Vietnam War - abroad
Vietnam War - at home
Cold War at home
1950s
1960s
100

These people opposed the Vietnam War, supported peace, love, and rock 'n' roll

Hippies/Beatniks

100

The organization joined by the US and countries in Western Europe to protect each other from the Soviets

NATO

100

These 4 subjects received increased funding during the space race

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (S.T.EM) 

200

During Vietnam and Korea, this part of the government was given independent control of the military

President/Executive

200

After WW2, people were moving here

Suburbs
200

The idea of stopping the spread of communism that drove US foreign policy throughout the cold war

Containment

200

The failed Bay of Pigs Invasion and huge Missile Crisis happened in this country while JFK was president

Cuba

300

LBJ used this 'incident' involving a US ship near North Vietnam to get involved in the Vietnam War

Gulf of Tonkin Incident/Resolution

300

Famous 3-day music festival where people gathered to protest the Vietnam War

Woodstock

300

This gave Veterans free college and reduced mortgages on homes

GI Bill

300

The US dropping supplies from planes into West Berlin was known as the

Berlin Airlift

300

The goal of LBJ's Great Society was to end this forever

Poverty

400

This Viet Cong surprise attack was the point when Americans realized we weren't winning the war

Tet Offensive

400

At this University, four students were shot and killed while protesting the war

Kent State

400

This man was responsible for the hysteria and witch-hunts of the Red Scare in the 50s

Joseph McCarthy

400

The launch of this satellite by the USSR kicked off the space race 

Sputnik

400

The Soviets only agreed to remove nukes from Cuba when JFK promised to remove US nukes from

Turkey

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