final test Flashcards
what event is the root of the conflict in the midwest today
world war 1
list 3 midwest countries
iraq
jordan
israel
syria
turkey
what 3 factors were not considered when creating boundaries
ethnic
religious
tribal differences
where do the palistinians want to create their own nation, also known as the 2 state solution
west bank
gaza strip
according to the palastines, what must happen before they can create their own state
jews have to leave the west bank and gaza strip
settlers
jews trying to build permanent settlements in west bank and gaza strip
4 options isreal has
1 ethnic cleaning - genocide
2 allowing the Palestinians to vote- palestinians will vote the isrealies out
3 apartheid- minority (jews) rules out the majority (palestinians)
4 two state solution- create 2 countries, palestine and isreal
what happened when the israel government tried to remove 9 families from the west bank
jews were fighting jews
what is the first thing that just happened for the 2 state solution to work
Israeli/jews must move out of west bank and gaza strip
who is the israeli, who is the palestinians
israeli- jews
palestinians- arabs/muslims
what does the israeli/palestinian crisis go back to? explain?
biblical times
abraham had 2 sons, ishmael and isaac
ishmael is born out of wedlock. isaac is son of abraham and sarah.
oldest son is promised to inherit everything
who is the oldest?
ishmael- arabs
isaac- jews
god promised both the holy land
what is the holy land
present day israel / palestine
what empire is palestine part of
ottoman empire
what is zionism
jews wanting to create their own homeland
in 1947 what did the UN do to palestine
break it up into 2 equal parts.
arabs do not agree w this.
what did jews do in 1948
create their own country (israel)
US quickly recognizes it as a country
what happened in the 6 day war on 1967
israel now controlled sinai peninsula, gaza strip, west bank, golan heights, all of jerusalem
what did america celebrate in 1976
200th bday
why were some americans pessimistic in late 70s
vietnam
watergate
economy is in trouble
what do young people realize they cannot do in the 70s
solve all the worlds problems
new type of music in the 70s
disco
what percentage of marriages ended in divorce
50 %
new president who represented small town values
jimmy carter
2 countries challenging america in the output of steel and electronics
japan
west germany
name of toxic waste dump in niagara falls? result ?
love canal
earth day
problems with the 70s automobile industry
high gas prices
pollution
bad ugly cars
gas guzzling cars
descríbale Vietnam conditions
jungle
very hot
where is vietnam
south east asia
1 reason we fight the vietnam war
contain communism
what did the vietnamese want
to be left alone by foreign nations and to be an independent country
domino theory
if one country falls to communism , they all fall
what half does the US support
south
tonkin golf resolution
america is now at war with north vietnam
from 1954-1964 the war was a ____
after 1964 the war was ____
civil war
americanized
reason for 2 end dates 73(75)
73-shots end
75-falls to communism
what group helped us, what do we do in return
hmong
bring them to america
average draft age and tour of duty
19
1 year
what did many men come home w
ptsd
purpose of body count
no front lines
winner has more kills
what 2 groups do we fight
NVA: uniforms
north Vietnamese army
vietcong: civilian clothing
communist guerilla fighters in s.viet
friend by day, enemy by night
4 examples of the enemies elusiveness
tunnel systems
hit and run
booby traps
cant tell friend from enemy
what doesn’t matter anymore because of no front lines
territory
affect of napalm and agent orange on rural population
napalm- jelly like bomb, burned forests
agent orange- herbicide, kills the jungle, causes cancer
what caused morale of soldiers to drop as war continued
we aren’t winning
poor jungle conditions
cannot tell friend from enemy
what impact did television coverage have on american home front
gov says there is light at the end of the tunnel
TV shows the war is not almost over
why is draft seen as unfair?
ways to legally and illegally avoid?
rich could afford college, poor and blacks could not
go to college
hold essential job
be homosexual
get married
health conditions
go to cananda or mexica
what has government been saying abt the vietnam war progress
light at the end of the tunnel
what is tet? when is tet?
vietnamese new year
jan 31st
what does USA and NVA do during tet
cease fire
how many towns and air bases did the VC attack simultaneasly
120
was the tet offensive militarily a military defeat for vietcong and NVA
yes
how does tet offensive change public opinion against vietnam war
prove their is no light at the end of the tunnel
we aren’t going to win the war anytime soon. if ever.
hawk vs dove
hawk- pro war
dove- anti war
march 1968 what does president johnson decide not to do
run for re election
who was assasinated april 4?
result?
mlk
riots
who was assasinated june 5th
RFK
who gets elected november 1968
nixon
in 1969 what did president nixon start to do
starts to end the war
vietnamization
slowly pull out american troops. south vietnamese will fight their own war
peace w honor meaning
not going to win, not going to lose, us can still hold our heads up high
who is the silent majority
traditional america - us/we
My Lai massacre
500 vietnamese
villagers r massacred
what happens at Kent St
4 college kids are shot by national guards
what do the pentagon papers say
we were going to go war with Vietnam no matter what and we had no exit strategy
what year does vietnam end
1973
what happens to vietnam in 1975
falls to communism
how many americans die in vietnam war
58000
what is a POW
Prisoner of war
what monumental event happened july 1969
2 american astronauts land on the moon
how many americas were there when nixon took office? explain
2
us/we: traditional america-patriotic
them: anti war protestors- college kids
VP spiro agnew was the rock start for what part of america
middle america
preaches law and order
very traditional
what country did nixon invade
Cambodia
how many celebrations were there in times square to celebrate the end of the war
none
what is watergate
hotel
what does the Dnc stand for
democratic national committee
Where is the DNC headquarters?
what is their job?
watergate
plan strategy for the election
what did nixon hope to learn from watergate break in? explain what they did?
5 guys break into dnc at watergate and wire tap the phones. election strategy of dnc.
did nixon play a role in the break in?
what crime did he commit?
no
the cover up
was nixon ever impeached?
how does he leave office
no
resigned
would the US senate have removed nixon from office?
yes
who becomes president after nixon? role?
ford
speaker of the house
how many presidents have been impeached?
3
trump
impeachment
officially charged with a crime
^ house of reps
senate decides if you are guilty or not
