Presidents
President from 1961-1963. He was assassinated in Dallas, TX on November 22, 1963.
John F. Kennedy
The theory that if one nation were to fall to communism, other nations would as well.
Domino
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The scandal involving the Nixon administration in 1972. Led to president Nixon's resignation in 1974.
The "Watergate" scandal
President from 2009-2017. Became the first African-American president. Signed the Affordable Care Act in 2010.
Barack Obama
The failed invasion of Cuba in 1961. It made president Kennedy look weak.
Bay of Pigs
A system of required military service that unfairly recruited poor, uneducated Americans. Was used during the Vietnam War.
The Draft
Crisis involving fifty-two American hostages being held in Iran from 1979-1981.
The Iran Hostage Crisis
President from 2001-2009. Was president during the 9/11 terrorist attacks. This president was also criticized for the Iraq War.
George W. Bush
Was constructed between East and West Berlin in 1961. Was demolished in 1989.
The Berlin Wall
A highly flammable, sticky substance used in explosives during the Vietnam War.
Napalm
The cocaine variant that sparked the "War on Drugs" in the 1980's.
Crack
President from 1969-1974. Increased relations with China, and was infamously known for the "Watergate" scandal.
Richard Nixon
President Truman's economic aid package for Berlin following WW2.
The Marshall Plan
Code names for supporters and opposers of the war.
Hawks and Doves
Code name for the liberation of Kuwait in 1991 during the Gulf War.
Operation Desert Storm/Shield
President from 1963-1969. Was known for increasing involvement in the Vietnam War, as well as promoting his "Great Society" programs.
Lyndon B. Johnson
The Strategic Defense Initiative. It was proposed by president Ronald Reagan. What was its nickname?
Star Wars
The mass murder of unarmed South Vietnamese civilians on March 16th, 1968 by U.S. Army troops.
Mỹ Lai massacre
What began as a project during the Cold War in the 1960's, became ready for consumer use in the 1990's.
The internet