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WW II
Cold War Foreign Policy
Kennedy/Johnson Era
Vietnam War
1960s,1970s,1980s
100
The United States remained neutral, but sent weapons and supplies to European Countries.
What is the Lend Lease Act
100
Soviet Russia places missiles aimed at the US in cuba.
What is Cuban Missile Crisis
100
race to be the first in outer space.
What is Space Race
100
A massive group of guerrilla warriors, aimed to fight opposing governments.
What is the vietcong
100
giant concert, where Jimi Hendrix played, that defined the counterculture movement.
What is woodstock
200
African Americans wanted victory in the war and victory with civil rights.
What is the Double "V" campaign
200
pushing ones enemy to the brink of extinction, especially with nuclear war.
What is Brinkmanship
200
slogan for voting equality among all americans.
What is "one man, one vote"
200
Congress gave the president the title of Commander in Chief. In charge of deploying military, during the vietnam war.
What is Tonkin Gulf Resolution.
200
Fought for mexican american rights and better working conditions for farm workers.
What is Cesar Chavez and UFW
300
Many mexican immigrants, under this program, fought for rights in america and better working conditions.
What is the bracero program
300
North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
What is NATO
300
This act in 1964 gave rights to all Americans
What is Civil Rights Act of 1964
300
A series of surprise attacks by the vietcong, during a national celebrated holiday. turning point in the war.
What is Tet Offensive
300
The south west of the United States of America
What is the Sunbelt
400
Navajo men that used their language to the US's advantage during WW2.
What is Code Talkers
400
Gave aid to Greece and Turkey.
What is Truman Doctrine.
400
JFK's domestic policy.
What is the New Frontier
400
American men all must sign up for this. Many were picked to fight in the vietnam war because of this.
What is the draft
400
Nixons downfall. A break-in into this.
What is Watergate
500
The project, determined to develop nuclear super arms.
What is Manhattan Project
500
this policy had the US give aid to all european nations, to rebuild after WWII.
What is Marshall Plan
500
Johnson's Domestic Policy.
What is Johnson's Great Society
500
Nixon's policy to turn the war into Vietnams war. Began training south vietnamese soldiers to fight.
What is vietnamization
500
Otherwise known as Trickle down economics. Reagan saved the nations economy by spending more.
What is Reaganomics