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| Peace Corp | sent volunteers to developing countries to help with projects such as digging wells and building schools |
| Neil Armstrong | First person to walk on the moon |
| what non military tactics did President Kennedy use to control communisim | Alliance for Progress, Peace Corps |
| How was the Cuban missile crisis resolved | US navy blockade |
| Who was Ho Chi Minh | Vietnamese Nationalist |
| Vietcong | Communist guerrilla forces, who got their supplies and were funded by the North Vietnames |
| Domino Theory | American leaders feared that if one country became communist, nearby countries would fall to communisim |
| Tonkin Gulf Resolution | Giving the president the authority to take all necessary measure to repel any army attack against the forces of the US |
| MoChi Minh Trail | Supply route used by North Vietnam. Tunnels from NV, Laos & Cambodia into South Vietnam |
| William Westmoreland | Commanded US ground forces |
| Search & destroy missions | where patrols find enemy camps & destroyed them |
| Tet Offensive | surprise attacks all over South Vietnam including the US Embassy |
| Doves | Opponents of the war |
| Hawks | Supporters of the War |
| War Powers Act | Requires the president to get congressional approval |
| Vietnamization | US troops pulled from Vietnam and have South Vietnamese Army take over all fighting |
