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U6 L2 Notes 3 Vocab
Unit 6 Lesson 2 Notes 3 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Nikita Khrushchev | Soviet Union leader during the U-2 incident that further strained relations with the United States. |
| Fidel Castro | A Cuban who led a successful revolution against the US supported Cuban government and aligned with the Soviet Union against the US. |
| John F. Kennedy | A Democratic President of the United States that defeated Richard Nixon due to his ability to impress the American population on television. |
| Lee Harvey Oswald | The assassin who shot and killed President John F. Kennedy |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | Vice President who became President when John F. Kennedy was assassinated |
| Ho Chi Minh | Communist leader of Vietnam |
| Richard Nixon | A Republican President who had a plan named Vietnamization to end the Vietnam War; tried to stop the Pentagon Papers from coming out and had to resign after the Watergate Scandal. |
| Students for Democratic Society | A group of students who helped to organize protests around the nation on college campuses. |
| Cuba | An island, 90 miles off the coast of Florida, where the Cuban Missile Crisis occurred |
| Vietcong | South Vietnamese who wanted to be part of North Vietnam |
| Saigon | Vietnam city where the US Embassy was attacked during the cease fire of the Vietnam War. |