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| 149496868 | Space Race | The superpower competition between the U.S and U.S.S.R. in space exploration technology that paralleled the Cold War competition in arms developments. | |
| 149496869 | Sputnik | First artificial Earth satellite, it was launched by Moscow in 1957 and sparked U.S. fears of Soviet dominance in technology and outer space. It led to the creation of NASA and the space race. | |
| 149496870 | Berlin wall | In 1961, the Soviet Union built a high barrier to seal off their sector of Berlin in order to stop the flow of refugees out of the Soviet zone of Germany. It was torn down in 1989. | |
| 149496871 | Bay of pigs | An unsuccessful invasion of Cuba in 1961, which was sponsored by the United States. Its purpose was to overthrow Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. Kennedey took full responsiblity for the failure. | |
| 149496872 | Cuban Missile Crisis | In Oct. 1962, the U.S.and U.S.S.R came close to nuclear war when President Kennedy insisted that Nikita Khrushchev remove 42 missiles he had installed in Cuba. The Soviets eventually did so, nuclear war was averted, and the crisis ended. | |
| 149496873 | Vietnam War | a prolonged war (1954-1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the non-communist armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States | |
| 149496874 | Southeast Asia | a geographical division of Asia that includes Indochina plus Indonesia and the Philippines and Singapore | |
| 149496875 | Domino Theory | the political theory that if one nation comes under Communist control then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control | |
| 149496876 | Tet offensive | 1968, during the Vietnam lunar new year - Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army raiding forces attacked provincial capitals throughout Vietnam, even seizing the U.S. embassy for a time. U.S. opinion began turning against the war after this incident. | |
| 149496877 | gulf of tonkin resolution | A joint resolution of the U.S. Congress passed in 1964 in response to minor naval battle. It is significant because it gave U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson authorization, without a formal declaration of war by Congress, for the use of military force in Southeast Asia. | |
| 149496878 | war powers act | Law requiring the president to seek periodic approval from Congress for any substantial troop commitment. Passed in 1973 in response to national dissatisfaction over the Vietnam War. | |
| 149496879 | Vietnam protests | Student and civilian protests which included draft card burnings, flag burning, and marches against the war in Vietnam | |
| 149496880 | Election of 1968 | 1968; McCarthy challenged LBJ, who was politically wounded by the Tet Offensive and the Vietnam War; LBJ stepped down from the running, and Kennedy and McCarthy were left on the Democratic ballot; but Americans turned to Republican Nixon to restore social harmony and end the war | |
| 149496881 | Election of 1972 | Begins as Nixon, McGovern, and Wallace. Wallace is shot.The Watergate scandal is temporalrily contained. Nixon's won overwhelmingly (61% and 520 electoral votes). McGovern, supported only by minorities and low-income voters, carried only MA and Washington DC. | |
| 149496882 | Silent majority | Label nixon gave to middle-class americans who supported him, obeyed the laws, and wanted "peace with honor" in vietnam, he contrasted this group with students and civil rights activists who disrupted the country with protests in the late 1960s and early 1970s | |
| 149496883 | Kent State | an Ohio University where National Guardsmen opened fire on students protesting the Vietnam War on May 4,1970, wounding nine and killing four | |
| 149496884 | Hearts and Minds | Tactic tried byt the U.S. It involves winning over people (civilians) by convincing them you have their best interests at heart. | |
| 149543188 | SALT | negotiations between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics opened in 1969 in Helsinki designed to limit both countries' stock of nuclear weapons | |
| 149543189 | Watergate Scandal, | A break-in at the Democratic National Committee offices in in Washington was committed carried out under the direction of White House employees. The White House's involvement in the break-in and subsequent cover-up forced President Nixon to resign in 1974 to avoid impeachment. |
