810 Q1 - Changing Frontiers

Question 1

What was the peace agreement between Egypt and Israel?

Answer 1

Camp David Accords

Question 2

A foreign policy that ended with the Vietnam War was called?

Answer 2

containment

Question 3

Who was the president of South Vietnam supported by the United States.

Answer 3

Ngo Dinh Diem

Question 4

What was the agreement to end fighting in Vietnam and release prisoners of war?

Answer 4

Paris Peace Accords

Question 5

Who was created to control pollution and the disposal of harmful chemicals?

Answer 5

Environmental Protection Agency

Question 6

US policy of easing tensions between the United States and Cold War nations

Answer 6

detente

Question 7

The policy under which US troops trained South Vietnamese to fight on their own was called what?

Answer 7

Vietnamization

Question 8

What lowered the age at which people could vote to 18?

Answer 8

Twenty-sixth Amendment

Question 9

What resolution limited the President’s power to send troops into war without approval from Congress?

Answer 9

War Powers Resolution

Question 10

What was an incident in which Nixon covered up illegal actions of his staff?

Answer 10

Watergate Scandal

Question 11

Who became Vice President and then President after the previous ones resigned?

Answer 11

Gerald Ford

Question 12

What were people called who wanted to increase US involvement in Vietnam?

Answer 12

Hawks

Question 13

what made abortion legal?

Answer 13

Roe vs. Wade

Question 14

The talks and agreement between the US and the Soviet Union to limit certain types of weapons

Answer 14

SALT

Question 15

What was the name of the guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam?

Answer 15

Vietcong

Question 16

The Agreement that split Vietnam into separate nations was called?

Answer 16

Geneva Accords

Question 17

Who was the communist leader in Vietnam?

Answer 17

Ho Chi Minh

Question 18

What was a well planned attach by the North Vietnamese on the Vietnamese holiday “Tet”?

Answer 18

The Tet Offensive

Question 19

Why did President Ford pardon Nixon?

Answer 19

So America could move forward and avoid a long criminal trial

Question 20

Who resigned from the presidency rather than face impeachment?

Answer 20

Richard Nixon

Question 21

What was the capital of South Vietnam?

Answer 21

Saigon

Question 22

Who was the President who worked to free the American hostages in Iran but failed?

Answer 22

Jimmy Carter

Question 23

What gave the President the power to use any force to repel armed attacks

Answer 23

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Question 24

Who was the first man to walk on the moon?

Answer 24

Neil Armstrong

Question 25

What was the French colony in Southeast Asia that included Vietnam?

Answer 25

French Indochina