COLD WAR
United States and Soviet rising Tensions surrounding Nuclear capable ICBMS
What was the Nuclear Arms Race?
John F. Kennedy (JFK)- assassinated on 11/22/63
Who was the president before LBJ and what happened?
Most conflicting event in the Vietnam War
What is the My Lai Massacre?
This vice president took over the presidency after Kennedy’s assassination.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
A group involving the US and 11 other nations that formed a military alliance to counteract communism.
What is NATO?
Civil Rights Act
What act did LBJ pursue?
Gulf Of Tonkin Incident
What is the event that escalated the Cold war to become the Vietnam War?
In 1961, this failed U.S. backed invasion and aimed to overthrow Fidel Castro but ended in disaster.
What is the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
Proxy War between eastern, communist forces and western, capitalist forces in Korea.
What was the Korean War?
Barry Goldwater (Rep.)
Who did LBJ win the election against in 1964?
(Name and Party)
Walter Cronkite
Who was the most notable news reporter during the war?
This Soviet leader agreed to remove Soviet missiles from Cuba after tense negotiations with President Kennedy.
Who is Nikitia Khrushchev?
A conflict between the communist North and capitalist South. The US sent troops which caused the nation to split in two over the choices made surrounding the conflict.
What was the Vietnam War?
"Domino Theory"
What policy, ALSO known as a "theory", had to be done in order to stop the "spread of communism"?
(Name the THEORY)
543,000
(Hint: Amount of What in What?)
What is the peak amount of troops in Vietnam?
In response to the Cuban Missile Crisis, President Kennedy initiated a naval blockade of Cuba, which was officially referred to as a type of military action.
What is a quarantine?
A physical barrier dividing the capital of Germany. Served as a symbol of the Communist Regime.
What was the Fall of the Berlin Wall?
Civil Rights/Healthcare/Education/Environment+Urban
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Name All "Great Society Programs" it helped effect:
(Gave aid to)
William Westmoreland
Who was the main war general?
In his 1961 inaugural address, Kennedy pledged to lead the U.S. in defending liberty around the world, but he also made a significant statement about the need for a better approach to this U.S. issue.
What is Civil Rights?