People
Who was the US President during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
John F. Kennedy
Body of water where the USS Maddox was attacked on Aug 2, 1964, bringing the US into Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin
What was the main goal of the Great Society programs?
To eliminate poverty
What does "detente" refer to in the context of the Cold War?
Easing/cooling of tensions
List 3 ways men avoided the draft
Starvation
Mutilation
Fled to Canada
Claimed being Gay
Self-Inflicted Medical Problems
Who was the US Governement trying to overthrow in the Bay of Pigs invasion?
Fidel Castro
Location of Operation Rolling Thunder
Vietnam
What significant event marked significant change in public opinion about the Vietnam War?
Tet Offensive
List 3 examples of "Containment"
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Vietnam War
Korean War
Berlin Airlift
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Who did JFK recruit to invade Cuba and overthrow the government?
Cuban Exiles
Who was the Cuban leader overthrown by Castro and his guerrilla army?
Fulgencio Batista
What land did Kruschev want from JFK?
West Berlin
Period of 13 days in 1962, brought the US and Soviet Union close to nuclear war
Cuban Missile Crisis
Leader of South Vietnam, became a dictator and was ultimately assassinated.
Ngo Dinh Diem
The Great Society vastly expanded this...the form of government in which the government protects and promotes the economic and social well-being of its citizens.
Welfare state
Castro and this Soviet leader signed a series of pacts that resulted in large deliveries of economic and military aid in 1960.
Nikita Khrushchev
Where were NATO nuclear missiles located?
Turkey
What legislative act was passed in 1964 to end public segregation as part of the Great Society?
The Civil Rights Act
Credibility Gap
Difference between what the government was telling the public bout the Vietnam war and what was being shown to them on TV
Identify 1 advantage the Viet Cong (VC) had over the US military.
Knew the land
not wearing uniforms/blend in with civilans
Guerilla Warfare tactics
The Lieutenant in charge of the Charlie Company
William Calley
The Ho Chi Minh Trail went through what 2 countries outside of Vietnam?
Laos and Cambodia
Worst example of war crimes committed by the US military against civilians in Vietnam
My Lai Massacre
The formal name of the communist rebels in Vietnam
Viet Cong
Vietnam was a colony of what nation between the1800s-1941?
France