8. Cold War Part II

Question 1

(Proxy War-between the US & Soviet Union 1950-1953

Answer 1

Korean War

Question 2

The ____ Peninsula was divided along the ______ Parallel

Answer 2

Korean & 38th

Question 3

US response & intervention was called a ______ Action

Answer 3

Police

Question 4

The Korean War was based on the Policy of

Answer 4

Containment of Communism

Question 5

This war started when the Vietnam people tried to fight off and remove the French from their country (Post WWII)

Answer 5

Vietnam War

Question 6

The US started sending troops over Vietnam to prevent ____

Answer 6

the Dominio Effect (spread of Communism)

Question 7

University protest where National Guardsmen killed four college students

Answer 7

Kent State University

Question 8

________, ________ , and video footage changed the viewpoint into a negative

Answer 8

Journalists, Media

Question 9

North Vietnamese led a huge, very coordinated attack on US forces during the holiday (Tet)

Answer 9

TET Offensive

Question 10

Americans stopped trusting the information the US government provided about the war.

Answer 10

Credibility Gap

Question 11

Provide the group that led the Vietnam Protests

Answer 11

College Students

Question 12

President who signed the GI Bill to provide services to veterans

Answer 12

Truman

Question 13

Identify the rise of this music genre in the 1950s

Answer 13

Rock N’ Roll

Question 14

President Eisenhower passed the _____ Act to create a massive highway system across the country

Answer 14

Interstate Highway Act

Question 15

Who won the first televised presidential debate?

Answer 15

John F. Kennedy

Question 16

Identify the president who promised to land an American on the Moon.

Answer 16

John F. Kennedy

Question 17

An attempt to overthrow the communist government of Fidel Castro. Finance & directed by the US.

Answer 17

Bay of Pigs-1961

Question 18

The president had the “Great Society Programs” to help fight poverty & create social programs for the poor

Answer 18

President Lyndon B. Johnson

Question 19

The Act gave President LBJ power to increase authority & military troops in Vietnam with a declaration of war from Congress.

Answer 19

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution-

Question 20

Amendment that lowered the voting age to 18

Answer 20

26th

Question 21

Relaxation of tensions with China & Soviet Union

Answer 21

Detente through President Richard Nixon

Question 22

The scandal involving stealing information from the Democratic National Headquarters

Answer 22

Watergate Scandal

Question 23

Identify the only president to resign. A direct result of the Watergate Scandal

Answer 23

President Richard Nixon