MC - eLearning Week 5

President Truman's policy of providing military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology

Cuban socialist leader who overthrew a dictator in 1959 and established a Marxist socialist state in Cuba

A theory that if one nation comes under Communist control, then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control.

1962 crisis that arose between the United States and the Soviet Union over a Soviet attempt to deploy nuclear missiles in Cuba

Communist leader of North Vietnam

Line of latitude that separated North and South Vietnam

1964 Congressional resolution that authorized President Johnson to commit US troops to south Vietnam and fight a war against north Vietnam

a massive surprise attack by the Vietcong on South Vietnamese towns and cities in early 1968.

The election in which Nixon won; conservative republican victory; demonstrated that the majority of the American electorate turned their back on liberal reform and activist governments

Former Attorney General during JFK's Presidency, and democratic candidate for President until he was killed in 1968.

President Richard Nixons strategy for ending U.S involvement in the Vietnam war, involving a gradual withdrawal of American troops and replacement of them with South Vietnamese forces

Reverses Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. A resolution of Congress that stated the President can only send troops into action abroad by authorization of Congress or if America is already under attack or serious threat.

Four killed, nine wounded by Ohio National Guard during protest of U.S. invasion of Cambodia

Term used by President Nixon to describe Americans who opposed the counterculture

Violent clashes between party delegates, anti-war protesters, and the Chicago police