History Sem Exam

1960 Election and the TV

impacted presidential campaigning forever

JFK criticism

lacked experience and was too young

Cuban Missile Crisis

US conceded nuclear missile sites in Turkey

Kennedy’s attempt to defeat communism

Peace corps, build up of nuclear arsenal, increased navy

38th Parallel

division between North and South Korea

Kennedy’s economic plan

tax cuts, military spending

Peace Corps

provides agricultural assistance to third world countries

JFK assassination conspiracies

Jack Ruby owning a nightclub was NOT one of them

Great Society

aimed to bring equality and wealth to the US

Social Security

not part of the Great Society programs

medicare

insurance for people over 65

assassination of MLK Jr

overshadowed by Vietnam War

Black Panthers

wanted to take control over inner-city schools and police forces

Little Rock 9

Governor of Arkansas closed public schools in the Little Rock the following year

LBJ and Civil Rights Movement

was a southerner but had sympathy for the problems of poor African Americans

Civil Rights Movement

Civil Rights Act was passed under LBJ administration

Domino Theory

cited for involvement in Vietnam War

credibility gap

increased as Vietnam war went on

draft

unfairly targeted poor and minority groups

Vietnamization

gradual removal of troops

legacy of Vietnam war

increased cynicism about the government

war powers act

congress must be consulted before committing troops during conflict

native Americans

were given more control over their affairs by state bases

aging baby boom generation

increase in social security spending

Watergate scandal

showed that laws are superior to the president’s power

Persian gulf war

assure flow of oil from Middle East to the US