Chapter 10 Vietnam.

Peace Corps is an American organization that sends technical, educational, and medical services to developing countries

1973 law restricts the President’s war-making powers; the Pres has to ask Congress before sending troops to a conflict

This was the failed 1961 invasion of Cuba by a CIA-led force of Cuban exiles

believed that the war had divided the US and drained resources away from the fights against poverty and discrimination.

What sport’s hall of fame enshrined Abraham Lincoln for having a stellar record of 300 wins and just one loss?

Cold Line - direct telephone line between the White House and the Kremlin set up after the Cuban Missile Crisis

This was a organization founded in 1960 at the University of Michigan to fight racism and poverty

village in South Vietnam where American forces opened fire on unarmed civilians; killing between 400 and 500 Vietnamese

jellied gasoline dropped in canisters that explode on impact and cover large areas in flame

classified U.S. gov study that revealed US covered up events in Vietnam; leaked to the New York Times in 1971

He was the commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam. He had previously served in World War II and the Korean War.

American public’s growing distrust of statements made by the government during the Vietnam War

1962 conflict between the US and the Soviet Union resulting from the Soviet installation of nuclear missiles in Cuba

Chess theory - idea that if a nation falls to communism, its closest neighbors will also fall under communist control

The most influential anticolonial leader in Asia. Led North Vietnam’s fight to reunify North and South Vietnam.

President Nixon’s plan for gradual withdrawal of U.S. forces as South Vietnamese troops assumed more combat duties

1973 Peace agreement between the US, South Vietnam, North Vietnam, and the Vietcong that ended the War for the US

If you were a dove, you wanted to send more soldiers to Vietnam.

named after the Vietnamese lunar new year,was a assault on 36 provincial capitals, 5 major cities, and the U.S. embassy

defense policy allowing for the appropriate action in any type of conflict

Leader of Cuban government in 1959. His communist gov and ties to the Soviet Union cause conflict with theUnited States.

defensive alliance aimed at preventing communist aggression in Asia

Leader of Soviet Union. Roll-backed policies by former leader J. Stalin. Built the Berlin Wall and put missiles in Cuba

1963 nuclear-weapons agreement that banned aboveground nuclear tests

If you were a young American man drafted into military service you were called a

Hawks apposed the War in Vietnam

1964 resolution that authorized President Johnson to commit U.S. troops to South Vietnam to fight against North Vietnam

South Vietnamese communist rebels who waged a guerrilla war against the gov of South Vietnam throughout the Vietnam War

Alliance for Progress was President Kennedy’s program that gave economic aid to Latin America

He was the 35th President. He faced several world crises, while protecting civil rights. He was assassinated in 1963.