Question 1
The United States and the Soviet Union agreed on the SALT I and ABM treaties that reduced nuclear weapon stockpiles because a frozen relationship between the two nations had thawed over what policy agreement?
A) The Soviet Union would agree to abandon a military presence in East Berlin while the United States would end their military presence in West Berlin.
B) Both nations entered into an exclusive trade and diplomatic policy that forbade either nation to engage in trade and diplomatic discussions with China.
C) Both nations agreed that they needed to support Egypt and Syria in their war with Israel.
D) The United States would not invade Cuba and the Soviet Union would suspend building a submarine base in Cuba.
Question 2
Nixon's ground-breaking trip to China in 1972 accomplished all of the following provisions EXCEPT
A) both countries agrees to open deeper diplomatic and trade channels between the two nations.
B) the United States and China agreed to reduce the amount of nuclear weapons in their respective arsenals.
C) China agreed not to intervene in the Vietnam conflict.
D) the United States would have a smaller military presence in Taiwan.
Question 3
Why did students at Kent State University stage a protest that ultimately led to members of the Ohio National Guard firing at the protestors and killing four students?
A) They wanted to protest a proposed law that would have increased the voting age to 24.
B) They believed that the Nixon administration had erred in its quest to normalize relations with China.
C) They were furious at the Nixon administration for invading the country of Cambodia.
D) They were angry that colleges across the country had restricted the right to free speech anywhere on campus.
Question 4
How did the Nixon administration's policy of Vietnamization fundamentally change the conflict in Vietnam?
A) It allowed the United States to withdraw troops while supplying the South Vietnamese with money and arms to better train their own army.
B) It prevented the Khmer Rouge from gaining power in Cambodia.
C) It allowed the Nixon administration to permanently end bombing raids of North Vietnam.
D) It forced the United States to send more soldiers into Vietnam.
Question 5
The Paris Peace Talks in 1972 led to the United States withdrawing all troops from what occupied country?
A) Israel
B) Vietnam
C) East Germany
D) South Korea