Vocabulary
A number of people born or living at the same time
Generation
Who designed the Vietnam memorial?
Maya Lin
What countries were involved in the space race?
United States and Soviet Union
What country did Vietnam belong to in the 1880s?
France
Draft
Agreement to stop fighting
Cease-Fire
Who became president after Esienhower in 1960?
John F. Kennedy
What year did America land on the moon?
What government did North Vietnam have?
Communism
What is the program called that was started by JFK which provided medical care, food, shelter, and education for foreign countries?
Peace Corps
Competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to send people into space
Space Race
Who became president in 1963 following the assassination of JFK in Dallas Texas?
Lyndon Johnson
What country won the victory to orbit Earth?
Soviet Union
What government did South Vietnam have?
Anti-communism
What was popular art of the 1960s that used big colorful designs on everyday objects called?
Pop art
To remove from power
Overthrow
Who was the first American to go into outer space?
Alan Shepard
What country was the first to land on the moon?
United States
What president brought U.S. troops home from the Vietnam war?
Richard Nixon
What music did teenagers listen to in the 1960s?
Rock 'N' Roll
Gathering of people who want to express their feelings
Demonstration
Who were the two Americans who landed on the moon?
Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin
Who was the first American to orbit Earth?
John Glenn
Who were the Vietcong and where did they fight?
Describe the Vietnam memorial.
-'v' shaped
-made of granite
-soldiers who were lost or killed engraved in the stone