Vietnam and the Late Cold War

• What led to military involvement in the Vietnam War?

  To stop communist aggression
• What was Johnson's policy called where he regularly increased the number of troops in Vietnam.

  Escalation
• Why was Vietnam called a "living room" war?

  it was the first war broadcasted on American television
• What was Nixons policy where he withdrew troops and slowly handed the war over to the South Vietnamese government?

  Vietnamization
• What was the War Powers Act?


  a federal law intended to check the president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress.
• Vietnam Syndrome


  reluctance to use military force abroad because of the psychological trauma caused by different aspects of the Vietnam War
• Why weren't troops returning from vietnam honored?

  They were viewed as traitors and violent.
• What Middle East country has the U.S traditionally supported?

  Israel
• What does OPEC mean?


  Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
• How did OPEC punish the United States?

  Announced an embargo & would not sell oil to nations supporting Israel and that it was raising its oil prices by 400 percent
• Detente


  relaxation of tensions between the United States and its two major Communist rivals, the Soviet Union and China
• How was detente used?

  Used to reduce tensions, use of nuclear weapons, and promote alliances
• Why was Nixon's trip to China important in US foreign policy?


  He was the first president to travel to China, and he did not support communism.
• What did Carter do in Panama?

  He returned the Panama Canal in Panama to improve Latin American Relations
• Which countries signed the Camp David Accords?

  US, Egypt & Israel
• What did each country want from the camp David accords

  Peace between Egypt and isreal
• What actions did Carter take when USSR invaded Afghanistan

  - cut off grain supplies to the USSR

  - boycotted the 1980 Olympics Moscow

  - cancelled SALT II
• What was the most damaging foreign policy event for Carter?

  Iran hostage crisis
• Why was it the most damaging?


  His inability to free the hostages made America look weak
• How did the US support anti-communists in Latin America

  - CIA helped overthrow the government
• Glasnost


  a policy of the Soviet government allowing more OPEN discussion of social problems
• Perestrokia


  economic RESTRUCTURING. Local managers gained greater authority over their farms and factories, and people were allowed to open small private buisnesses. made the economic system more efficent and productive.
• What was symbolic about the Berlin Wall coming down?

  End of the Cold War
• SALT


  limit both countries' stock of nuclear weapons
• START


  reduced the number the amount of nuclear weapons
• Why did GHW Bush send troops into the Middle East in 1990

  Because Iraq invaded Kuwait
• What led to military involvement in the Vietnam War?

  To stop communist aggression
• What was Johnson's policy called where he regularly increased the number of troops in Vietnam.

  Escalation
• Why was Vietnam called a "living room" war?


  it was the first war broadcasted on American television
• What was Nixons policy where he withdrew troops and slowly handed the war over to the South Vietnamese government?

  Vietnamization
• What was the War Powers Act?


  a federal law intended to check the president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress.
• Vietnam Syndrome


  reluctance to use military force abroad because of the psychological trauma caused by different aspects of the Vietnam War
• Why weren't troops returning from vietnam honored?

  They were viewed as traitors and violent.
• What Middle East country has the U.S traditionally supported?

  Israel
• What does OPEC mean?


  Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
• How did OPEC punish the United States?


  Announced an embargo & would not sell oil to nations supporting Israel and that it was raising its oil prices by 400 percent
• Detente


  relaxation of tensions between the United States and its two major Communist rivals, the Soviet Union and China
• How was detente used?


  Used to reduce tensions, use of nuclear weapons, and promote alliances
• Why was Nixon's trip to China important in US foreign policy?

  He was the first president to travel to China, and he did not support communism.
• What did Carter do in Panama?

  He returned the Panama Canal in Panama to improve Latin American Relations