Kennedy and Foreign Policy Flashcards
(9 cards)
1
Q
Sent volunteers to developing countries with projects such as digging wells and building schools
A
Peace corps
2
Q
Had lead a revolution against an unpopular dictator
A
Fidel Castro
3
Q
A barrier made of concrete and barbed wire between East and West Berlin
A
Berlin Wall
4
Q
U.S. Navy formed a blockade around Cuba to prevent Soviet ships from bringing in more weapons
A
Cuban Missile crisis
5
Q
O o of two first Americans to walk on the moon
A
Neil Armstrong
6
Q
The other first American to walk on the moon
A
Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin
7
Q
Vietnamese nationalist
A
Ho Chi Minh
8
Q
American leaders feared that if one country became communist nearby countries would also fall to communist
A
Domino theory
9
Q
Communist guerrilla forces called the Vietcong was a army that supplied North Veitnamese
A
Vietcong
