Vocab. Flashcards
They sent volunteers to developing countries to help digging wells and building schools
Peace Corps
A rebel that led a revolution against an unpopular dictator.
Fidel Castro
A barrier of concrete and barbed wire between east and West Berlin
Berlin Wall
When the U.S. Navy formed a blockade around Cuba to prevent the Soviet Union from bringing in more weapons.
Cuban Missile Crisis
First man on the moon.
Neil Armstrong
Second man on the moon.
Buzz Aldrin
A communist Vietnamese leader.
Ho Chi Minh
The fear that if one country became communists, that nearby countries would also fall to communism
Domino Theory
Communist guerrilla forces.
Vietcong
When congress gave the president the authority “to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States.
Tonkin golf resolution
A supply route used by the North Vietnamese. The trail was a network of paths and tunnels that led from north Vietnam, through Laos and Cambodia, and into south Vietnam .
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Increased involvement
Escalation
When U.S patrols searched for hidden enemy camps, then destroyed them with massive firepower and air raids
Search and destroy missions
Surprise attacks all over South Vietnam, including an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, South Vietnam’s capital.
Tet offensive
Opponents of the war
Doves
