Vocabulary
a hit and run technique used in fighting a war; fighting by small bands of warriors using tactics such as sudden ambushes.
Guerrilla Warfare
First American to orbit the earth?
John Glenn
Richard Nixon was the “silent majority’s” 1968 presidential candidate.
True
The world’s first satellite, ______, was launched by ______.
Sputnik.
Soviet Union.
This President said the following in response to the Cuban Missile Crisis, “…neither the United States of America nor the world community of nations can tolerate deliberate deception and offensive threats…”
John F. Kennedy
a sudden overthrow of a government by a small group.
Coup
The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred during this persons presidency.
John F. Kennedy
Students and other opponents of the Vietnam War were called Pigeons.
False. Opponents of the war were called Doves.
President Nixon ordered the bombing of enemy supply routes in Laos and _______.
Cambodia
the law applied by military forces in occupied territory or in an emergency.
Martial Law
an excuse, issued by the draft board, that lets a person be excused from military service for various reasons.
Deferment
Who was assassinated after winning the California Primary?
Robert F. Kennedy
The turning point of the Vietnam War was the Battle of Bunker Hill.
When national guard troops fired into the crowd, students were killed at ______ State.
Kent
Who said the following on March 31, 1968, “Tonight, I renew the offer I made last August–to stop the bombardment of North Vietnam. We ask that talks begin promptly, that they be serious talks on the substance of peace.”
President Johnson
lack of belief; a term used to describe the lack of trust in the Johnson administration’s statements about the Vietnam War.
Credibility Gap
Secretary of Defense sent on a fact finding mission to Vietnam?
Robert McNamara
Henry Kissinger represented the United States during the Paris Peace Talks with North Vietnam.
True
The _________ used the Ho Chi Minh Trail during the Vietnam War.
National Liberation Front
the guerrilla soldiers of the Communist faction in Vietnam, also known as the National Liberation Front (NLF).
Vietcong
Nixon’s policy that called for South Vietnam to take a more active role in fighting the war and for Americans to become less involved.
Vietnamization
Who ran as as third party candidate in the 1968 Presidential Race?
George C. Wallace
General Richard Daley was the American Commander in Vietnam.
False. General William Westmoreland was the commander in Vietnam.
The radical ideas of many you g people in the 1960’s created a_______.
Counterculture.
Who said the following in response to the Kent State University protest? “…the action of some students were violent snd criminal and those of some others were dangerous, reckless and irresponsible…”
Richard Nixon