B. unit 4 Domestic & Foreign Issues Q.3 Flashcards
2-3 sentences explaining why the United States believed it was important to send economic aid and military advisers to South Vietnam.
American support for the Vietnam War increased after the Tet Offensive.
False
Nixon’s policy involving the gradual withdrawal of American troops from South Vietnam?
Vietnamization
The Nixon presidency
Watergate scandal
detente
SALT I
Which president was criticized for pardoning Nixon?
Gerald Ford
How did Jimmy Carter respond to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan?
- He boycotted the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow.
- He ended grain shipments to the Soviet Union.
- He withdrew the SALT II treaty from consideration by the Senate.
Who began political and economic reforms in the Soviet Union during Ronald Reagan’s presidency?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Who was praised for his leadership during the Persian Gulf War in 1991?
George H.W. Bush
Bill Clinton signed a ______ bill into law.
welfare reform
The _______________ presidential election involved a legal battle surrounding the recount of ballots in Florida.
2000
What happened on September 11, 2001
the United States was attacked by terrorists
George W. Bush demanded that the Taliban government in _____________ turn over Osama bin Laden to the United States
Afghanistan
related to the War on Terrorism?
- Department of Homeland Security
- Patriot Act
- War in Afghanistan
The U.S. invasion of _______ in 2003 was a response to the belief that Saddam Hussein possessed WMDs.
Iraq
Who approved the secret operation that resulted in the capture and killing of Osama bin Laden?
Barack Obama
