1950s and 1960s Cold War and Domestic & Vietnam

Which presidential election witnessed the first, live television debates between Nixon and Kennedy?

• Election of 1956

• Election of 1960

• Election of 1952

• Election of 1964

What "politically tense" event began in 1962 when the U.S. discovered that the USSR had placed ICBM missile sites in Cuba?

• Bay of Pigs

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Laika disaster

• U-2 incident

What was the name of John F. Kennedy's political programs to encourage cultural growth and economic improvement?

• New Frontier

• Great Society

• New Deal

• Square Deal

Powerful toxic chemical herbicide used by the U.S. military to clear the dense vegetation in Vietnam which often hid the Viet Cong soldiers

• Agent Orange

• O- Gas

• Agent Green

• H-Bomb

Name given the failed invasion of Cuba by U.S. forces while attempting to oust communist leader Fidel Castro

• Tet Offensive

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• Bay of Pigs

• Cuban Missile Crisis

A culture whose values differ significantly from the values of the majority; Examples--Hippies in the 60s

• counterculture

• mainstream culture

• silent majority

• feminism

A gap occurring between the what the government reported as happening and what was being reported by journalists on the scene in Vietnam; caused distrust and a lack of

• Gap of minds

• Domino gap

• credibility gap

• believability divide

Theory based on the idea that if communism was allowed in one area, it would quickly spread to surrounding areas in a domino effect.

• Domino Theory

• Vietnamization

• Anti-War Movement

• Peace with Honor

President Johnson’s domestic plan declaring a war on poverty and racial injustice; Examples--Medicare, Medicaid, Head Start Education project, and civil rights legislation in 1964 and 1965

• Great Society

• New Frontier

• Square Deal

• New Deal

Authorization by Congress that allowed President Johnson to escalate the war in Vietnam without a formal declaration of war

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• Bay of Pigs

• Missile Crisis

• Tet Offensive