Definitions
John F. Kennedy
Vietnam
Lyndon B. Johnson
1960s culture
100
An active revolt or uprising
Insurgency
100
John F. Kennedy ran against this man in the 1960 election
Richard M. Nixon
100
Vietnam was a colony of this nation prior to WWII
France
100
The Great Society
Lyndon B. Johnson's policies
100
Started because the Soviet Union placed Nuclear Weapons in Cuba
Cuban Missile Crisis
200
Escalation
A rapid increase or rise
200
What was the "New Frontier"
Policies of the Kennedy presidency
200
A military conflict in which one or more third parties directly or indirectly support another nation in an effort to influence the conflict's outcome
Proxy War
200
Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin
First people to walk on the moon
200
1960s Fashion represented individualism, freedom, and
Rebellion
300
Ho Chi Minh Trail
System of paths used by North Vietnam
300
Dallas, Texas
What city Kennedy was assassinated in
300
President Dwight D. Eisenhower's theory about the spread of Communism
Domino Theory
300
Guns and Butter
Balance a country's recourses between military needs and civilian needs
300
Fidel Castro
Leads a Communist Revolt in Cuba
400
Indochina
Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia
400
This man was accused of killing Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
400
Keeping Communism in an isolated area
Containment
400
The goal to beat the Soviet Union to the moon.
Space Race
400
Advertisers expanded the market for products by appealing to this group
Teenagers
500
Commission
A group of people officially charged with a particular function
500
What three things made Kennedy unique?
Youngest man elected, decorated war hero, first Catholic President
500
The evacuation of Saigon in 1975
500
What three programs were part of Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society
Medicare/Medicaid, National Endowment for the Arts, Elementary and Secondary Education Act
500
According to lecture - what is the song title that best represents the 1960s
The Times They Are a Changin'