Vocabulary

Question 1

Peace Corps

Answer 1

Sent volunteers to developing countries to help with projects such as digging wells, and building schools.

Question 2

Fidel Castro

Answer 2

Led a revolution against an unpopular dictator. In 1959 he overthrew the dictator and established a communist government that was allied to the Soviet Union.

Question 3

Berlin Wall

Answer 3

A barrier of concrete and barbed wire between East and West Berlin.

Question 4

Cuban Missile Crisis

Answer 4

Blockade around Cuba to prevent Soviet Ships from bringing supplies to Cuba.

Question 5

Neil Armstrong

Answer 5

First man on the moon.

Question 6

Buzz Aldrin

Answer 6

Second man on the moon.

Question 7

Ho Chi Minh

Answer 7

Believed that a communist revolution could free the Vietnamese people.

Question 8

Domino Theory

Answer 8

American leaders feared that if one country fell to communism then nearby countries would was well.

Question 9

Vietcong

Answer 9

Communist guerilla forces.

Question 10

Tonkin Golf Resolution

Answer 10

Giving the president the authority “to take all necessary measures to repel an armed attack”.

Question 11

Ho Chi Minh Trail

Answer 11

A supply route used by the North Vietnamese. Was mainly a network of tunnels.

Question 12

Escalation

Answer 12

Increased involvement

Question 13

William Wetsmoreland

Answer 13

Commanded the U.S. ground forces involved in Vietnam.

Question 14

Search and Destroy

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Tet Offensive

Answer 15

Surprise attacks all over South Vietnam including an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Saigon.

Question 16

Doves

Answer 16

Against the Vietnam War

Question 17

Hawks

Answer 17

For the Vietnam War

Question 18

SDS

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Hippies

Answer 19

Emphasized individual freedom, nonviolence, and communal sharing.

Question 20

Vietnamization

Answer 20

A plan to pull U.S. troops from Vietnam and have the South Vietnam Army to take over all of the fighting.

Question 21

26th Amendment

Answer 21

Lowered the federal voting age from 21 to 18.

Question 22

War Powers Act

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Answer 23

Designed by Maya Ying Lin, the black granite memorial lists the names of dead or missing American soldiers.

Question 24

Richard Nixon

Answer 24

Promised to restore order to American society and bring “peace with honor” to Vietnam.