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Vietnam War
Study Guide
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| If one nation becomes Communist, nearby countries will also fall to Communism | Domino Theory |
| The Vietcong was a group of North Vietnamese that fought in South Vietnam against __. | US |
| What did Kennedy intend to do by establishing the Peace Corps. | Help developing countries by digging wells and schools. |
| This was built to separate East and West Berlin in Germany & stood for almost 3 decades. | Berlin Wall |
| When Soviets tried to set up nuclear missiles in Cuba to use on the US then the US and the Soviet Union signed a treaty that banned aboveground testing of new nuclear weapons. | Cuban Missile Crisis |
| What countries were in a space race? | United States and Soviet Union |
| Who was the first person to travel to space? | Russian Yuri Gagarian |
| Who was the first person to walk on the moon? | Neil Armstrong |
| Who was leading the North Vietnamese that promoted Communism that later had a city named after him in South Vietnam? | Ho Cho Minh |
| After gunfire was exchanged in the Gulf of Tonkin, this gave the president authority to take all necessary measures to repel any army attack against the forces of the US leading Johnson to expand US role in Vietnam to stop Communism spread? | Tonkin Gulf Resolution |
| A surprise attack all over South Vietnam launched by North Vietnam when there was SUPPOSED to be a cease-fire due to Vietnamese New Year? (this really caused doubt in Americans about whether or not we should be in this war) | Tet Offensive |
| Supporters of the War? | Hawks |
| People against the war? | Doves |
| Due to the mistrust in government officials, the _________ ________ act was passed which required the president to get congressional approval before committing US troops to an armed struggle | War Powers |
| In the new election, they tried to appeal to young people that were against the war. The ____ Amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18. Nixon won a second term. | 26th |
| Antiwar feelings continue to grow and a secret government document was published revealing that U.S. officials had been lying to the American public about the progress of the war for years. | Pentagon Papers |
| The plan was to pull US troops from Vietnam and have South Vietnamese Army take over all the fighting in the war in Vietnam. The strategy was called what?} | Vietnamization |
| Who won presidential election after Johnson that promised to restore order and bring peace with honor to Vietnam , but didn't want to be the 1st president to "lose" a war (so he kept sending troops witch made americans mad) | Richard Nixon |
| What was the group called that fought for individual freedoms, peace ☮, nonviolence, and community sharing? | Hippies |
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