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WorksheetsU.S. & Louisiana | U6T3 | The Later Cold War | BBLMS
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
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
President ___ created a plan to shoot down Soviet missiles called the Strategic Defense Initiative and nicknames "Star Wars."
Richard Nixon
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
Reagan’s economic policy, “Reaganomics,” ___ the national debt.
reduced
increased
eliminated
___ – The Soviet policy that allowed for greater political openness and increased freedom of speech
Glasnost
Perestroika
Stalinism
Leninism
___ – The Soviet policy that allowed for economic and political reform.
Glasnost
Perestroika
Stalinism
Leninism
When the Soviet Union collapsed, President George H. W. Bush responded by ___.
imposing new sanctions against Russia
offering support to the former Soviet nations
expanding NATO
declaring war on nations who had joined the Warsaw Pact
Which of the following did not exist under the Carter administration?
price inflation
stagnant job growth
shortages of gasoline
an increase in employment
In what way did Mikhail Gorbachev's policies of Perestroika and Glasnost impact Soviet citizens?
They prevented male citizens from opting out of military service for any reason.
They provided Soviets with more job opportunities at the many military bases around the Soviet Union.
They prevented citizens from speaking out about the shortage of goods and services in the communist state.
They allowed for more openness in society, and helped increase the flow of goods and ideas within the Soviet Union.
