Unit 5 Assessment: A Time of Turmoil – Flashcards
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communism in Cuba
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What threat was the basis for the Cuban Missile Crisis?
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Cuba repelled a U.S.-sponsored invasion by Cuban exiles.
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What happened at the Bay of Pigs?
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He initiated a naval blockade to prevent Soviet ships from reaching Cuba with nuclear weapons.
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When surveillance planes revealed the possible installation of Soviet nuclear missile sites in Cuba, what action did President Kennedy take?
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The Soviets backed down and removed the missiles, and the United States agreed to remove its missiles from Turkey.
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What was the outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
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He sent money and military advisers to South Vietnam.
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President Eisenhower believed that if one Southeast Asian nation fell to communism, more would follow. What action did he take because of this belief?
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defeat at Dien Bien Phu
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What ended French colonial rule in Vietnam?
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the belief that if one Southeast Asian nation fell to communism, others would follow.
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What was the domino theory?
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Ho Chi Minh
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Who was the North Vietnamese communist leader during the Vietnam War?
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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What gave President Johnson the authority to send additional troops to Vietnam without a formal declaration of war?
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General William Westmoreland
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Whom did President Johnson appoint as the military commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam?
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lack of a defined front
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Which was a challenge to U.S. forces in the Vietnam War?
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troops unable to engage effectively in guerilla warfare
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Which was *not* one of the concerns raised by those opposed to the Vietnam War?
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elements of U.S. chemical warfare
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What were Agent Orange and napalm?
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It was a military defeat for the North Vietnamese but a psychological victory.
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What was the significance of the 1968 Tet Offensive?
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bombing Cambodia
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What action did President Nixon take that increased opposition to the Vietnam War in the United States?
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the fall of Saigon and a unified communist nation
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What was the final outcome of the Vietnam War?
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rejecting the establishment and traditional values
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What was a goal of the 1960s counterculture?
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assassinations of King and Kennedy
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Which event was *not* related to the anti-Vietnam War movement?
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Betty Freidan's book, which inspired the second wave of the women's movement
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What was *The Feminine Mystique*?
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an increase in the number of women enrolling in professional schools
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What was one effect of the women's movement on society?
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the African American civil rights movement
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Gays and lesbians, American Indians, and Hispanics all organized to advocate for their civil rights during the 1960s. What inspired them?
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Cesar Chavez
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Which Hispanic leader and civil rights advocate founded the National Farm Workers Association to promote right through nonviolent means?
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He thought that improved relations with China would improve relations with the Soviet Union.
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Despite Nixon's reputation as a hardliner against communism, he visited China and established a relationship with the Chinese. Why did he do that?
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an easing of the tense relations between the United States and the Soviet Union
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What was détente?
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The cover-up involved criminal activities and defiance of legal authority by the president of the United States.
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Why did a relatively simple burglary like the break-in at the Watergate turn into a major political scandal and bring down a president?
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The president's contention that certain communications are confidential.
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What is executive privilege?
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People became much more skeptical about politics and less trusting of government.
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What was one impact of the Watergate scandal on the nation?
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the name given to the 1970s period of rising prices and declining enployment
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What was stagflation?
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the Arab oil embargo
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What was a chief cause of the rising prices of the 1970s?
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a hostage crisis in Iran
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President Carter's foreign policy brought successes with the Camp David Accords and a return of the Canal Zone to Panamanian control. What was his most serious foreign policy problem?
