U.S. & Louisiana | U6T3 | The Later Cold War | BBLMS

The U.S. got involved in the Vietnam War to:

• protect trade routes.

• spread democracy.

• contain the spread of communism.

• retaliate against attacks.

The U.S. ___ able to contain the spread of communism in the Vietnam War.

• was

• was not

The release of the ___ upset Americans by revealing that U.S. military leaders had misled the American people during the Vietnam War and felt it could not be won.

• Pentagon Papers

• Vietnamization Papers

• Detente Papers

• Watergate Papers

The release of these documents spurred a court case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the media could publish these documents as protected by the ___.

• First Amendment

• Second Amendment

• Fifth Amendment

• Fourteenth Amendment

Which of the following led to a sharp decrease in support for the Vietnam War and the rise of anti-war protests?

• The Tet Offensive

• The policy of Glasnost

• The Policy of Containment

• The Korean War

President Nixon’s policy of ___ involved both a foreign visit to China and the formation of SALT.

• detente

• containment

• glasnost

• perestroika

President Ford’s Energy Policy Conservation Act of 1975 sought to ___ energy usage and costs, setting mileage standards for vehicles.

• increase

• decrease

President Jimmy Carter facilitated peace agreements between Egypt and Israel known as the ___.

• Oslo Accords

• Cairo Peace Pact

• Camp David Accords

• Sinai Agreement

President Carter’s leadership was plagued by the rising price of ___ and shortages of ___.

• oil; gas

• wheat; water

• coal; electricity

• gold; food

When the Soviet Union invaded ___, Carter responded by placing an embargo on trade with the USSR, halting SALT, and refusing to allow Americans to participate in the Moscow Olympics.

• Poland

• Afghanistan

• Czechoslovakia

• Hungary