Cold War Vocabulary (Part II) - Later Years

Question 1

26th Amendment

Answer 1

an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that lowers the minimum voting age to 18

Question 2

Berlin Wall

Answer 2

a barrier of concrete and barbed wire between Communist East Berlin and West Berlin

Question 3

Cuban Missile Crisis

Answer 3

a threat to national security that occurred when the Soviet Union placed nuclear missiles in Cuba

Question 4

Domino Theory

Answer 4

the idea that Communism would spread rapidly throughout Southeast Asia

Question 5

Doves

Answer 5

Opponents of the Vietnam war

Question 6

Hawks

Answer 6

Supporters of the Vietnam War

Question 7

Hippies

Answer 7

Young people who rebelled against the mainstream culture of the 1960s

Question 8

Escalation

Answer 8

Increased involvement in the Vietnam War

Question 9

Ho Chi Minh Trail

Answer 9

a series of jungle paths that allowed Communist forces to travel from North Vietnam to South Vietnam

Question 10

Peace Corps

Answer 10

a nonmilitary aid program introduced by John Kennedy

Question 11

Search-and-Destroy Missions

Answer 11

the strategy used in the Vietnam War in which enemy targets were located and attacked

Question 12

Tet Offensive

Answer 12

A series of attacks by Viet Cong forces that proved to many Americans the Vietnam War was not being won

Question 13

Tonkin Gulf Resolution

Answer 13

Gave President Johnson the power to send combat troops to Vietnam

Question 14

Vietcong

Answer 14

the South Vietnam forces that were supported by North Vietnamese Communists

Question 15

Vietnamization

Answer 15

a policy introduced in an attempt to leave the Vietnam War, in which Vietnamese forces would take over the fighting

Question 16

War Powers Act

Answer 16

A law that requires a president to get congressional approval before sending troops into combat