APUSH 8.7-8.8 vocab

Question 1

Third World

Answer 1

developing nations, often newly independent, often influenced by cold war rivalries

Question 2

Covert Action

Answer 2

undercover intervention in the internal politics of other nations, mostly communism

Question 3

CIA

Answer 3

central intelligence agency
US agency responsible for intelligence gathering and covert operations

Question 4

Iran

Answer 4

government in Iran had tried to nationalize the holding of foreign oil companies

Question 5

Eisenhower Doctrine

Answer 5

1957
pledged economic and military aid to any Middle Eastern country threatened by communism

Question 6

OPEC (organization of Petroleum Exporting countries)

Answer 6

Members of OPEC hoped to expand their political coordinating their oil policies

Question 7

Yom Kippur (October) War

Answer 7

Jewish holy day Yom Kippur the Syrians and Egyptians launched a surprise attack on Israel in an attempt to recover lands lost in the six day war of 1967. Nixon ordered US nuclear forces and aided Israel to stem the retreat

Question 8

Camp David Accords

Answer 8

September 1978

President Carter formed a presidential retreat in Camp David, Maryland. It provided a framework for peace between countries.

Question 9

Oil Embargo

Answer 9

OPEC imposed restriction on oil exports to the US in retaliation for supporting Israel, causing an energy crisis

Question 10

Peace Corps

Answer 10

organization that recruited young American volunteers to give technical aid to developing countries

Question 11

Alliance of Progress

Answer 11

US program that promoted land reform and economic development in Latin America

Question 12

Ngo Dinh Diem

Answer 12

In South Vietnam, a government emerged under this leader. Their support mostly came from anti-communist, catholic, and urban vietnamese

Question 13

Domino Theory

Answer 13

if South Vietnam fell under Communist control, one nation after another in Southeast Asia would also fall

Question 14

John Foster Dulles

Answer 14

secretary of state, put together SEATO

Question 15

SEATO (southeast asia treaty organization)

Answer 15

agreeing to defend one another in case of an attack within the region, 8 nations signed the pact in 1954

Question 16

Tonkin Gulf Resolution

Answer 16

congress approved this which gave the president, as commander in chief, a blank check to take “all necessary measures” to protect US interests in Vietnam

Question 17

General William Westmoreland

Answer 17

commander of the US forces in Vietnam, assured the American public he could say “the light at the end of the tunnel”

Question 18

credibility gap

Answer 18

public skepticism about the government honesty regarding the vietnam war

Question 19

Hawks

Answer 19

believed the war was an act of soviet backed communist aggression against south Vietnam and that it was part of a master plan to conquer all of Southeast Asia

Question 20

Doves

Answer 20

opponents of the war
viewed the conflict as a civil war fought by Vietnamese nationalists and some communists who wanted to who unite their country by overthrowing a corrupt Saigon government

Question 21

Tet Offensive

Answer 21

vietcong launched an all out surprise attack on almost every provincial capital and american base in south vietnam

Question 22

Robert F Kennedy

Answer 22

became a senator from New York. He decided to enter the presidental race after McCarthy’s strong showing in New Hampshire. He was more effective than McCarthy in mobilizing the democratic blue-collar and minority vote

Question 23

George Wallace

Answer 23

segregationist conservative and anti war presidental candidate

Question 24

Richard Nixon

Answer 24

US president (1969-1974) conservative, ended US involvement in vietnam

Question 25

Hubert Humphrey

Answer 25

liberal had enough delegates tow in convention, VP under Johnson and democrativ nominee

Question 26

Vietnamization

Answer 26

Nixon announced that he would gradually withdraw US troops from Vietnam and give South Vietnamese the money, the weapons, and the training they need to take over full conduct of the war

Question 27

Kent State

Answer 27

nationwide antiwar protest on college campuses, one in this college resulted in 4 young people getting killed.

Question 28

My Lai

Answer 28

American public was shocked to learn about the 1958 massacre of woman and children by US troops in the Vietnamese village of _

Question 29

Pentagon Papers

Answer 29

further fueling antiwar sentiment was the publication of this it was a secret government study documenting the mistakes and the deceptions of the government policymakers in dealing with Vietnam

Question 30

Paris Accords

Answer 30

january 1973 promised a ceasefire and free elections. However, the armstice did not end the war between the North and South and left tens of thousands of troops in South Vietnam

Question 31

War Powers Act

Answer 31

this law required that Nixon or any future president to report to congress within 48 hours after taking military action it also said congress had to approve any military action that lasted more than 60 days limiting presidental power to deploy troops without congressional approval

Question 32

Decolonization

Answer 32

collapse of colonial empires

Question 33

Suez Crisis

Answer 33

conflict involving Britain, Egypt, France, Israel over the Suez Canal, with US intervention leading to withdrawl