Paddock WH U8 Review

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Across
  1. 5. Started by Mao Zedong, combined collective farms into People's Communes, failed because there was no incentive to work harder, ended after 3 years with 20 million dead from famine.
  2. 6. The commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam
  3. 9. USSR and Eastern Europe in the Cold War - Communist Dictatorships
  4. 10. Mao Zedong takes all of the land from the landlords and divides it equally among the peasants. Over one million landlords were killed by Mao's forces because they resisted the policy.
  5. 12. ___ Parallel Dividing line between North and South Korea
  6. 14. Highly flammable chemical dropped from US planes in firebombing attacks during the Vietnam War.
  7. 16. Monument in Washington, D.C. that contains the names of all 58,000 Americans killed in the Vietnam War
  8. 17. 1947, President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology, mainly helped Greece and Turkey
  9. 20. First US satellite
  10. 21. He was a pro-American dictator of Cuba before Castro. His overthrow led to Castro and communists taking over Cuba, who was now friendly to the Soviets.
  11. 24. Cuban socialist leader who overthrew a dictator in 1959 and established government control over foreign companies
  12. 28. Vietcong / communist guerilla fighters in South Vietnam
  13. 29. Supreme Allied Commander in the Pacific during WWII and top U.S. general during Korean War. Fired for publicly criticizing President Truman.
  14. 32. Leader of the Communist Party in China that overthrew Chiang Kai-shek and the Nationalists. Established China as the People's Republic of China and ruled from 1949 until 1976.
  15. 34. The world's first space satellite. This meant the Soviet Union had a missile powerful enough to reach the US.
  16. 37. A wall separating East and West Berlin built by East Germany in 1961 to keep citizens from escaping to the West - destroyed in 1989
  17. 39. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
  18. 40. Secretary Dulles' method of going to the brink of war to force an opponent to back down - used when Communist China threatened non-Communist Taiwan
  19. 46. 1961 - Failed invasion of Cuba to overthrow Castro. A force of Cuban exiles, backed by the United States' CIA, landed at the Bay of Pigs. US embarrassment, more mistrust between US & Cuba, Castro allied with USSR for protection
  20. 47. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration - the US space program
  21. 50. ___ Power Act of 1973 This is an act that requires the president to notify congress within 48 hours of him activating the military abroad. The operation must end within 60 days if congress doesn't approve.
  22. 52. First man / American on the moon / Apollo 11
  23. 53. First American to orbit the earth
  24. 54. Korean leader who became president of South Korea after World War II and led Korea during Korean War.
  25. 55. missing in action
  26. 56. ___ Gulf Resolution This gave the president authority to take "all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against forces of the United States." Response to the "Crisis"
  27. 61. North Vietnamese Army
  28. 62. American ally in South Vietnam from 1954 to 1963; his repressive regime caused the Communist Viet Cong to thrive in the South and required increasing American military aid to stop a Communist takeover. he was killed in a coup in 1963.
  29. 64. A movement launched by Mao Zedong that attempted to purge China of intellectuals and recapture the revolutionary fervor of his guerrilla struggle.
  30. 65. Phase 2 of the lunar plan - 2 man missions that tested endurance and maneuvering
  31. 67. U.S. President that began Vietnamization phase and traveled to China to meet with Mao Zedong
  32. 68. ___ Amendment Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18
  33. 69. A 1954 peace agreement that divided Vietnam into Communist-controlled North Vietnam and non-Communist South Vietnam until unification elections could be held in 1956
  34. 71. A theory that if one nation comes under Communist control, then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control.
  35. 72. Communist government of mainland China
  36. 73. American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world
  37. 75. JFK's term for US Naval blockade of Cuba to prevent new missiles from arriving
  38. 76. 1962 crisis that arose between the United States and the Soviet Union over a Soviet attempt to deploy nuclear missiles in Cuba, US had to avoid Appeasement and a nuclear WWIII
  39. 77. Phase 1 of the lunar plan - 1 man missions
  40. 78. Ended the Korean war and reestablished the 38th parallel.
Down
  1. 1. Eisenhower's pledge to use Nuclear Weapons if Russia / USSR attacked the US
  2. 2. A network of paths through Laos & Cambodia used by North Vietnam to transport supplies to the Vietcong in South Vietnam / bombed by Nixon
  3. 3. The required amount of a specific good that must be produced in a given timeframe. China's Quotas led to low quality of farmed produce.
  4. 4. USA and it's Allies in the Cold War - Capitalist Democracies
  5. 7. A political and social protest by university students in Beijing, China in 1989. The government used the military to end it, killing hundreds.
  6. 8. A competition of space exploration between the United States and Soviet Union.
  7. 11. The year that contained a series of shocks; the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy; Tet Offensive; Prague Spring; Democratic convention riot; urban riots
  8. 13. Random selection of young men to go to war; intended to fix the problem of the wealthy buying their way out of Vietnam by going to college.
  9. 15. Border between North Korea and China. China attacked US / UN forces when they approached this border during the Korean War.
  10. 18. Policy of the US that it would defend the Middle East against attack by any Communist country
  11. 19. Communist leader of North Korea; his attack on South Korea in 1950 started the Korean War. He remained in power until 1994.
  12. 22. Country that did not trust of US, because the US waited until 1944 to invade Europe, stopped Lend-Lease program early
  13. 23. Army of the Republic of Vietnam / South Vietnamese Army
  14. 25. A successful plan for aiding the European nations in economic recovery ($17B) after World War II in order to stabilize and rebuild their countries and prevent the spread of communism.
  15. 26. First animal in space; USSR; a dog; Nov., 1957
  16. 27. Collection of Eastern European nations under the domination of the USSR as a buffer zone - aka Warsaw Pact
  17. 30. The final battle that forced the French out of Vietnam in 1954
  18. 31. (LBJ) 36th President of the United States / led America into the Vietnam War
  19. 33. Phase 3 of the lunar plan - 3 man missions that put 12 men on the moon
  20. 35. A government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek
  21. 36. Massive, 3 stage, rocket that powered the Apollo missions
  22. 38. Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 was the first person to travel in space (1934-1968)
  23. 41. This plan by Mao was set for the Chinese to have high standards of production targets for industries (coal, electricity, cement, steel). This was a success.
  24. 42. Communist leader of North Vietnam
  25. 43. A toxic leaf-killing chemical sprayed by U.S. planes in Vietnam to expose Vietcong hideouts / caused Cancer & birth defects
  26. 44. prisoner of war
  27. 45. (JFK) President of the US from 1961-1963 during Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Challenged Americans to put a man on the moon. Assassinated in Dallas, Texas in November of 1963
  28. 48. A massive surprise attack by the Vietcong on South Vietnamese towns and cities in early 1968.
  29. 49. First American in space
  30. 51. 1948 Flights that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin - successfully avoided Appeasement & War
  31. 57. Africa and parts of Asia in the Cold War - recruited by 1st & 2nd worlds
  32. 58. European country that lost WWII and was divided into 4 zones
  33. 59. 1968, in which American troops had brutally massacred innocent women and children in a village, increased opposition to the war.
  34. 60. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security
  35. 63. Leader of Nationalist China. Received support from the U.S. during WWII. Lost civil war to Mao's Communists.
  36. 66. Southeast Asia Treaty Organization / Anti-Communist Alliance
  37. 70. ___ Parallel Dividing line between North and South Vietnam
  38. 74. ___ State Massacre Four killed, nine wounded by Ohio National Guard during protest of U.S. invasion of Cambodia / burning of ROTC building