Khrushchev initiated the __________________________ that launched Sputnik I.

Khrushchev was overthrown in _______________________.

In 1962, the Soviets sent __________________________________ to communist Cuba.

Cuba is only _______________ miles away from the United States.

President ___________________________________ sent troops to Florida in case the US needed to invade Cuba.

In the 1960s, the US became involved in the _____________________ War.

North Vietnam was __________________________ and South Vietnam was not.

_____________________________ led the North Vietnamese army called the Viet Cong to try to take over South Vietnam.

In 1964, ___________________________ fired torpedoes at a US ship in the Gulf of Tonkin.

The ________________________ guerilla warfare tactics and the unfavorable fighting conditions in the thick Asian jungles led to thousands of American soldiers getting wounded or killed.

The Vietnam War was not popular with many _____________________, and there were dozens of protests against American military troops fighting in Vietnam.

Who won the Vietnam War?

Vietnam is now one country under ________________________________ rule.