Cold War Vocab Part 2

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Ho Chi Minh:

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Leader of Vietnam's nationalist movement post-WWII; founder of the Communist Party in Indochina and President of North Vietnam.

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Viet Cong: South Vietnamese guerrilla forces fighting against the South Vietnamese Army and U.S. troops during the Vietnam War, initially formed as rebels against Ngo Dinh Diem.

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South Vietnamese guerrilla forces that fought against the South Vietnamese Army and U.S. troops during the Vietnam War. This group initially formed as rebels against Ngo Dinh Diem.

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Tet Offensive: 1968 coordinated North Vietnamese attacks on 100+ cities in South Vietnam.

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1968 coordinated North Vietnamese attacks on 100+ cities in South Vietnam.

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Define: counterculture

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Values and ideas opposing mainstream culture.

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War Powers Act

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A law passed by Congress in Nov 1973 over Nixon's veto to limit the president’s ability to send troops into combat.

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Define: Watergate

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Five men were arrested for burglarizing the Democratic National Committee's offices in the Watergate hotel complex in Washington, DC. The burglary and the subsequent cover-up became known as Watergate.

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Define SALT I

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Treaty limited each nation to 100 antiballistic missiles at one site and froze land-based and submarine-based ballistic missiles at 1,000 for five years.

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Define stagflation

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A situation where economic production slows but prices rise, contrary to typical economic slowdowns.

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Define OPEC:

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Intergovernmental organization of major oil-exporting nations coordinating oil policies to manage supplies and maintain profitable prices.

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Define: Reaganomics

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Influenced by Supply-Side Economics; policies included tax cuts, reduced social spending, increased military spending, and deregulation.