Cold War Quiz Pt: 2

Question 1

Guns and Butter

Answer 1

Guns symbolized war, and butter stood for goods and helping programs. Also known as Military and Welfare.

Question 2

Ho Chi Minh

Answer 2

Communist leader of North Vietnam who was supported by China and the USSR and was a hero to many.

Question 3

Imperialism

Answer 3

the policy of expanding a nation by taking other lands

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

American ships traveling in the Gulf of Tonkin are said to have been fired at with torpedoes, which was a lie. Ended up with US President Johnson getting a resolution to have more direct US involvement in the Vietnam War.

Question 6

Tet Offensive

Answer 6

one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam war. Marked the peak of US involvement during the war. Also caused American people to turn against the war in big numbers.

Question 7

“Phased Withdrawal”

Answer 7

Nixon’s policy (vietnamisation) to turn the war over to south vietnam gradually. (Plan to get US out of fighting)

Question 8

CounterCulture

Answer 8

people who didn’t behave like most people in the 60s. They stood against many of the ideas that guided the Vietnam era.

Question 9

“hippies”

Answer 9

what some people called those who were counterculture. They were energetic and they only cared about music, protest, and ideas.

Question 10

John Henry Hammond

Answer 10

rich born music lover who helped discover african american jazz music and get it on the radio.

Question 11

Billie Holiday

Answer 11

African American woman who sang jazz and collaborated with white musicians to create lots of new music. Discovered by John Henry Hammond.

Question 12

Bob Dylan

Answer 12

White man who was the most influential musician of the Vietnam era. Discovered by John Henry Hammond.

Question 13

Aretha Franklin

Answer 13

African American woman who sang jazz and was discovered by John Henry Hammond.

Question 14

Watergate

Answer 14

the paying of hush-money to keep people quiet and to have others lie in sworn testimony to judges and juries.

Question 15

“Supply Side” Economics -

Answer 15

theory by Ronald Reagan’s that creates a business friendly environment by making it easy to start factories. Leads to new jobs and economic growth

Question 16

“Evil Empire”

Answer 16

Unfree, tyrannical, clumsy communist Russia. People called it this because of its controlled Communist society.

Question 17

Mikhail Gorbachev

Answer 17

Russian Prime Minister who was a communist yet pragmatic leader who knew changes in Russia needed to be made.

Question 18

Tiananmen Square incident 1989

Answer 18

Chinese rebelled in Tiananmen Square, and the government sent troops to open fire on civilians. Many were killed and nothing was accomplished.

Question 19

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

Answer 19

a coalition of nations started by President Bush that drove Iraq out of Kuwait. Created an independent Kuwait, free from control.

Question 20

Ronald Reagan

Answer 20

US president who famously said, “Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” Was also against big, suspicious government programs.

Question 21

“Communism looks good on paper, unless the paper is a history book” Who said this and what does it mean?

Answer 21

Rainer Zitelmann. This quote is implying that Socialist/Communist experiments have failed 24/24 times across 5 continents in the last 100 years, showing how their not good ideas for long term.

Question 22

The three countries that make up French Indochina

Answer 22

Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia

Question 23

Korean War (what event, dates, what, and why)

Answer 23

3rd event;1950-1953;War between communist NK and China vs SK and the United Nations. Important because proved the US would stand up to communist aggression & start of communist hunts in U.S.

Question 24

Building of the Berlin Wall (what event, dates, what, and why)

Answer 24

5th event;1961;Building of a wall to stop East Germans from fleeing to West Germany. Important because it showed the freedom being taken from East Germans.

Question 25

Fall of the Berlin Wall (what event, dates, what, and why)

Answer 25

10th event;1989;The falling of the Berlin Wall. Important because it marked the freedom of East Germany and was a critical step towards the reunification of Germany

Question 26

Nixon Visits China (what event, dates, what, and why)

Answer 26

9th event;1972;Nixon visits China to reduce tensions. Important because it was the first time that the US dealt with communist China instead of Taiwan.

Question 27

Vietnam War (what event, dates, what, and why)

Answer 27

7th event;1965-1973;Fight between communist China and NV vs US and SV for total control of Vietnam. Important because It was the first Major loss in US history.

Question 28

Berlin Aircraft (what event, dates, what, and why)

Answer 28

1st event;1948-1949;airlift to counter Berlin blockade imposed by the USSR. Important because it was a big victory for the US even though no shots were fired.

Question 29

Cuban Missile Crisis (what event, dates, what, and why)

Answer 29

6th event;1962;Russian Nuclear weapons in Cuba cause tension between the US and Russia. Important because the closest time there could be possible nuclear war.

Question 30

USSR detonates first Atomic weapon (what event, dates, what, and why)

Answer 30

2nd;1949;successful testing of USSR first atomic bomb called “First Lightning”. Important because gave Russia an advantage in the Arms War.

Question 31

Sputnik (what event, dates, what, and why)

Answer 31

4th event;1957;Launching of the first manmade object to orbit earth. Important because gave USSR major lead in space race.

Question 32

First Moon Landing (what event, dates, what, and why)

Answer 32

8th event;1969;first landing on the moon by the US. Important because the US had basically won the space race.

Question 33

Number of US soldiers killed in Vietnam

Answer 33

58,000

Question 34

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

Answer 34

The laffer curve. Basically allowed the government to lower the tax rates, giving more encouragement to work more, and still allow the government to collect more money, due to the increased work efforts.

Question 35

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 35

Reagan thought big government programs were suspicious, therefore he did not participate in the creation of any during his presidency.

Question 36

Countries on the Communist side of the Iron Curtain

Answer 36

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

Question 37

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. (paragraph question)

Answer 37

Differences
1) Korean War was won, Vietnam was lost
2) There was much more US media attention during the Vietnam war, as it was the first war to be highly publicized in newspapers and have live coverage on television.
Similarities
1) American Citizens were fed up with both the Korean and Vietnam war, as they thought the US was wasting troops for unwinnable victories.
2) In both wars, the US was fighting communist North countries against non-communist South countries.