Social Studies Flashcards
Peace Corps
It sent volunteers to developing countries to help with projects such as digging wells, buildings, and schools.
Fidel Castro
Was a Cuban rebel who had led a revolution against an unpopular dictator.
Berlin Wall
A barrier of concrete and barbed wire between East and West Berlin.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Is when the U.S. Navy formed a blockade around Cuba to prevent Soviet ships from bringing in more weapons.
Neil Armstrong
He was one of two of the people to walk on the moon.
Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin
He was the second person to walk on the moon.
Ho Chi Minh
He believes that only a communist revolution could free the vietnamese people.
Domino Theory
It was where American leaders feared that if one country became a communist that the other countries around them would too.
Vietcong
It was for communist called as its army.
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
It gave the president authority “to take all necessary measurements to repeal any armed attack against the forces of United States.”
Ho Chi Minh Trail
It was a supply trail used by the North Vietnamese. The trail was a network of pass in tunnels that lead from north Vietnam through Loas and Combodia, and into South Vietnam.
Escalation
It increased involvement
William Westmoreland
Commanded the U.S. ground forces involved in Vietnam
Search-and-destroy missions
Where US patrols search for hidden enemy camps then destroy them with massive firepower and or raids
Tet Offensive
Surprise attacks all over south Vietnam including an attack on the US Embassy in Saigon, South Vietnam’s Capital
Doves
They were opponents of the war
Hawks
They were supporters of the war
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
They protested the draft, as well as companies that made weapons used in Vietnam
Hippies
We’re people who emphasized individual freedom, nonviolence, and communal sharing.
Richard M. Nixon
Promised to restore order to the American society
Henry Kissinger
Was President Nixon’s national security adviser
Vietnamization
Was a plan to pull U.S. troops from Vietnam and have the South Vietnamese Army take over all the fighting
Twenty- sixth Amendment
It was ratified in 1971, which lowered the federal voting age from 21 to 18
War Power Act
It required the president to get congressional approval before committing U.S. troops to an armed struggle
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
It was designed by Maya Ying Lin, the black granite memorial lists the names of dead or missing American soldiers
