Reedy HS Unit 8 Vietnam Vocab 24-25

The failed invasion of Cuba intended to overthrow the Communist government led by Fidel Castro

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Great Society

• Bay of Pigs

• The New Frontier

The 13 day period in which the Soviet and U.S. faced the greatest threat of nuclear war.

• Bay of Pigs

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Great Society

• New Frontier

Lyndon Johnson's set of programs designed to help the American economy and society

• Bay of Pigs

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Great Society

• New Frontier

John F Kennedy's set of programs designed to help the American economy and society

• Bay of Pigs

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Great Society

• New Frontier

The idea that if one country is taken over by Communism, then neighboring countries will follow

• Anti-War Movement

• Gulf of Tonkin INCIDENT

• Domino Theory

• Gulf of Tonkin RESOLUTION

The deaths of 4 Kent State students during a protest was a tragedy connected to this movement

• Anti-War Movement

• Gulf of Tonkin INCIDENT

• Domino Theory

• Gulf of Tonkin RESOLUTION

The attack on U.S. navy patrol boats near the coast of Vietnam

• Anti-War Movement

• Gulf of Tonkin INCIDENT

• Domino Theory

• Gulf of Tonkin RESOLUTION

Congress' approval for President Johnson to send troops into Vietnam

• Anti-War Movement

• Gulf of Tonkin INCIDENT

• Domino Theory

• Gulf of Tonkin RESOLUTION

The policy passed in 1973 that establishes the roles of the president and congress in conducting a war

• Moon Landing

• Vietnamization

• War Powers Act

• Detente

This was a symbolic end to the Space Race

• Moon Landing

• Vietnamization

• War Powers Act

• Detente