Vietnam War
The congressional act that allowed U.S. President Johnson to take military action in Vietnam
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The nickname for the Korean War
The Forgotten War
This was the first man in space
Yuri Gagarin
Policy meant to contain communism
What was the Truman Doctrine?
The Soviets invaded which country in 1979, fighting Islamic insurgents?
Afghanistan
The name of the bombing campaign waged by the U.S. over North Vietnam.
Operation Rolling Thunder
The latitude line dividing north and south Korea
38th parallel
The first satellite
Sputnik
This senator started the Red Scare in the U.S.
Who was Joseph McCarthy?
The soviet response to NATO
Warsaw Pact
This was the name of the members of the communist guerrilla movement in Vietnam (North)
The Viet Cong
The 2.5 mile stretch between north and south Korea where the two sides can meet.
The DMZ?
This country put the first woman in space
USSR
This college campus saw 4 killed by Ohio National guardsmen at a Vietnam War protest.
Kent State
The last leader of the USSR, who wanted to radically restructure the country.
Mikhail Gorbachev
The surprise attack by the Viet Cong on S. Vietnamese cities. US finally had advantage.
The Tet Offensive
This country came to the aid of North Korea, sending troops across the border
China (also supported by Soviet Union)
The first man on the moon
Neal Armstrong
This was the US and British mission to drop food after a Soviet blockade
Berlin Airlift
This Gorbachev policy meant openness
glasnost
The line of latitude that separated north and south Vietnam
17th parallel
The type of government in North Korea today
Communist
What did Armstrong say when he landed on the moon?
One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
The president during the Cuban Missile Crisis
JFK
This Gorbachev policy meant restructuring, specifically of the economy.
peristroika