Cold War 1960s

Match the following

• Peace Corps

• Kennedy's plan to fight communism through foreign aid.

• guerrilla warfare

• Fighting with small groups of soldiers

  and using tactics such as ambush

• Green Berets

• Special Forces unit trained to fight guerrilla wars.

• flexible response

• Kennedy's plan to help countries fighting communism.

Reorder the following events about the Bay of Pigs invasion.

• Rebel leader Fidel Castro seized power in Cuba in 1959 and set up a communist dictatorship.

• The Bay of Pigs fails, Kennedy is embarrassed and takes the blame. It makes Kennedy look weak.

• Kennedy refuses to provide American air support to backup forces on land.

• On April 17th, 1961, 1,500 Cuban exiles land in the Bay of Pigs, Cuba.

• President Kennedy approves CIA plan to start an uprising in Cuba.

Reorder the following events in the Cuban Missile Crisis.

• With disaster averted, Kennedy and Khrushchev worked to build better relations. In 1963 a hot line was

  set up between Moscow and Washington for instant communication in times of crisis.

• Five days later, the Soviet ships turned back. The Soviets agreed to remove their missiles from Cuba,

  and the United States agreed not to invade Cuba.

• Mid- October 1962- American spy plane flying over Cuba discovered that the Soviets were building launching sites for

  nuclear missiles.

• Next, Kennedy orders the U.S. Navy to blockade, or close off, Cuba until the Soviets removed their missile.

• On October 22, 1962, President Kennedy appeared on national television. He revealed to the nation the

  "secret, swift, and extraordinary buildup" of Soviet missiles in Cuba.

The Space Race

Who was the first astronaut in space? ​ (a)  

Who was the first American to make a space flight? ​ (b)  

Who was the first American to orbit the Earth? ​ (c)  

Who won the Space Race by putting a man on the moon? ​ (d)  

• Yuri Gagarin
• Alan Shepard
• John Glenn
• United States
• Soviet Union

Match the following

• Ho Chi Minh

• What was the name of the communist forces fighting in South Vietnam?

• France

• Who became the U.S. backed leader of South Vietnam in 1955?

• Ngo Dinh Diem

• Which country first held Indochina as a colony?

• Vietcong

• Who was the leader of communist forces in Vietnam?

• Geneva Accords

• Which peace agreement in 1954 split Vietnam into 2 halves?