Final: History Vocab
Unlock all answers in this set
Unlock answersquestion
congressional act giving the President nearly complete control over U.S military actions in Vietnam
answer
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
question
major Viet Cong attack on towns, cities, and American bases throughout South Vietnam
answer
Tet Offensive
question
incident in which American troops killed from 175 to 400 Vietnamese villagers
answer
My Lai massacre
question
the fear that if one nation falls to communism, its neighbors will soon follow
answer
domino theory
question
policy of replacing American forces with South Vietnamese soldiers
answer
Vietnamization
question
in 1964, Johnson began military_____, or expansion of American involvement, in the Vietnam War
answer
escalation
question
college professors held_____ in which they expressed opinions about Vietnam War
answer
teach-ins
question
young men who opposed fighting in a war on moral or religious grounds
answer
conscientious objector
question
college students could postpone being drafted into military service by getting a_______
answer
deferment
question
troops and supplies poured into South Vietnam from the North via the_______, a supply route that passed through Laos and Cambodia
answer
Ho Chi Minh Trail
question
a______ in eastern Europe was controlled politically and economically by the Soviet Union
answer
satellite nations
question
the_____was the imaginary line that divided Europe between capitalist West and Communist East
answer
iron curtain
question
the term_____ refers to the competition that developed between the U.S and the Soviet Union for power influence in the world
answer
Cold War
question
after WW2, American leaders developed a policy of____ to resist and stop the spread of communism
answer
containment
question
the____pledged American financial aid to all European nation following WW2
answer
Marshall Plan
question
the____provided vital supplies to a region blockaded by the Soviet Union
answer
Berlin airlift
question
in the late 40s, the____investigated the motion picture industry for Communist influences
answer
HUAC
question
a_____shows the names of people whom employers agree not to hire
answer
blacklist
question
is the ability to come to the verge of war without actually going to war
answer
brinkmanship
question
the struggle between the U.S and the Soviet Union to gain weapons superiority
answer
arms race
question
civil rights organization founded in 1942 and dedicated to effecting change through peaceful confrontation
answer
Congress for Racial Equality(CORE)
question
civil rights organization founded by African American minsters in 1957
answer
Southern Christian Leadership Conference(SCLC)
question
protest technique in which African American occupied a segregated establishment and demanded service
answer
sit-in
question
civil rights workers traveling on interstate buses to protest segregation at terminals
answer
freedom riders
question
African American women who refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama
answer
Rosa Parks
question
legislation that banned discrimination in all public facilities
answer
Civil Rights Act of 1964
question
legislation that enabled more African Americans to register to vote
answer
Voting Rights Act of 1965
question
actual, as opposed to legal, separation of whites and African Americans
answer
de facto segregation
question
African American group founded by Elijah Muhammad that preached black separation and self-help
answer
Nation of Islam
question
the idea the African American should unite, take pride in their heritage, and control their own organization
answer
black power
question
doctor who developed a vaccine against polio
answer
Jonas Salk
question
developer who mass-produced new communities in suburbs
answer
William J. Levitt
question
pediatrician who wrote a highly influential book on child care
answer
Benjamin Spock
question
author of The Feminine Mystique
answer
Betty Friedan
question
Democratic candidate for President in 1952 and 1956
answer
Adlai Stevenson
question
Eisenhower's vice presidential running mate
answer
Richard M. Nixon
question
considered the leader of the Beat Generation
answer
Jack Kerouac
question
President and former commander-in-chief of the armed forces
answer
Dwight D. Eisenhower
question
the way seats in a legislative body are distributed among electoral districts
answer
apportionment
question
provided health insurance for poor americans
answer
medicaid
question
provided health insurance for older americans
answer
medicare
question
required that suspects be informed of their rights
answer
miranda rights
question
april 17th, 1961, exiled cubans who were trained by the cia tried to invade cuba and start another revolution to overthrow castro, it failed
answer
bay of pigs invasion
question
ussr was sending over and setting up missiels in cuba, jfk set-up a quarantine around cuba and checked incoming ussr ships for missiles, lasted for 1 week in october 1962, ussr stopped and took back their stuff
answer
cuban missile crisis
question
offered economic and technical assistance to latin american countries
answer
alliance for progress
question
a program of volunteers to help developing nations
answer
peace corps
