Vocab

Question 1

Peace corps

Answer 1

Sent volunteers to developing countries to help with projects

Question 2

Berlin Wall

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Cuban Missile Crisis

Answer 3

U.S. Blockaded Cuba so that the Soviet Union couldn’t put their missiles there

Question 4

Neil Armstrong

Answer 4

First man on moon

Question 5

Buzz aldrin

Answer 5

Second man on moon

Question 6

Ho Chi Minh

Answer 6

Believed that only a communist revolution could free the Vietnamese people

Question 7

Domino theory

Answer 7

American leaders thought that if one country became communist their neighbors would too

Question 8

Vietcong

Answer 8

Communist guerilla forces

Question 9

Fidel castro

Answer 9

Led a revolution against unpopular dictator

Question 10

Tonkin gulf resolution

Answer 10

Congress passed it giving the president the authority to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the U.S.

Question 11

Ho Chi Minh trail

Answer 11

A supply route used by the north Vietnamese the trail was a network of paths and tunnels that led from north Vietnam, through Laos and Cambodia, and into south Vietnam

Question 12

Escalation

Answer 12

Increased involvement

Question 13

Search and destroy missions

Answer 13

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

Question 14

William Westmoreland

Answer 14

General and commanded the U.S ground forces

Question 15

Tet offensive

Answer 15

Surprise attacks all over south Vietnam, including an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, south vietnams capital

Question 16

Doves

Answer 16

Opponents of the war

Question 17

Hawks

Answer 17

Supporters of the war

Question 18

SDS

Answer 18

Members of SDS protested the draft, as well as companies that made weapons used in Vietnam

Question 19

Hippies

Answer 19

Members emphasized individual freedom, non violence, and communal sharing

Question 20

Richard M. Nixon

Answer 20

Won presidency 301 electoral votes to 191

Question 21

Henry Kissinger

Answer 21

Nixon’s security adviser

Question 22

Vietnamization

Answer 22

A plan to pull U.S. Troops from Vietnam and have south Vietnam army take over all the fighting

Question 23

26th amendment

Answer 23

Ratified in 1971 lowered the voting right age to 21-18

Question 24

War powers act

Answer 24

Requires the president to get congressional approval before committing U.S. Troops to an armed struggle

Question 25

Vietnam veterans memorial

Answer 25

Designed by maya ying Lin the black granite memorial lists the names of dead or missing American soldiers

Question 26

John McCain

Answer 26

Lieutenant in navy was a flight instructor