Social Studies Vocabulary

Question 1

They sent volunteers to developing countries to help with projects such as digging wells and building schools

Answer 1

Peace corps

Question 2

A barrier of concrete and barbed wire between east and West Berlin

Answer 2

Berlin Wall

Question 3

The us navel formed a blockade around Cuba to prevent Soviet ships fro. Bringing in more weapons

Answer 3

Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 4

American leaders feared that if one country became Communist, nearby countries would also fall to communism this was called the

Answer 4

Domino theory

Question 5

Communist gurrilla forces called the

Answer 5

Vietcong

Question 6

Had led the revolution against an unpopular dictator

Answer 6

Fidel Castro

Question 7

Ho believed that only a communist revolution could free the Vietnamese people

Answer 7

Ho Chi Minh

Question 8

They climbed out and became the first people to walk in the moon

Answer 8

Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aidrin

Question 9

Giving the president the authority to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States

Answer 9

Tonkin Gulf Resolution

Question 10

A supply route used by the North Vietnamese. The trail was a network of paths and tunnels that led from North Vietnam, through Loas and Cambodia, and into South Vietnam.

Answer 10

Ho Chi Minh trail

Question 11

Or increased involvement

Answer 11

Escalation

Question 12

Where U.S patrols searched for hidden enemy camps, then destroyed them with massive firepower and air raids

Answer 12

Search and destroy mission

Question 13

Surprise attacks all over South Vietnam, including an attack on the U.S Enbassy in Saigon, South Vietnam’s capitol

Answer 13

Tet offensive

Question 14

Opponents in the war were called

Answer 14

Doves

Question 15

Supporters of the war were called

Answer 15

Hawks

Question 16

He commanded the ground forces involved with Vietnam

Answer 16

William Westmoreland

Question 17

Which was ratified in 1971,lowered the federal voting age from 21 to 18

Answer 17

26 Amendment

Question 18

He became the first astronaut in space

Answer 18

Alan Shepard

Question 19

Became the first astronaut to orbit earth

Answer 19

John Glenn

Question 20

He became the first person to travel into space,orbiting the earth once

Answer 20

Yuri Gagarin

Question 21

These documents revealed that U.S officials had been lying to the American public about the progress of the war for years

Answer 21

Pentagon Papers

Question 22

Emphasized individual freedom, nonviolence,and communal sharing

Answer 22

Hippies

Question 23

A plan to pull U.S troops from Vietnam and have the South Vietnamese Army take over all the fighting. This strategy was called

Answer 23

VIETNAMESE

Question 24

Which requires the president to get congressional approval before committing U.S troops to an armed struggle

Answer 24

War Powers Act