The Arab nations launched an oil embargo against the United States in 1973 because the Nixon administration
supported Israel following the Yom Kippur War.
The National Liberation Front in Vietnam was composed of
South Vietnamese under the direction of the North Vietnamese army.
What did the “Vietnamization” of the Vietnam War in 1968 demonstrate about the United States?
It now hoped to achieve its objective of a non-Communist South Vietnam by relying more heavily on the South Vietnamese.
Who organized the first major protest in the United States against the Vietnam War in April 1965?
Students for a Democratic Society
The Peace Corps was launched by the Kennedy administration in 1961 to
allow young Americans to work directly with the people in third world countries.
What was the ultimate impact of the Vietnam War in the United States?
It contributed to internal disorder and the downfall of two presidents.
Why were the Helsinki accords of 1975 controversial?
The accords acknowledged Soviet domination over Eastern Europe.
Which nation seized the Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, and West Bank after winning the Six-Day War in 1967?
Israel
During the Vietnam War, the FBI
disrupted antiwar work and spread false information about peace activists.
By 1968, the Vietnam War had
made refugees of nearly 30 percent of the South Vietnamese people.
The U.S. policy of détente with the Soviet Union entailed the United States
beginning new discussions with the Soviet Union on arms control and trade.
What were the Pentagon Papers, which became public in 1971?
A secret government study critical of U.S. policy in Vietnam
What was the final outcome of the Vietnam War in Vietnam itself?
North Vietnam occupied Saigon, and the country unified.
Why did President Lyndon B. Johnson's Latin American policy generate a new surge of anti-Americanism in that region in 1965?
The United States suppressed an uprising that sought to oust the military dictator of the Dominican Republic.
Why did East Germany erect a wall between East and West Berlin in 1961?
To stop the mass exodus of East Germans to West Berlin
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