People
President of the United States who dealt with multiple crises during the 1960s, including the Cuban Missile Crisis and construction of the Berlin Wall
JFK; Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev was the leader of which world superpower?
USSR; Soviet Union
This theory is a main driving point for American anti-communist action around the globe
Domino Theory
What happened at Kent State in May of 1970?
This Southeast Asian nation was the site of conflict between the US and itself in the 1960s-70s.
Vietnam
President of the United States who pulled the US out of Vietnam under the policy of Vietnamization; he won the 1972 Election by 520 EV - 17 EV
The ________ Wall stood as the prime symbol of the Cold War from 1962-1989.
Berlin
What is the name of the resolution which gave the President the authority to "take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States"?
The Tonkin Gulf Resolution
An organization which planned and carried out protests against the Vietnam War and the military industrial complex on college campuses
SDS; Students for a Democratic Society
A massive bombing campaign carried out by the United States against North Vietnam
Operation Rolling Thunder
President of the United States that is often criticized for his involvement in the Vietnam war; He dropped out of the 1968 Election amidst divisions within the Democratic Party
LBJ; Johnson; Lyndon Johnson
The 1962 'October Crisis', where the USA found nuclear missile sites in this country, was followed by perhaps the closest few weeks the world ever got to Nuclear War
Cuba
The Ho Chi Minh Trail was a series of pathways hidden in the Jungle, allowing the Vietcong to move secretly through Vietnam - what type of fighting would this be considered?
Guerrilla Warfare
Describe the phrase "Hawks vs. Doves", in the context of the Vietnam War
Hawks are Pro-War, Doves are Anti-War
What is the name of the document which helped shape American Foreign Policy during the Cold War?
NSC-68
The Leader of the Cuban Revolution and subsequently the leader of Communist Cuba in the 1960s. His collaboration with the Soviet Union upset the United States and led to various covert operations to attempt to overthrow him.
Fidel Castro
The Capital City of South Vietnam was renamed after the war from Saigon to __________ City, named after the leader of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War
Ho Chi Minh
This is the term that Richard Nixon used to define his plan for Vietnam, which included pulling US troops out and putting the weight of the fighting onto South Vietnamese Forces
Vietnamization
What is special about these three Astronauts? Gus Grissom, Neil Armstrong, Eugene Cernan
Purdue Grads
Satellites make spying easier & rocket technology could also be used for nuclear weapons - but these developments were all part of the competition to explore the great beyond between the US and USSR. What was this called?
The Space Race
The Leader of South Vietnam after the Geneva Peace Accords split the country in 2. He was unpopular to the Buddhist Majority in South Vietnam, and he cancelled the re-unification elections amidst his unpopularity.
Ngo Dinh Diem
A failed CIA Invasion at the ________, Cuba, saw US Backed Rebels hardly make it off the beach as they were attacked by Cuban Forces
Bay of Pigs
THESE are what officially ended the Vietnam War in 1973
Paris Peace Accords
Often dressing in colorful or floral clothes, these young members of society rejected the norms and practiced their own counter-culture. Who were they?
Hippies
Following the defeat of French Colonial Forces at Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam was divided into Communist North and Capitalist South with plans for elections that would re-unify the country. Did these elections happen, and why/why not?
No; Ngo Dinh Diem cancelled them