Unit 6a/b, 7 Vocab: Cold War Origins & The Vietnam War by Anushka Verma https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a en-us 2021-07-21 22:59:31 UTC 2025-11-05 07:42:03 UTC hello@padlet.com NATO: Western military alliance that wanted to prevent the spread of communism formed after the Berlin Airlift.(We hate Communist Club) 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657521078 2021-07-21 23:03:10 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657521078 Fallout Shelter: A nuclear attack was a real fear for many Americans as a result they built underground bunkers to help themselves. 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657521711 2021-07-21 23:04:12 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657521711 GI Bill: Also known as the Servicemen's Readjustment Act this helped the economy by providing loans to veterans to attend college, set up businesses, and buy homes. Spurred the growth of the suburbs 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657551260 2021-07-21 23:49:37 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657551260 2nd Red Scare: In the 1950s the fear and paranoia of communism was referred to as this. 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657563224 2021-07-22 00:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657563224 Federal Highway Act: Congress passed the Construction of 40,000 miles of interstate highways mainly in the case of a crisis the US could transport military supplies quickly across the country. 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657565337 2021-07-22 00:04:57 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657565337 White Collar: Due to more men attending college this resulted in more white-collar type jobs in areas such as advertising, plastics, and management. 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657570154 2021-07-22 00:08:50 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657570154 Cold War: Tensions between the USA and USSR that lasted from 1945-1990 that divided the world 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657573460 2021-07-22 00:11:17 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657573460 United Farm Workers: Organization that fought for higher wages and better conditions for Hispanic migrant workers. 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657577704 2021-07-22 00:14:25 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657577704 Peace Corp: American Volunteer program created under JFK that provides aid and assistance to third world countries. 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657775285 2021-07-22 02:17:38 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657775285 Churches: Much of the African American Civil Rights movement was organized using these in the South. 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657778902 2021-07-22 02:20:05 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657778902 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657787557 NAACP: Under this program, key issues were addressed in the 60s such as civil rights; freedom of the press; separation of church and state; and the rights of the accused. ]]> 2021-07-22 02:26:13 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657787557 Cuban Missile Crisis: The closest the USSR and the USA ever came to nuclear war during the Cold War period. 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657791119 2021-07-22 02:28:39 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657791119 Berlin Wall: A physical barrier that divided East and West Berlin. This barrier stood from 1961 to 1989. 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657794114 2021-07-22 02:30:27 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657794114 Great Society: By the time LBJ left the White House in 1969, Congress had passed 206 of his legislative initiatives. These programs addressed areas such as civil rights, education, and poverty. 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657802182 2021-07-22 02:36:13 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657802182 Domino Theory: The belief that if Vietnam fell to communism, other nations in Southeast Asia would do the same. 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657810774 2021-07-22 02:42:11 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657810774 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution: Authorized the President to "take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the U.S and to prevent further aggression." This essentially gives the war powers of Congress to the president 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657812080 2021-07-22 02:43:04 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657812080 SEATO: SouthEast Asia Treaty Organization whose goal was to stop the spread of communism 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657815526 2021-07-22 02:45:29 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657815526 Napalm: Jellied like gasoline that would explode on contact. Used to clear the Vietnamese jungles. 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657816662 2021-07-22 02:46:14 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657816662 Agent Orange: 20 million gallons of this toxic herbicide (plant killer) was sprayed in South Vietnam 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657818144 2021-07-22 02:47:20 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657818144 Vietcong: Guerilla fighters for the Communist North Vietnamese 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657819296 2021-07-22 02:48:10 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657819296 Doves: A person who wanted the US to withdraw from Vietnam. 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657820377 2021-07-22 02:48:57 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/m97rtpg96z4pzu4a/wish/1657820377