| A | B |
|---|
| Lyndon Johnson | follows JFK |
| war on poverty | President Johnson tries to aid the underprivileged |
| Ho Chi Minh | leader of Vietnamese Communists |
| South Vietnam | not communist |
| guerilla warfare | hit and run attacks |
| doves | supported Peace |
| detente | relaxation of tensions between the US and Soviet Union |
| Great Society | what President Johnson called his administration |
| Gulf of Tonkin Resolution | allows President Johnson to take "whatever means are necessary" in Vietnam |
| North Vietnam | communist |
| Vietcong | North Vietnamese, followers of Ho Chi Minh |
| hawks | supported the war |
| Kent State | 4 students killed when the National Guard opens fire during an anti-war protest |
| Vietnamization | Nixon's plan to withdraw US troops, and to allow South Vietnam to take over the fightingallow |
| Vietnam's current government | communist |
| perjury | lying under oath |
| Watergate | scandal that causes Nixon to resign for obstructing justice |
| Carter's foreign policy | human rights |
| The Great Communicator | President Reagan's nickname |
| terrorism | using violence against innocent people to advance political goals |
| Star Wars | US defense plan that calls for satellites to shoot down incoming nuclear weapons |
| Kuwait | invaded by Iraq |
| Sadaam Hussein | dictator of Iraq |
| Desert Storm | US and United Nations kick Iraq out of Kuwait |
| Bill Clinton | wins 1992 and 1996 Presidental election |
| New Federalism | Reagan's plan; less government involvement in big business (trickle down economics) |
| arms race | US and USSR compete for nuclear superiority |
| Challenger disaster | space shuttle explodes |
| Persian Gulf | waterway crucial to world oil exporting |
| George Bush | pledges to defend Kuwait. President during Desert Storm |
| 1992 Independent candidate | Ross Perot |
