Vietnam War
A toxic herbicide
what is Agent Orange
What ended the Korean War
what is an "armistice"
How far is Cuba from the US
whats is 90 miles off the coast of Florida
Name of the Communist leader of North Korea
Who is Kim Il Sung
What did the 26th amendment do
what is changed the voting age from 21 to 18
This marked the end of the war in Vietnam
what is the Fall of Saigon
The Parallel dividing North from South Korea
What is the 38th parallel
More than a thousand Cuban exiles stormed the beaches at ________ intending to ignite an uprising that would overthrow the government of Fidel Castro.
what is the Bay of Pigs
The name of the communist leader of North Vietnam
Who is Ho Chi Minh
The name for the struggle between two nations, the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (US) in the pursuit of space flight technologies.
What is The Space Race
The idea that if one country fell to communism the rest would follow suite
What is Domino Theory
The idea that we need to ensure that communism stays only in the USSR
What is containment
How did the U.S. discover Soviet-made missiles in Cuba, in 1962
What are spy planes
The communist leader of Cuba
Who is Fidel Castro
A historic Supreme Court ruling from 1969 that cemented students' rights to free speech in public schools
What is Tinker V. Des Moines
One major advantage the Viet Cong had over American troops
what is the thick vegetation
Who did President Truman fire
Who is Gen. MacArthur
President Kennedy decided to place a naval blockade, or a ring of ships, around Cuba. The aim of this _________ as he called it, was to prevent the Soviets from bringing in more military supplies.
What is "quarantine"
Communist leader of USSR during the cold war
Who is Khrushchev
What was caused by the actual, perceived or implied discrepancy between a politician's public statements and what was being observed on TV about the war?
what is the credibility gap
This was the exit strategy the US employed following the Tet Offensive
What is Vietnamization
Foreign policy which gave aid to South Korea
What is the Truman Doctrine
This agreement by the US convinced USSR to remove their missiles from Cuba and ended the 13 day standoff
What is the US removing missiles from Turkey
who was the man overthrown by Fidel Castro in Cuba
Who is Batista
What was the name of the first satellite in space
what is Sputnik I