Vietnam
The Presidents
Rights Movements
Vocabulary
Anything Goes
100
Guerrilla fighters who launched an insurgency in Vietnam
What is VIETCONG
100
In March 1968, President _______ made a surprising announcement to the American people that he would not run for another term as President.
Who is PRESIDENT JOHNSON
100
1973 Supreme Court case on abortion rights
What is ROE v. WADE
100
a jellied gasoline that explodes when dropped in large canisters
What is NAPALM
100
Rebel leader who demanded independence for Vietnam
Who is HO CHI MINH
200
a Vietnamese village attacked by American troops
What is MY LAI
200
President Nixon’s leading adviser on national security and international affairs was _____
Who is DR. HENRY KISSINGER
200
1960s lifestyle challenging traditional mainstream values
What is the COUNTERCULTURE
200
the idea that if Vietnam fell to communism, its neighbors would follow
What is THE DOMINO THEORY
200
laborers who move from farm to farm
What are migrant farmworkers
300
a classified government history of American involvement in Vietnam
What are the PENTAGON PAPERS
300
Chinese premier who normalized relations with President Nixon
Who is Zhou Enlai
300
theory of full equality between men and women
What is feminism
300
Union for Latino and Filipino farmworkers
What is the United Farm Workers
300
Who won the 1968 Presidential election?
Who is NIXON
400
The major antiwar candidate for President in 1968.
Who is Eugene McCarthy
400
President Eisenhower’s domino theory was based on the idea of what?
What is containment.
400
Which event helped create the counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s?
What is the VIETNAM WAR
400
The purpose of the first _____ event on April 22, 1970, was to plant trees and flowers.
What is Earth Day
400
Ho Chi Minh compared his military to a(n)
What is a TIGER
500
A coordinated assault by communist forces on more than 40 cities in Vietnam
What is the TET OFFENSIVE
500
President ____ ordered the secret bombing of the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Cambodia to reduce the flow of communist supplies.
Who is NIXON
500
The primary purpose of the 1969 Native American occupation of ____ was to draw attention to broken treaties.
What is Alcatraz
500
The American public began to distrust the Johnson administration because of the
What is THE CREDIBILITY GAP
500
Leading Democratic candidate for President in 1968 until his assassination. (First initial & last name needed).
Who is ROBERT KENNEDY
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