Vietnam War the SALT Treaty What effect did
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Vietnam War & the SALT Treaty
What effect did the Cold War have on the Virginia economy? • Benefitted Virginia’s economy more than any other state’s
In what two parts of Virginia was military spending most important during the Cold War? • Hampton Roads • Northern Virginia
What Cold War policy resulted in American involvement in Vietnam? • Containment
What American president said, “Ask not what Your country can do for You, but what You can do for Your country? • John F. Kennedy
What president said Americans should “pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship…to assure the survival and success of liberty”? • John F. Kennedy
What European colonial power controlled Indochina after World War II? (Indochina included Vietnam. ) • France
Who was the leader of the Vietnamese independence movement? • Ho Chi Minh
Why did the United States support France’s efforts after World War II to keep Indochina as a colony? • Ho Chi Minh was a communist.
What type of government did North Vietnam have? • communist
What type of government did South Vietnam have? • Non-communist or anticommunist
What was the name of the South Vietnamese communists who tried to overthrow the South Vietnamese government? They were guerilla fighters. • Vietcong
What was the official name of the Vietcong? • The National Liberation Front
What president gave economic and military aid, money and weapons, first to the French and then to the government of South Vietnam? • Dwight D. Eisenhower
What president began the American military buildup in South Vietnam? • John F. Kennedy
What president was assassinated in 1963? • John F. Kennedy
What president escalated (increased) American military involvement in the Vietnam War? • Lyndon B. Johnson
What anti-communist policy did the United States follow in Vietnam? • Containment
How many American troops did the United States have stationed in Vietnam in 1968? • More than 500, 000
What was the center of antiwar feeling in the United States? • College campuses
Who won the 1968 presidential election? • Richard M. Nixon
What was Nixon’s pledge in the 1968 presidential campaign regarding the Vietnam War? • “Peace with Honor. ”
What did Nixon call his policy to turn over the war to the South Vietnamese army and simultaneously withdraw American troops? • Vietnamization
Did Vietnamization succeed or fail? • Failed
What two communist countries supplied the North Vietnamese Army? • The Soviet Union • Communist China
What political scandal forced President Nixon to resign from office? • Watergate
Who became president when Nixon resigned as President? • Gerald Ford
What happened in Vietnam? In other words, how did the Vietnam War end? • Communist North Vietnam took over South Vietnam and reunited the country under communist rule.
Who was president when the Vietnam War ended? • Gerald Ford
What type of government did Vietnam have when it was reunified in 1975? • Communist
Who was President Nixon’s most important Secretary of State? • Henry Kissinger
What was the relationship between the Soviet Union and communist China in the early 1970 s? • The Soviet Union and China were rivals for power.
With what country did President Nixon begin to establish formal diplomatic relations in 1972? • Communist China
Who was the leader of communist China in 1972? • Mao Zedong
What was the capital of communist China? • Beijing
Who was the Soviet Union’s leader in 1972? • Leonid Brezhnev
What was the capital of the Soviet Union? • Moscow
What two countries were involved in the SALT talks? • The United States and the Soviet Union
What does SALT stand for? • Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
Name the Soviet-American discussions to establish limits on the number of nuclear weapons. • The SALT talks
Name the first treaty to establish limits on the number of nuclear weapons held by the United States and the Soviet Union. • The SALT Treaty
