin wall trying to prevent?

A

people in East Berlin from fleeing to West Berlin

9
Q

Domino Theory

A

based on the belief that if South Vietnam fell to communism other countries in the region would follow.

10
Q

Detente

A

policy to reduce tensions between two countries.

11
Q

Satellite Nation

A

One that is dominated politically and economically by a more powerful nation.

12
Q

38th Parallel

A

Line dividing North and South Korea

13
Q

Truman Doctrine

A

Program to encourage nations to resist communism expansion.

14
Q

Cold War

A

intense rivalry that lasted 50 years between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Competition for economic and political power.

15
Q

What was the goal of NATO?

A

to defend Western Europe against any Soviet threat.

16
Q

Define NATO.

A

North Atlantic Treaty Organization, made up of the U.S. and other friendly nations.

17
Q

What was the name of the Alliance system formed by the Soviet Union?

A

Warsaw Pact

18
Q

Who provided Cuba with weapons?

A

Soviet Union

19
Q

Define SALT Agreement.

A

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, treaty between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to limit the number of nuclear war heads and missiles.

20
Q

Which country did the Soviet Union invade that lasted 10 years?

A

Afghanistan

21
Q

Why did the United States pull out of Vietnam?

A

unpopular in the U.S., the war was a Civil War and had no impact on the U.S., too many Americans were getting killed or injured.

22
Q

Which Cold War event was the closest the world came to a Nuclear War?

A

Cuban Missile Crisis

23
Q

What event strengthened Castro in Cuba and embarrassed the United States?

A

Bay of Pigs invasion

24
Q

Define Marshall Plan

A

American plan to help European nations rebuild their economies after WWII.

25
Q

The name of the wall that cut off contact between families in Germany

A

Berlin Wall