end of cold war redo

Question 1

What was the Vietnam War?

Answer 1

A prolonged military conflict that started as an anti-colonial war against the French and evolved into a Cold War confrontation between international communism and free-market democracy.

Question 2

What is Reaganomics?

Answer 2

Popular name for Pres. Ronald Reagan’s philosophy of ‘Supply-side’ economics combined tax cuts with an unregulated marketplace.

Question 3

What is the Moral Majority?

Answer 3

An organization of Evangelical religious conservatives founded in 1979 to promote conservative social values.

Question 4

What were the Helsinki Accords?

Answer 4

1975 agreement between the USSR and the United States that recognized the post-World War II boundaries of Europe and guaranteed the basic liberties of each nation’s citizens.

Question 5

What was the oil embargo?

Answer 5

Prohibition on trade in oil declared by OPEC, dominated by Middle Eastern producers, in Oct 1973 in response to U.S. and western European support for Israel in the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

Question 6

What does détente refer to?

Answer 6

Period of improving relations between the U.S. and Communist nations, particularly China and the Soviet Union, during the Nixon administration.