1960s Cold War (Vietnam)

Powerful toxic chemical herbicide used by the U.S. military to clear the dense vegetation in Vietnam which often hid the Viet Cong soldiers

• Agent Orange

• Anti War Movement

• Beat Generation

• PTSD

Theory based on the idea that if communism was allowed in one area, it would quickly spread to surrounding areas in a domino effect.

• Game Theory

• Collapse Theory

• Domino Theory

• Rotation Theory

A movement in the 60s that began the modern women’s movement fighting against discrimination and equality; led by Betty Friedan

• 19th Amendment

• Feminism

• Womanist

• Suffrage

Authorization by Congress that allowed President Johnson to escalate the war in Vietnam without a formal declaration of war

• Attack on Pearl Harbor

• Sinking of U.S.S Maine

• Sinking of Lusitania

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

A gap occurring between the what the government reported as happening and what was being reported by journalists on the scene in Vietnam; caused distrust and a lack of

• Muckrackers

• Yellow Journalism

• Credibility Gap

• Journalism

Name given to those in the counterculture who lived a life opposite of the established norm

• Hippies

• Flappers

• Jazzes

• Coffee Guru's

A culture whose values differ significantly from the values of the majority; Examples--Hippies in the 60s

• New Age People

• counter-culture

• Generation Z

• Hipsters

Permanent wall built by the East German government in the city of Berlin to prevent their citizens from escaping to West Berlin; served as a symbol of the Cold War until it was

• Division Wall

• 38th Parallel

• Berlin Wall

• Great Wall

Movement in the U.S., often on college campuses, protesting against continued participation in the Vietnam War; Examples-- sit-in protests and marches, draft card burning, and draft dodging

• Feminism

• Anti-war Movement

• Voting Rights Protest

Name given the failed invasion of Cuba by U.S. forces while attempting to oust (get rid of) communist leader Fidel Castro

• 9-11 Attack

• North Korea Invasion

• Bay of Pigs Invasion

• D-Day Invasion