Cold War 1960s

Match the following

• flexible response

• Kennedy's plan to fight communism through foreign aid.

• Green Berets

• Fighting with small groups of soldiers

  and using tactics such as ambush

• guerrilla warfare

• Kennedy's plan to help countries fighting communism.

• Peace Corps

• Special Forces unit trained to fight guerrilla wars.

Reorder the following events about the Bay of Pigs invasion.

• Kennedy refuses to provide American air support to backup forces on land.

• President Kennedy approves CIA plan to start an uprising in Cuba.

• The Bay of Pigs fails, Kennedy is embarrassed and takes the blame. It makes Kennedy look weak.

• On April 17th, 1961, 1,500 Cuban exiles land in the Bay of Pigs, Cuba.

• Rebel leader Fidel Castro seized power in Cuba in 1959 and set up a communist dictatorship.

Reorder the following events in the Cuban Missile Crisis.

• Mid- October 1962- American spy plane flying over Cuba discovered that the Soviets were building launching sites for

  nuclear missiles.

• On October 22, 1962, President Kennedy appeared on national television. He revealed to the nation the

  "secret, swift, and extraordinary buildup" of Soviet missiles in Cuba.

• Next, Kennedy orders the U.S. Navy to blockade, or close off, Cuba until the Soviets removed their missile.

• Five days later, the Soviet ships turned back. The Soviets agreed to remove their missiles from Cuba,

  and the United States agreed not to invade Cuba.

• With disaster averted, Kennedy and Khrushchev worked to build better relations. In 1963 a hot line was

  set up between Moscow and Washington for instant communication in times of crisis.

The Space Race

Who was the first astronaut in space? ​ (a)  

Who was the first American to make a space flight? ​ (b)  

Who was the first American to orbit the Earth? ​ (c)  

Who won the Space Race by putting a man on the moon? ​ (d)  

• Yuri Gagarin
• Alan Shepard
• John Glenn
• United States
• Soviet Union

Match the following

• France

• What was the name of the communist forces fighting in South Vietnam?

• Ngo Dinh Diem

• Who was the leader of communist forces in Vietnam?

• Geneva Accords

• Which country first held Indochina as a colony?

• Ho Chi Minh

• Which peace agreement in 1954 split Vietnam into 2 halves?

• Vietcong

• Who became the U.S. backed leader of South Vietnam in 1955?