poo

a tour of duty for a vietnam soldier lasted this long

1 year

this vietnam war is an example of this cold war era policy

containment

During what major world event did the U.S. first become involved in Vietnam?

WWII

This presidential policy said that the U.S. would continue to provide money and weapons to the S. Vietnamese, but no U.S. soldiers

Nixon Doctrine

When these were released, the U.S. public learned of the many lies they had been told during Vietnam

Pentagon papers

American troops massacred hundreds of Vietnamese civilians in this “Pinkville” town

My Lai

The battle at this town signaled the end of large scale French involvement in Vietnam

Dien Bien Phu

The incident in this watery location allowed LBJ to justify the escalation of the war

Gulf of Tonkin

These are the three parts of the Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.

The Woman’s Memorial, The Three Soldiers, and The Wall

This city, the capitol of South Vietnam, was renamed Ho Chi Minh City following the war

Saigon

He declared Vietnam independent in 1945.

Ho Chi Minh

The U.S. installed this guy as leader of South Vietnam. Then we let him get shot.

Ngo Dinh Diem

The burden of fighting the Vietnam War fell mostly to people from this economic class

Low/Working class

After JFK was shot, he was the first president to send large numbers of troops to Vietnam

Lyndon B Johnson

This Buddhist monk is the most famous of all those who burned themselves

Thich Quang Duc

In South Vietnam, these were the people fighting the U.S. and ARVN forces

Viet Cong

This explosive weapon was used to burn large stretches of the jungle in Vietnam

Napalm

The primary defoliant used by U.S. forces in Vietnam

Agent Orange

This combined Viet Cong and NVA attack began on Vietnamese New Year.

Tet Offensive

This bombing campaign was designed to destroy the Ho Chi Minh Trail. It failed

Operation Rolling Thunder

Approximately this many U.S. soldiers died during the Vietnam War

58,000

Protests at this university turned violent in 1970

Kent State

Three ways men avoided the draft

medical excuses, college, only son… etc..

Buddhist monks used self-immolation to protest restrictions placed on them by this man

Ngo Dinh Diem

These accords temporarily divided Vietnam and provided for elections in two years

Geneva Accords

The Watergate break ins were carried out by this organization

CREEP

He was president during the Iran-Contra Affair

Reagan

Reaganomics is based on the tax theories created by this man in the early 1900s

Andrew Mellon

He was the leader of the Moral Majority

Jerry Falwell

This was the first attempt to normalize relations between the U.S. and China

Ping-Ping Diplomacy

Prior to 9/11, this was the most deadly act of terrorism on U.S. soil

Oklahoma City Bombing

The Stonewall Riots kicked off this movement

Gay

This man led the United Farm Workers in their struggle for better work conditions

Cesar Chavez

Though proposed in 1923, this still has not been passed.

The ERA (Equal Rights Amendment)

This group of Americans fighting for their rights had no problem using violence.

Native Americans

He was the first open homosexual to be elected to office in a major U.S. city

Harvey Milk

MLK believed the proper response to violence was this

Nothing

Malcolm X believed this was the proper response to violence

Violence

He was assassinated, probably by members of the Nation of Islam

Malcolm X

His dreams inspired him to lead the March on Washington

MLK

When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, MLK Jr. and others began this

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Following this crisis, many public schools were closed to prevent integration

What is “The Little Rock Crisis”?

This was inspired by the arrest and beating of a black man for a minor traffic violation

Watts Riot

The sit-ins in Greensboro were designed to stop this

Lunch counter discrimination

This socialist organization formed to defend the black community from police violence

Black Panthers

Police dogs and fire hoses were turned on protestors, mostly children, in this city

Birmingham, AL

Case established “Seperate But Equal”

Plessy v. Ferguson

This case, brought by the NAACP, ended segregation in schools

Brown V. Board of Education

ways Southern states limited blacks’ right to vote

Black Codes, Literacy Tests, Poll Taxes, Intimidation, etc?

