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1
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Who became the new leader of the Soviet union after Joseph Stalin died in 1953

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Niketa Krushchev

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who became a rebel leader of Cuba after they overthrew Fulgencio Batista in January 1959

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Fidel Castero

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Where did the fist Cold War crisis occur?

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Cuba

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Around how far is Cuba from Florida

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around 90 miles

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what was it called when 1500 Cuban exiles landed by boat at Cuba and Castro’s forces responded quickly, killing around 300 of them and capturing the rest.

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Bay of Pigs

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A barrier of concrete and barbed wire between East and West Berlin which cut out communication between the two parts of the city

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The Berlin wall

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U.S Navy formed a what, around Cuba which was designed to prevent Soviet shops from bringing in more weapons.

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A blockade

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Who was Alan Shepard Jr.

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First U.S. astronaut in space on May 1961

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What was the Domino Theory

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It was the fear that if one country fell to communist other countries would too.

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In July French and Vietnamese leader came to an agreement called the…

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Geneva Accords

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What were the Geneva Accords

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The Geneva Accords temporarily dividing Vietnam into North and South along the 17th parallel.

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North Vietnam was lead by

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Ho Chi Minh

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South Vietnam was lead by

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Ngo Dinh Deim

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What type of dictatorship was North Vietnam

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Communist dictatorship

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What type of dictatorship was South Vietnam

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Western style government

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Who were the guerrilla solders of the communist faction in Vietnam who saw the war as a battle for their very existence.

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Vietcong

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Another word for the National Liberation Front

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Vietcong

18
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who commanded U.S. ground forces

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General William Westmoreland

19
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What were the Missions where U.S. patrols searched for hidden enemy camps then destroyed them with massive fire power called?

A

Search and Destroy missions

20
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What was it called when planes also released chemicals to kill the dense forests on the trail and to increase visibility from the air. American veterans and Vietnamese civilians later suffered serious health problems from exposure to these chemicals.

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Agent Orange

21
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what was the turning point in the Vietnam War that was a series of surprise attacks all over South Vietnam, including an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, South Vietnam’s capital.

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TET Offensive

22
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What were people who were against the war called

A

doves

23
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what bird symbolizes peace

A

doves

24
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What were people who were for the war called

A

hawks

25
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what is a culture with its own values and ways of behaving.

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Counterculture

26
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College students—most of whom were white and from wealthier families—were able to get draft releases that were called?

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Deferments (an excuse from the draft).

27
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what did some young men burn in protest of the Vietnam War and the draft?

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their draft cards

28
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who announced that he would not run for president in 1968.

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Lyndon B. Johnson

29
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President Johnson’s supported who in the run for presidency

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His vice President Herbert H. Humphrey

30
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After winning the California primary and giving his victory speech who was assassinated

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Robert Kennedy

31
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Who assassinated Robert Kennedy?

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Sirhan Sirhan.

32
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who won the Democratic nomination for president,

but had damaged his chances of victory with the events that happened in Chicago?

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Herbert Humphry

33
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who was a candidate for president from the American Independent Party and promised to restore law and order to America.

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George Wallace

34
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who was a republican nominee?

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Richard M. Nixon

35
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who promised his “silent majority”that he would restore law and order in America.

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Richard M. Nixon

36
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Who won the election

A

Richard Nixon

37
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What did Nixon order the bombing of?

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enemy supply routes and hideouts in neighboring Cambodia and Laos

38
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What happened at Kent State?

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Four students were dead and at least nine more were wounded when National Guard troops fired into a crowd of protesters.

39
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What act was passed in 1973 that required the president

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

A

Wars Power Act

40
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Name three ways the Vietnam war effected the United States

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  • They lost a lot of men
  • Divided America
  • Now makes people very skeptical of getting involved in another war
41
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Name three ways the Vietnam war effected Vietnam

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  • Many died of Starvation
  • Agent Orange had many health problems for the civilians
  • They lost a lot of lives including soldiers and even civilians

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