American History 2nd Semester Exam Review

Flashcards for American History 2nd Semester Exam Review

What was the 1st soviet satellite?

Sputnik

What was the significance of the Space Race in the Cold War?

Deterrence theory was put in place

What act was put in place to produce more scientists and teachers or science will face uprisings?

National Defense Education Act

What was the purpose of the Bay-of-Pigs Invasion?

Exile who left when Castro came to power to invade Cuba and start a recession against the communist government

What was one of the causes of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

The Soviet Union was sending nuclear missiles to Cuba

How was the Cuban Missile Crisis resolved?

Through negotiations, the US and the Soviet Union signed a treaty where the Soviet Union said it wouldn't send nuclear missiles to Cuba if America agreed to not invade Cuba and stop the moral seaman.

What were the Warren Commission Findings?

Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone when he shot JFK

Who thought killed Oswald?

Jack Ruby

What agency was created in 1947 and the 1st leader was Allen Dulles?

C.I.A

What was the purpose of the C.I.A's creation?

To gather intelligence want our countries and against communism

What is blowback?

Unintended results of a canat operation or political action.

How did the U.S. view the Vietnam War?

America thought that North Vietnam would try to spread communism

How did North Vietnam view the U.S. presence in Vietnam?

Vietnam viewed the US presence as a calming power

Who was the leader of South Vietnam?

Ngo Dinh Diem

Who was the leader of communist North Vietnam?

Ho Chi Minh

What was the Vietcong?

A communist group within South Vietnam that used force to oppose the US and Vietnam government in order to make Vietnam a communist nation

What was the Ho Chi Minh Trail?

A military supply route running from N Vietnam through Laos and Cambodia to send weapons soldiers and supplies to the Vietcong in S Vietnam

What was Ho Chi Minh’s strategy to defeat the U.S.?

Elephant v. Tiger

What was the Gulf of Tonkin Incident?

When US ships were attacked by N Vietnam ships in the gulf of Tonkin

What was Operation Rolling Thunder?

A campaign that the US tried to put into place against N Vietnam between March 1965

What is conscription?

Practise of ordering people by law to serve in the armed forces

What did the people in the war value?

The people in the war were poor and beach.

What did Mainstream Culture Value?

Partiatismtraditional

What did the Beat Movement value?

favorexoticjamsorliterature

What did the Hippie Movement value?

rejectedmananalimandcapitalism

What was the Tet Offensive?

Massive surprise attack by the Vietcong on South Vietnamese towns and cities

What was Vietnamization?

Nixon's plan to gradually withdraw US troops from Vietnam to allow South Vietnam to take a more active contact in war

What caused the Kent State Protest?

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Who were the American leaders who were assassinated in 1968?

MlkandBobbyKenneddy

Why was there conflict at the 1968 Democratic Convention?

Many democrats wanted McCarthy/People wanted to end the war

Why did Nixon win the 1968 election?

People wanted to end the war

What impact did Silent Spring discuss?

impact of butterscotchRachelhaddstonbidogtmmadtnagudmanhumanactionswereharmingtheenvironment

Who was the author of Silent Spring?

Rachel Carson

What is the EPA?

Federal agency created in July 1970 to help clean and protect the environment

What caused the Cuyahoga River Fire?

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What was the cause of the Watergate Scandal?

PeoplesawthatNixionwashidingsomething

What was a short-term consequence of the Watergate Scandal?

endofmixion'spresidency

What was a long-term consequence of the Watergate Scandal?

People didn't trust gov

Who built the Berlin Wall?

theGermanRepubliccastGermany

Why was the Berlin Wall built?

to prevent east Germans from fleeing west to solidify the division between east and west Berlinduring the

What is SDI?

strangerdefenceimitative

What was Reagan’s impact on ending the Cold War?

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What did Reagan sign to help end the Cold War?

hesignedtreaties signedbyMeagantooutlinetheUSpolicytostopcommunismfromspreading

What was Gorbachev’s impact on ending the Cold War?

heresigned

What were the targets of the 9/11 attacks?

worldtradecenterpentagonPennsylvaniafield

How many were killed in the 9/11 attacks?

3,000

What were the causes of 9/11?

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What was the response to 9/11?

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What is the Department of Homeland Security?

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What is the Taliban?

theTauban

What was the purpose and location of the 2003 Iraq War?

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Who was Saddam Hussein?

marathanggaggingdomesticsecurityeffortsthatprotectfromandrespondtoterroristattacks

What is the PATRIOT Act?

manmadeaccidents actof20

Why was the PATRIOT Act debated?

supportersgreaterpowerneedtobegiventothegovernmenttohelpthemkeenamericasafeoppositionitviolatesamericanscivileventiersuchantoanamendment

What was the purpose of Operation Enduring Freedom?

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What was the location of Operation Enduring Freedom?

Afghanistan

What was the purpose of the 2003 Iraq War?

FindIragiweaponofmassacanaianwmindandremovesaddamHusseinfrompowerwhilesaddanwasremacawon

What is Al Qaeda?

Islambicmilitaryprotestthatemergedin

What was the debate over the treatment of suspected terrorists?

Yeshomaneacogenerationmangandentisangeausewecangetbecauseinformationandwillstopfutureattacksitsaviolenceofhumanrights

What is detention?

The act of keeping somebody in custody

Operation Ajax

America Feared Communism

Warren Commission

Said Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone

Gulf of Tonkin Incident

When US ships were attacked by N Vietnam ships in the gulf of Tonkin

Beat Movement

Rejected mainstream values

Silent Spring

Discussed the impact of human actions harming the environment

Nixon

President during Watergate Scandal

Berlin Wall

Built to prevent East Germans from fleeing West

9/11

Attacks aimed to convince the US to leave Saudi Arabia

Op. Enduring Freedom

War in Afghanistan

Patriot Act

Gave broader powers to monitor possible terrorist activities

LBJ

authorized Operation Rolling Thunder

Ho Chi Minh Trail

A military supply Route