Vietnam
___________ _____________ was a chemical sprayed by the US army over large sections of Vietnamese jungle.
Agent Orange
Give me one of the nicknames for the border separating North and South Korea.
DMZ, 38th parallel
Who was President during the incidents involving the Little Rock Nine?
Eisenhower
The dividing line that cut off the Soviet Union and its satellites from the rest of the world was known as what?
Iron Curtain
Which president won his first election in 1968?
Nixon
What was the significance of Dien Bien Phu?
Vietnam pushed the French out
What dispute did Truman and McArthur have a falling out over?
Whether or not to push into North Korea
Which pro-Civil Rights organization did Rosa Parks join?
NAACP
What world event kicked off the start of the Cold War?
End of World War II
Who served as Kennedy's Vice President?
Lyndon Johnson
The main gun used by the Vietcong was the ________. It was supplied by the ___________.
AK-47, Soviets
Who was US President during the Korean War?
Truman
The first "sit-in's" occurred in which US state?
North Carolina
_________________, coined by George Kennan, was the official US policy during the Cold War.
Containment
John F. Kennedy was assassinated in which US state?
Texas
The __________ of ____________ incident was the official start of US involvement in the war in Vietnam.
Gulf of Tonkin
Jiang Jieshi and his followers fled to which island nation?
Taiwan
The Freedom Riders aimed to test a _________ law that prohibited segregation on Inter-___________ travel.
federal, state
The ____________ ________________ was used to distribute aid into Greece and Turkey to keep them from falling to Communism.
Truman Doctrine
John F. Kennedy's brother Robert served in what position in his cabinet?
Attorney General
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Name one of the leaders who took part in the Chinese Civil War.
Jiang Jieshi, Mao Zedong
_____________ v. ______________ was later overturned by _______________ v. _______________.
Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of Education
The __________ ______________ was meant to distribute money to Western European countries rebuilding after WWII.
Marshall Plan
Which presidential election (year) centered around the first widely-viewed televised debate?
1964