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Veitnam War
study guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| If one nation becomes Communist, nearby countries will also fall to communism=domino | Domino effect |
| 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 nearly 3 decades. | Berlin Wall |
| What countries were in a space race? | US and SU |
| Who was the 1st person to travel into space? | Russian Yuri Gagarin |
| Who was the 1st person to walk the moon? | Neil Armstrong |
| Who was leading the North Vietnamese that promoted Communism that later had a city named after him South Vietnam? | Ho Chi Minh |
| After gunfire was exchange in the Gulf of Tonkin, his 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 Vietnam New Year (this really caused doubt in Americans about whether or not we should be in this war) | Tet Offensive |