Foreign Policy
What is the name of the imaginary line that divided Western and Eastern Europe?
Iron Curtain
President of the United States during the Vietnam War. He and his administration caused what became known as the "credibility gap" with their handling of the war.
Lyndon B. Johnson
What line divides North Korea and South Korea?
38th Parallel
What country wins the space race by landing a man on the moon first?
United States
What was passed by Congress to give President Johnson more power to wage in Vietnam after North Vietnamese boats fired on US Navy ships?
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The policy of keeping communism where it was and not letting it spread.
Containment
President of the United States at the beginning of the Cold War. Helped shape our policy of containment.
Harry Truman
What is the area at the 38th parallel that separates the two Koreas called?
Demilitarized zone (DMZ)
What country is the first to put a satellite into space?
Soviet Union
The public's skepticism over President Johnson and his administration's statements about the Vietnam War.
Credibility gap
The idea that if one country fell to communism then all the countries around it would also fall.
Domino theory
Dictator of the Soviet Union at the start of the Cold War.
Joseph Stalin
What type of government did North Korea have?
Communist
What is the name of the first satellite in space?
Sputnik
How were troops supplied to the US military in the Vietnam War?
The draft
The economic plan to rebuild Turkey and Greece and prevent communism from spreading there.
Truman Doctrine
Supreme Allied Commander in WWII who later became President of the United States.
Dwight Eisenhower
How did the Korean War end?
What did the United States increase spending on in response to the first satellite being launched into space?
Math and science education
What new entity allowed Americans to form their own opinions about the war and helped turn the public against the war?
The media/TV
The economic plan to help rebuild Europe after WWII.
President of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis
John F. Kennedy
Who was in charge of US/UN forces at the beginning of the Korean War?
Douglas MacArthur
What were the rockets used to launch satellites and men into space originally developed for?
Arms race (carrying nuclear weapons)
What did Congress pass to limit a president's power to wage war?
War Powers Resolution