US History TN EOC Review 4

Two superpowers during the Cold War

name for LBJ's plan to make America good for everyone, including women, minorities and the poor

4 students killed by National Guardsmen after violent protesting of Vietnam in this university

U.S. foreign policy to keep communism from spreading

confrontation between the Soviet Union and the U.S. over nuclear missiles the Soviets had allegedly deployed to Cuba

Kennedy's domestic program. medical care for poor, urban renewal, edu. and being the first to put a man on the moon.

a resolution adopted by Congress in 1964, giving the president broad powers to wage war in Vietnam

music that grew out of rhythm and blues and that became popular in the 1950s

residential area outside a city

1st artificial space satellite developed by Soviets Launched October 4th, 1957, resulted in the U.S. creation of NASA

failed CIA mission of using Cuban rebels to overthrow Castro

belief that if one land in a region came under the influence of communists, then more would follow.

a policy that lessened the Cold War tensions; replaced brinkmanship; became 'official' under President Nixon

military alliance of the Soviet Union and its satellite states

Conflict that began with North Korea's invasion of South Korea and came to involve the United Nations

Nixon's gradual withdrawal of American troops and replacement of them with South Vietnamese forces in Vietnam

led the North Vietnamese against United States in the Vietnam War

President Carter's agreement between the United States and Soviet Union to limit nuclear arms production

herbicide dropped out of planes that was used in the Vietnam War to defoliate forest areas

writers and artists of the 50's who refused to accept traditional ways of thinking, dressing, and behaving

law that grants benefits to war veterans that aided with free college and home & business low interest loans

cultural icon of the 20th century, he is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll"

The removal of the wall that separated East and West Germany in 1989. Symbolized the end of the Cold War.

A competition, beginning in 1957, between the Soviet Union and the United States in the exploration of space

a period of time when many people married and started families; lots of births

June 1948, Soviets blockaded roads into West Berlin. We didn't want war. For eleven months, U.S. airlifts supplies.

singer who set off a new craze in rock n roll music

a massive surprise attack by the Vietcong on South Vietnamese towns and cities in early 1968.

Memphis, TN recording studio opened by rock-and-roll pioneer Sam Phillips

the fear that communist were going to take over the United States

Idea that if USSR and US go to war, both will lose out because of nuclear weapons

Highly flammable sticky jelly used in bombs and flamethrowers during the Vietnam War

Cold War Competition for weapons superiority after both US and USSR both had nuclear bomb technology