Saturday Academy 5/5

What was the Domino Theory?

• US involvement in Vietnam was cause US involvement in other Asian countries
• US military intervention in the Middle East would stop communism from reaching Southeast Asia
• Communism spreading in Vietnam would cause other nations in Southeast Asia to fall to communism
• The Vietnam War would cause a domino effect for protesting in the United States

Which amendment was passed as a result of the image above during the Vietnam War?

• 19th Amendment
• 21st Amendment
• 24th Amendment
• 26th Amendment

Which law limited the power of the president to sent troops into combat without a formal declaration of war?

• GI Bill 
• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
• War Powers Act
• Executive Military Power Act

What eliminated trade restrictions like tariffs between the US, Mexico, and Canada?

• NATO
• OPEC
• SEATO
• NAFTA

What was an outcome of the Persian Gulf War?

• Saddam Hussein was overthrown and executed
• The US took control of Iraq and Kuwait to establish new governments
• The US helped liberate Kuwait and left Saddam Hussein in power
• OPEC embargoed oil against the US

What is the economic principal of cutting taxes and limiting regulations for the wealthy and businesses so that the benefits will "trickle down" to small businesses and the middle and lower class?

• Reaganomics
• Social Darwinism
• Laissez faire
• Socialism

What was Reagan's plan to build up the military to prevent an attack from the Soviet Union?

• Détente 
• Realpolitik
• Reaganomics
• Peace Through Strength

What was Nixon's policy of relaxing relationships with communist nations?

• Peace Through Strength
• Détente
• Watergate
• Vietnamization

Why did the US invade Afghanistan?

• To stop Saddam Hussein from taking their oil
• Because their government supported terrorists who attacked the US
• Because they were the "axis of evil"
• To prevent to spread of communism

What was the greatest achievement of Jimmy Carter's presidency?

• Iran Hostage Crisis
• Oil Embargo
• Pardoning Nixon
• Camp David Accords