This Amendment gave citizenship to blacks and provided equal protection

14th

This Amendment was supposed to guarantee the right to vote to all men

15th

The Freedom Rides were supposed to test this

Bus desegregation in the south

Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 after this march

March on Selma

A march in this city turned into “Bloody Sunday”

Selma, AL

This man sent the National Guard to protect the Freedom Riders

Robert Kennedy

This report said that America was moving to two societies, “separate and unequal”

Kerner Report

Winston Churchill famously said this thing had fallen across the European continent

Iron Curtain

The goal of this U.S. policy was to stop the spread of Communism

Containment

This plan was supposed to help stop the spread of communism by rebuilding European nations.

Marshall Plan

The post WWII division of this nation and this capitol city caused some problems later on down the road…

Germany and Berlin

Stalin claimed he was expanding his power in Europe because he needed one of these to protect himself from Western powers

Buffer zone

Eisenhower sent the CIA in to this country to protect oil investments

Iran

He was president when the Korean War ended.

Eisenhower

After WWII, Korea was divided into two countries… this is the one that had the pro-U.S. democratic government

South Korea

This botched invasion of Cuba resulted in embarrassment for the Americans due in part to poor support and funding

Bay of Pigs

In 1953 the Korean War ended and this was the result

Nothing changed

This nation was the primary nemesis for the United States during the Cold War

Soviet Union (USSR)

Germany was divided into this many sectors at the end of WWII

4

When Stalin cut off access to West Berlin, rather than using military forces, this was used to keep Berliners alive

Berlin Airlift

These countries controlled sectors of both Berlin and Germany

France, Great Britain, the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.?

The U.S. sending money to nationalists in Greece and Turkey is known as this

Truman Doctrine

The only nuclear weapons ever used militarily hit these two Japanese cities

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Soviet nuclear missiles in this country tested Kennedy and Khrushchev's patience over a 13 day period in October of 1962

Cuba

When the nuke hits you should do this…I guess…

Duck and cover

The policy that said the U.S. would respond to any Soviet expansion with a devastating nuclear attack is known as

Massive Retaliation

In this year, the U.S. lost its sense of security because the U.S.S.R. tested its first nuclear bomb

1949

I was the leader of the U.S.S.R. when the Cold War began

Stalin

After the revolution I became buddies with Khrushchev

Fidel Castro

They really liked me because I tried to ease Cold War tensions!

Eisenhower

Commies are bad and I think you might just be one!

Joe McCarthy

I got fired!

Douglas MacArthur

The ideal 50s woman did these three things…

Cook, clean, raise a family, exercise daily

This organization developed out of the Atlantic Charter; its goal is to ensure world peace and self determination of government

the UN

This organization was formed to counter Soviet aggression in Western Europe but is mostly supported by the U.S.

NATO

This man won the election of 1960 because, more than anything else, he was pretty

JFK

The basic role of the HUAC was to do this

Find disloyal people (communists) in the US

He was the president for the majority of the war

FDR

He was the U.S. president at the end of WWII

Truman

This future president planned the D-Day Invasion

Eisenhower

He was in command of all Allied forces in the Pacific

Douglas MacArthur

This is the reason the Japanese refused unconditional surrender after the atomic bombings

Emperor of God

When the Axis powers conquered this country nearly all of Europe was under their control…and let’s not even talk about the problems it caused in Vietnam

France

This was the battle which ended the last major offensive effort made by Germany during the war

Battle of the Bulge

This is the code name for the Allied plan to liberate France

Operation Overlord

This is the name given to the day which marked the end of the war in Europe

VE-Day

The war in Europe ended when this city fell to this country

When Berlin fell to the USSR

The date (day and year) of the attack on Pearl Harbor

December 7, 1941

The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor for many reasons, one of which was FDR’s decision to cut off trade of this important natural resource

Oil

This president was the first to formally apologize and attempt to compensate Japanese-Americans for internment

Ronald Reagan