History Questions

The Cold War belief that if one nation comes under communist control its neighboring nations would also fall to communism.

Political power politics practiced by Kennedy and Khrushchev in the early 1960's. Berlin Crisis of 1961 (Wall) and the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962). Using the threat of war.

Part of the complexity of the Vietnam war when Gen. Westmoreland's assessment of the war turned out to be wrong. The media believed he was deliberately misleading them.

The domestic and foreign policy of President Kennedy

Supreme Court ruling that overturned "separate but equal" for education. Ruled that separate educational facilities were inherently unequal and thus violated the 14th amendment.

Unsuccessful attempt by Cuban refugees backed by the U.S. (Kennedy) to overthrow Castro in Cuba.

Made discrimination for employment, education, and public accommodations illegal. In response to the civil rights movement, the strongest measure since Reconstruction and included a ban on sex discrimination in employment.

After the attack on US destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin in 1964, this resolution gave LBJ the authority to use combat troops in Vietnam.

1968 offensive action by North Vietnamese Army and the National Liberation Front that was a military failure but a propaganda victory.

A phrase used by Eisenhower to refer to the relationship between the military and business in the U.S.

A product of the Cold War, it was a war between North Korea, with the support of China and the Soviet Union and South Korea, with the support of the United Nations, with the principal support from the United States. The war began in 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border. It became the first test of the Truman Doctrine and the UN intervention when communist aggression threatened the Far East.

How many years did people use technology in the Stone Age?

How many years did people use technology in the Iron Age?

How many years did people use technology in the Bronze Age?

One major goal of the Mercury program was to send a manned spacecraft into orbit and to..

The first nuclear weapons to be used against another nation were dropped..

How did the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand affect World War One?

What was true of Germany, Italy, and Japan during the early 1930s? (Common actions)

Whose theory of relativity replaced Newton's comforting belief in a world run by absolute laws of motion and gravity?

What fear added to the appeal of fascism in Italy and Germany?