💻 Unit 9 1960s & Vietnam War Notes pt.5

Match

Match the following

• Sputnik

• Bay of Pigs

• Domino Theory

• Naval Blockade

• Cuban Missile Crisis

First satellite launched into orbit

Failed invasion of Cuba to overthrow Castro

If one country falls to communism, all the border nations may fall

A quarantine placed around Cuba October 1962

The closest the US has come to nuclear war..so far

• First satellite launched into orbit

• Failed invasion of Cuba to overthrow Castro

• If one country falls to communism, all the border nations may fall

• A quarantine placed around Cuba October 1962

• The closest the US has come to nuclear war..so far

Multiple Select

Select three statements that accurately reflect the goals of John F. Kennedy's New Frontier. 

• 
  Kennedy's administration promised to invest heavily in increasing educational opportunities and outcomes for Americans

• The New Frontier promised to maintain segregation and fight against the civil rights gains that occurred in the 50s. 

• The Peace Corps would help promote American ideals, general good will, and create allies across the world. 

• The Kennedy Administration increased spending in Space programs and vowed to put a man on the moon. 

• 
  The New Frontier was designed to drastically reduce the amount of power held by the Federal Government 

Multiple Choice

Names of the Great Society Programs that provide health insurance to the elderly and cover low-income people with medical needs?

• HUD and CPB

• VISTA and Job Corps

• NEA and SeniorCare

• Medicare and Medicaid

Match

MATCHING In the space provided, drop the term or person

that matches each description.

• Twenty-sixth

  Amendment

• Vietnamization

• William

  Westmoreland

• War Powers Act

• escalation

lowered the federal voting age from 21 to 18

strategy calling for the South Vietnamese

Army to take over fighting the war in

Vietnam

commanded U.S. ground forces in Vietnam

requires the president to get congressional

approval before committing US troops to an

armed struggle

increased involvement of U.S. military forces

in the Vietnam War

• lowered the federal voting age from 21 to 18

• strategy calling for the South Vietnamese

  Army to take over fighting the war in

  Vietnam

• commanded U.S. ground forces in Vietnam

• requires the president to get congressional

  approval before committing US troops to an

  armed struggle

• increased involvement of U.S. military forces

  in the Vietnam War