Quizlet 17.1, 17.2, 19.1, 19.2

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  1. alliance for progress: a program that provided economic aid to latin america under president kennedy
  2. Bay of pigs invasion: an attempt by cuban exiles in southern cuba to overthrow cuban socialist government of fidel castro; the effort was funded by US and was famously disastrous
  3. cuban missile crisis: several days during which the us teetered on the brink of nuclear war with the soviet union
  4. dien bien phu: town in vietnam that was the site of a battle b/w the french and the vietminh in 1954; the french lost the battle and control of the country of vietnam
  5. domino theory: president eisenhowers idea that if vietnam fell to communism, the other countries of southeast asia would fall to communists
  6. doves: people opposed to war
  7. earl warren: american jurist and politicain; chief justice of the supreme court from 1953-1969. under his leadership the court made many notable decisions that extended individual rights and freedoms
  8. Fidel Castro: Communist political leader of Cuba, helped overthrow the Cuban government in 1959 and seized control of the country, exercising total control of the government and economy
  9. flexible response: a response strategy to nuclear tensions that involved strengthening conventional us forces so the nation would have options other than nuclear weapons in times of crisis
  10. geneva conference: international meeting in geneva, switzerland to restore peace in indochina
  11. hawks: people who are supportive of a wars goals
  12. ho chi minh: vietnamese revolutionary leader and president of the democratic republic of vietnam from 1945 to 1969; he wanted to bring communism to south vietnam
  13. ho chi minh trail: a network of paths from north vietnam to south vietnam; north vietnamese used the trail to send weapons, soldiers, and supplies to the vietcong in south vietnam
  14. j. william fulbright: american politician and us senator from arkansas; was chairman of senate foreign relations committee from 1959-1974 and strongly advocated peace talks in vietnam war
  15. jacqueline kennedy: American first lady and wife of president kennedy; she was known for her style and social grace
  16. John F. Kennedy: 35th president of US; he was youngest person and 1st roman catholic to be elected president. Assassinated in Dallas, TX in 1963
  17. lee harvey oswald: the accused assassin of jfk
  18. lyndon b. johnson: thirty-sixth president of US; took office after assassination of jfk
  19. mandate: authorization to act
  20. new frontier: the nickname given to kennedys plans for changing the nation
  21. ngo dinh diem: vietnamese political leader; became president of south vietnam in 1955; assassinated in 1963
  22. operation rolling thunder: a us bombing campaign in north vietnam in march 1965
  23. pacification: program in vietnam war in which us troops would move to south vietnamese from their villages and burn the villages down so the vietcong could not use them
  24. peace corps: a program that trains and sends volunteers to poor nations all over the world to serve as educators, health care workers, agricultural advisers, and in other jobs
  25. Robert kennedy: american politician; attorney general during brothers presidency and was assassinated during his bid for the 1968 Democratic presidential nomination
  26. tonkin gulf resolution: congressional resolution that in effect authorized military action in southeast asia
  27. vietcong: military forces of the national liberation front, a group that wanted to overthrow the government in vietnam
  28. vietminh: group that resisted the japanese occupation in vietnam
  29. warren court: a term that refers to the years when earl warren served chief justice
  30. william westmoreland: american general; was commander of us ground troops in south vietnam during vietnam war