| A | B |
|---|
| JFK | President who was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | When Soviets placed nuclear missiles in Cuba to scare the US |
| Vietnam War | The only war that the US lost-War that lasted 10 years |
| Gulf of Tonkin Resolution | Document that allowed US to join Vietnam war |
| NATO | Military Alliance after WWII aimed at stopping the spread of communism |
| Korean War | War fought after WWII to stop the spread of communism in Asia, we didn't win or lose |
| Cold War | Competition btwn US & USSR for global control |
| Communism | Economic & political idea where the government controls the economy & all way of life |
| McCarthyism | When Americans were scared of being labeled as a communist |
| Agent Orange | Chemical sprayed on the jungle to killed the plants so the US could find the Vietnamese |
| Doves | Those that opposed the war & favored peace |
| Draft | When the government picks you to be a soldier-you have no choice |
| Hawks | Those who supported the war in Vietnam |
| Kent State | College were 4 students were killed during a protest |
| Napalm | Gasoline bombs that are used to set an area on fire |
| Pentagon Papers | Newspaper articles that made the U.S. look bad |
| Search & Destroy | Strategy the US army used to defeat the Vietnamese |
| Tet Offensive | Surprise attack by the N. Vietnamese & VC on US bases & S. Vietnamese cities |
| Viet Cong | Communists in S. Vietnam |
| Vietnamization | Plan to use the S. Vietnamese to fight the rest of the war |
| Body Count | Method used by the US to keep track of the number of VC they killed |
| Containment | When the US tried to stop the spread of communism |
| Berlin Airlift | When US & British flew in supplies to West Berlin |
| Berlin Wall | Symbol of the Cold War, divided the capital city of Germany |
| Domino Theory | Idea that if one country falls to communism, the rest will |
| Iron Curtain | Symbol of the division between the Soviets & the West |
| United Nations | World organization created to try to achieve peace |
| Marshall Plan | US plan to rebuild Europe after WWII, we spent millions |
| Satellite Nations | Countries controlled by the Soviets, they surrounded the Soviet Union |
| Truman Doctrine | US plan to stop the spread of communism by giving them $$$ |
| Rosenbergs | Spies from Russia that were killed |
| Bay of Pigs Invasion | When the US invaded Cuba to try to get rid of Castro |
