Social Studies Vocabulary Flashcards
They sent volunteers to developing countries to help with projects such as digging wells and building schools
Peace corps
A barrier of concrete and barbed wire between east and West Berlin
Berlin Wall
The us navel formed a blockade around Cuba to prevent Soviet ships fro. Bringing in more weapons
Cuban Missile Crisis
American leaders feared that if one country became Communist, nearby countries would also fall to communism this was called the
Domino theory
Communist gurrilla forces called the
Vietcong
Had led the revolution against an unpopular dictator
Fidel Castro
Ho believed that only a communist revolution could free the Vietnamese people
Ho Chi Minh
They climbed out and became the first people to walk in the moon
Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aidrin
Giving the president the authority to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
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.
Ho Chi Minh trail
Or increased involvement
Escalation
Where U.S patrols searched for hidden enemy camps, then destroyed them with massive firepower and air raids
Search and destroy mission
Surprise attacks all over South Vietnam, including an attack on the U.S Enbassy in Saigon, South Vietnam’s capitol
Tet offensive
Opponents in the war were called
Doves
Supporters of the war were called
Hawks
He commanded the ground forces involved with Vietnam
William Westmoreland
Which was ratified in 1971,lowered the federal voting age from 21 to 18
26 Amendment
He became the first astronaut in space
Alan Shepard
Became the first astronaut to orbit earth
John Glenn
He became the first person to travel into space,orbiting the earth once
Yuri Gagarin
These documents revealed that U.S officials had been lying to the American public about the progress of the war for years
Pentagon Papers
Emphasized individual freedom, nonviolence,and communal sharing
Hippies
A plan to pull U.S troops from Vietnam and have the South Vietnamese Army take over all the fighting. This strategy was called
VIETNAMESE
Which requires the president to get congressional approval before committing U.S troops to an armed struggle
War Powers Act
