A New President
nations with enough military, political, and economic strength to influence events worldwide
superpowers
a major Cold War confrontation in 1962 when Kennedy ordered Soviet ships carrying missiles to be blocked from entering Cuba
Cuban Missile crisis
a government organization that sends American volunteers to developing countries to teach or give technical advice
Peace Corps
something received by a predecessor
legacy
the belief that if South Vietnam fell to communism, other countries in the region would follow
domino theory
Vietcong surprise attacks on South Vietnamese cities on the Vietnamese New Year's holiday in 1968
the failed invasion of Cuba in 1961 when a force of 1,400 Cuban exiles, backed by the United States, were captured after landing at this Bay
Bay of Pigs invasion
to begin again after stopping
resume
an international organization that promotes peace and economic progress in the Americas
Organization of American States (OAS)
President Johnson's goal aimed at creating a decent living standard for every American
Great Society
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
a protest movement in the 1960s that rejected traditional American values and culture
counterculture movement
This was the first Catholic president
Kennedy
This event came close to starting a full-scale nuclear war
Cuban Missile Crisis
Many Latin American people hoped this would help defend this from nuclear attacks
communism
Many middle-class men avoided what during the Vietnam war?
the draft
How did the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution affect the course of the Vietnam War?
it cased Americans to take an active role in fighting
what two ideals did the 1960s counterculture movement reject? similar to the beatniks
materialism and tradition
this presidential race was the first televised in history
Kennedy-Nixon
Cuba received large amount of aid from what country?
The Soviet Union
The Alliance for Progress aid program urged Latin American countries to make beneficial reforms in turn for what kind of aid
In return, the U.S. helped build schools and hospitals and to improve farming and sanitation services.
What happened November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas?
Kennedy's assassination
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Who do historians agree assassinated him?
Presidents Kennedy and Johnson sent aid to which Vietnam?
South
public support for the war faded as what went up?
American casualties
At 43, Kennedy set two records for president
youngest man ever elected to be president and first tot be born in the twentieth century
1400
they feared the world's first artificial satellite was armed with atomic bombs
Name at least3 programs of the Great Society
Medicare; Medicaid; Office of Economic Opportunity;HUD;
What would happen when Americans would find an enemy stronghold during the Vietnam War?
due to guerilla Warfare tactics, the men would just disappear into the jungle. and then return once the Americans left
By the mid-1960s the country split into what two groups
the "Hawks" and "Doves"