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HF1950&1960
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| New Frontier | JFK's vision; Education reform, health insurance, and support for migrant workers |
| Bay of Pigs | Failed plot to overthrow Castro with the support of the CIA |
| Baby Boom | People born during the post WWII time period marked by the rise of consumerism, conservative values, and the cold war |
| Vietnam War | War fought in former French colony from 1954-1974 in order to defeat Ho Chi Minh and communism; during the 1960's it became a very unpopular war in America met with protests and resistance |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | 1962 crisis between the U.S.A. and Cuba; closest America has ever been to a nuclear war |
| Operation Rolling Thunder | 1966-1968: Ongoing bombing of Hanoi nonstop for three years, especially targets the Ho Chi Minh Trial |
| Tet Offensive | Seen as a defeat by the American media; N. Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong attack South simultaneously (67,000 attack 100 cities, bases, and the US embassy in Saigon |
| Living Room War | Term used to describe the Vietnam War because of the media coverage |
| November 22, 1963 | JFK was assassinated |
| Peace Corps | Program created during the Kennedy administration sending volunteers around the globe to help 3rd world countries |
| Ho Chi Minh | Nationalist whose forces controlled he North Vietnam |
| Viet Cong | Peasants and communist forces during the Vietnam War |
| Ngo Dinh Diem | A French-educated, Roman Catholic claimed control of the South Vietnam |
| General Westmoreland | Commander of ground forces during the Vietnam War; "Light at the end of the tunnel" |
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Henry Knecht
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