Vocabulary Flashcards

1
Q

A Cuban rebel who led a revolution against an unpopular dictator

A

Fidel Castro

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2
Q

Sent volunteers from to developing countries to build schools and businesses.

A

Peace corps

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3
Q

A barrier of concrete and bar wire between east and West Berlin.

A

Berlin Wall

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4
Q

A U.S. Blockade to stop soviet from bringing in more weapons.

A

Cuban missle crisis

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5
Q

First man on the moon.

A

Neil Armstrong

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6
Q

Armstrongs space partner

A

Edwin aldrin

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7
Q

Ho.chi.min

A

A communist

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8
Q

Where everyone falls to communism

A

Domino theory

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9
Q

Communist gurrilla forced called the Vietcong as its army

A

Vietcong

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10
Q

Protested the draft as well as the Vietnam war.

A

SDS

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11
Q

Emphasized individual freedom and nonviolence as well as sharing

A

Hippies

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12
Q

Promised peace in Vietnam and a peaceful society

A

Richard m. Nixon

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13
Q

Created vietnazation

A

Henry Kissinger

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14
Q

A plan to pull us troops from Vietnam and have south Vietnamese soldiers take over all fighting

A

Vietnamization

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15
Q

Lowered voting age from 21 to 18

A

26th amendment

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16
Q

President has to have permission to commit us troops to armed struggle

A

WPA

17
Q

Lists dead/missing soldiers

A

VVM