Cold War Vocabulary Quiz Worksheet

the army of communist North Vietnam, which supported the Viet Cong in South Vietnam with troops and supplies
an herbicide used by the U.S. military in Vietnam to kill foliage in an effort to deny cover to the enemy
a military campaign designed to wear down the enemy's strength
the army of the government of South Vietnam
jellied gasoline dropped from U.S. planes during the Vietnam War as an incendiary bomb designed to burn forests and destroy enemy installations
the difference between the reality of the Vietnam War and the Johnson administration's positive portrayal of it
President Richard Nixon's policy of having the government of South Vietnam gradually take over the conduct of the war, especially ground combat
a massacre of hundreds of Vietnamese civilians in 1968; reports of the killings shocked Americans and increased opposition to the war
the killing of four protesters at Kent State University in 1970 by National Guard troops; reports of the shootings led to increased antiwar protests
a top-secret Pentagon study of the U.S. role in Vietnam that was leaked to the press in 1971, revealing that previous administrations had deceived Congress and the public about the war
a resolution passed by Congress in 1973 placing strict limits on a president's powers to use armed forces in hostilities without congressional approval
President Richard Nixon's plan to reduce the size and power of the federal government and return power to the states, the centerpiece of which was a proposal for revenue sharing
a government agency created by Congress in 1971 to protect workers on the job
a government agency created by Congress in 1970 to protect Americans' health and the natural environment by setting and enforcing pollution standards
a proposal by President Richard Nixon, which was rejected by Congress, under which the government would have supported every poor family with a minimum annual income
an energy shortage in fall 1973 that resulted from oil-exporting nations of the Middle East halting their shipping of oil to the United States to protest U.S. support of Israel in its conflict with its Arab neighbors
the relaxation of Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union and between the United States and China that began under President Richard Nixon
a five-year agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union to limit the number of nuclear missiles in their arsenals; the treaty limited the Soviet Union to 1,618 missiles and the United States to 1,054, including both ground-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs)
a political scandal from 1972 to 1975 in which President Richard Nixon and members of his staff organized a burglary of the Democratic National Committee's headquarters in the Watergate building and then attempted to cover up their illegal activities, leading to prison terms for many involved and Nixon's impeachment