Cold War pt. 2

Question 1

Guns and Butter

Answer 1

The dynamics involved in a federal government’s allocations to defense versus social programs when deciding on a budget

Question 2

Ho Chi Minh

Answer 2

President of North Vietnam, founder and leader of Communism in Vietnam

Question 3

Imperialism

Answer 3

In short, the practice of gaining power by taking over other countries

Question 4

Domino Theory

Answer 4

The theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries

Question 5

Gulf of Tonkin Incident

Answer 5

Two U.S. destroyers stationed in the Gulf of Tonkin in Vietnam radioed that they had been fired upon by North Vietnamese forces. This caused the U.S. to be more involved in the vietnam war more directly

Question 6

Tet Offensive

Answer 6

The largest military campaign of the Vietnam War.

Know that it turned the public opinion of the war

Question 7

“phased withdrawal”

Answer 7

Retreating forces draw back while maintaining contact with the enemy

Question 8

Counterculture

Answer 8

A way of life and set of attitudes opposed to or at variance with the prevailing social norm.

Question 9

“hippies”

Answer 9

A countercultural movement that rejected the mores of mainstream American life

Question 10

John Henry Hammond

Answer 10

Record Producer, Civil Rights Activist, and started many famous musicians careers

Question 11

Billie Holiday

Answer 11

Jazz and Swing singer, nicknamed “Lady Day”

Question 12

Bob Dylan

Answer 12

Singer, Songwriter, Regarded as the best songwriter

Question 13

Watergate

Answer 13

A major political scandal in the United States involving the administration of President Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974 that led to Nixon’s resignation.

Question 14

“Supply-side” economics

Answer 14

A theory that maintains that increasing the supply of goods and services is the engine for economic growth

Question 15

“Evil Empire”

Answer 15

What President Ronald Reagan referred to as the soviet union in one of his speeches

Question 16

Mikhail Gorbachev

Answer 16

Final leader of the soviet union before its collapse. He opened the door for freedom

Question 17

Tiananmen Square incident 1989

Answer 17

Site in Beijing where Chinese students and workers gathered to demand greater political openness in 1989. The protest was crushed by the Chinese military

Question 18

First Gulf War (8/1990-2/1991)

Answer 18

The Gulf War was a 1990–1991 armed campaign waged by a 39-country military coalition in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.

Question 19

Know the 3 Countries that make up French Indochina

Answer 19

Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos

Question 20

Know the 10 Cold War Events and be able to put them in order

Know the “what” and “why” for these ten events

Answer 20

1. Berlin Airlift - ‘48-‘49
   It was the first US victory over the USSR
2. USSR Detonated First A-bomb - ‘49
   Created tension between US and USSR
3. Korean War - ‘50-‘53
   First success of the Truman Doctrine
4. Sputnik - ‘57
   USSR taking the lead in the space race
5. Building Berlin Wall - ‘61
   Kept East Germans in, created a prison
6. Cuban Missile Crisis - ‘62
   Closest the US got to nuclear war/destruction
7. Vietnam War - ‘65-‘73
   The first time America lost
8. First Moon Landing - ‘69
   Unifying moment, space race victory
9. Nixon Visits China - ‘72
   The First president to visit Communist China
10. Fall of The Berlin Wall - ‘89
    “End of the Cold War”

Question 21

Number of U.S. Soldiers killed in Vietnam

Answer 21

58,220

Question 22

How did the tax cuts in the eighties (largest in history) lead to the collection of more tax money for the government?

Answer 22

According to the flawed laffer curve, when tax rates are too high, then the tax revenue is not being maximized. The tax cut increases income, employment, demand, and businesses.

Question 23

How did Reagan’s presidency provide a check and a counterpoint to other big-government regimes like FDR’s New Deal and LBJ’s Great Society?

Answer 23

Reagan believed that the natural flow of the economy would sort itself out, so he decided not to intervene with the economy, unlike other presidents.

Question 24

Countries on the Communist side of the “Iron Curtain”

Answer 24

USSR, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and East Germany

Question 25

Paragraph question (possibly 2 paragraphs): Compare and Contrast the USA’s involvement in the Vietnam War and the Korean War. List and briefly explain 2 important similarities and 2 differences that exist regarding the USA’s involvement in the two wars.

Answer 25

Similarities:
Capitalist south versus communist north
USA supported losing side

Differences:
Lost Vietnam, won Korea
Fighting tactics

Question 26

Which president urged Gorbachev to “take down this wall”

Answer 26

Reagan

Question 27

What two musicians did Hammond mentour?

Answer 27

Bob Dylan and Holiday

Question 28

Who was president during the Gulf of Tonkin Incident

Answer 28

LBJ

Question 29

Define Realism

Answer 29

The theory that you should meet countries where they’re at, instead of forcing them to do better.

Question 30

Who was one of the biggest realists?

Answer 30

Nixon

Question 31

If Vietnam held elections in 1955, who would’ve won?

Answer 31

Ho Chi Minh

Question 32

Who wrote the “theme songs” for counter culture?

Answer 32

Bob Dylan

Question 33

Explain the Laffer curve

Answer 33

As tax rates increase, so will government revenue, until a certain point at which people will lose the incentive to work, leading to a loss in revenue.