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US His Ch 20 #1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty did what between whom? | Limit amount of nuclear weapons each country was making |
| Which country did President Nixon visit to improve trade relations? | China |
| Operation Rolling Thunder was a(n): | Bombing campaign against N Vietnam |
| Why was the Tet Offensive considered a turning point in the war? | Communist Forces scored major political victory |
| President Nixon's Vietnamization policy emphasized that the United States must: | Get S Vietnam to assume more combat responsibilites |
| The American public began to distrust the Johnson administration because of the what? | Credibility Gap |
| What was a hawk, and who were the most famous ones? | Hawks wanted war with Vietnam, LBJ most famous |
| The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution allowed President Johnson to do what? | Declare war or make any decisions possible to protect and defend US |
| President Johnson entered the Vietnam War because he... | Believed in Domino Theory |
| Limited the number of missiles in each nation, reduced tensions between the US and the SU: | SALT I |
| How did the Soviet Union respond to the normalization of relations between China and the United States? | Brehenv invited Nixon to visit Moscow |
| China demonstrated its willingness to open talks with the United States by: | Inviting the American table tennis team to play against its athletes |
| President Nixon believed that normalizing relations with China would do what? | Drive wedge between china and SU |
| President Nixon considered his approach to foreign policy to be what? | Pragmatic |
| Ultimately, the end of the Vietnam War resulted in what? | Communist control of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam |
| What did the Pentagon Papers reveal? | American leader misled Congress and American people about the war |
| In 1970, President Nixon tried to break the stalemate in the peace process by doing what? | Ordering a ground attack on Vietcong bases in Cambodia |
| President Nixon ordered the secret bombing of the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Cambodia, why? | Reduce flow of communist supplies |
| Who won the 1968 Presidential election? | Nixon |
| In March 1968, what surprising announcement did President Johnson make to the American people? | He wouldn't run for another term |
| To eliminate deferment abuses, the Selective Service system: | Adopted a lottery |
| During the Vietnam War, African American soldiers were more likely to do what? | Serve in a combat position |