Origins
A rivalry short of direct confrontation between the US and the USSR from 1945-1991
What is the cold war?
Senator who blamed all of the countries troubles on communism and communist spies?
What is joseph mccarthy. ?
first televised presidential debates were between kennedy and this senator
Who is Richard Nixon
who led the independence movement of vietnam against the french
who is ho chi minh
believed in love not war, going against tradition and expanding their minds wirth drugs and eastern religions
What ard hippies or the counterculture
Identify two areas in which the US and USSR competed
What is space, arms race, sports, proxy wars and spies
identify two groups targeted by the HUAC(House of Un-American activites committee?
who is Hollywood, state department, and the US military?
failed attempt by kennedy and the cia to overthrow fidel castro
What is the Bay of Pigs invasion?
According to eisenhower if vietnam became communist other asian nations would follow. what is this called
What is the domino theory?
refused to be drafteds and lost his boxing license
who is muhammed ali
Financial aid to Western European countries from the USA post WWII for the purpose of rebuilding
What is the Marshal Plan or the Truman Doctrine?
why did North Korea attack south Korea during the korean?
north korea wanted to unify the country
this event resulted in US removal of missiles from turkey and USSR removal of missiles from cuba
What is The cuban missile crisis?
US soldiers killed women and children in this vietnamese village
What is my lai?
coined the term "vietnamization" ending the war with honor
who is richard nixon
How did truman react to Stalin's blockade of west berlin
What is the berlin airlift?
Describe FOUR! characteristics of the 1950s culture
What are rock and roll, consumerism, white collar jobs, suburbia, baby boomers, TV, automobile culture, etc?
john F. kennedy sought to encourage mutual understanding between americans and people of other nations and cultures by creating
What is the peace corps?
nixon invaded this neutral nation to destroy the ho chi minh trail
What is cambodia?
credited with ending the cold war
who is ronald reagan
to show unity and support against the USSR, the USA and its european allies formed
What is NATO (North atlantic treaty organization)
paid fir WWll vets to go to college and buy homes.
What is the Gl Bill?
who killed JFK
who is lee harvey oswald
gave the president the power to increase US involvement in vietnam war.
What is the gulf of tonkin?
escalated the war in vietnam and created the great society
who is lyndon B. johnson