Unit Three Flashcards
(21 cards)
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
In 1955 the Russians (Soviet Union)
Warsaw Pact
America and launched the second red scare and the rise of Joseph McCarthy
Communist; loss of China
NASA
National Aeronautic and Space Administation
Became the first American to orbit the Earth
John Glenn
On Nov. 4, 1956 Soviet tanks and troops invaded Hungary
The Hungarian Revolt
The Fiasco made Kennedy look weak on Communism
The bay of pigs Fiasco
Russians shot down the CIA spy plane flown
Gary Francis Powers
Khrushchev thought of him
young, weak, ineffective, and probably a pushover
Cuban Mission Crisis
the closest the super powers came to nuclear war
An eleventh hour deal was struck to defuse the situation
In return for a US pledge not to invade Cuba and the removal of the Cuban Missiles, America agreed to withdraw missiles from Turkey and Greece
The assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Dallas
Lee Harvey Oswald
Jack Ruby
The government official version of the Kennedy Association
The Warren Report
Reports conclusion
Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone, and that there was no larger conspiracy
Oswald defected to the Soviet Union
Minsk, Belarus
Oswald was handing out pro-castro leaflets in downtown New Orleans was arrested
Fair play for Cuba Committee
The Warren commissions whole argument is based
Magic Bullet Theory
The Dictabelt recording from a motorcycle police compelled Congress to initiate ___ in 1978
House select committee on Assassinations
It is one of the most studied pieces of film in history
The Zapruder film
Kennedy was not going to commit US combat forces to
Vietnam
