History JFK

Jfk won by slim margin (true or false)

true

What was Jfk administration known as

New Frontier

New Frontier offerings

put a man on the moon

General tax cut plan

non inflationary wage agreements

Nasa created in

1958

How much to put man on moon

24bn

Europe economically thriving because of what plan

Marshall Plan

leader of the black rights movement

mlk

event that represents the end of the Vietnam war

The fall of Saigon

student protest began at what university

berkley

treaty dividing Vietnam at 17th parallel

Geneva Accords

most Americans supported the start of the Vietnam war (true or false)

true

growing frustration revolving around the civil rights movement and racism in America was aided by

tv

26th amendment

gave 18 year olds the right to vote

At home Johnson was focused on the war on ____

poverty

communist leader of n Vietnam

ho chi minh

viet Cong surprise attack on south Vietnamese city

tet offensive

france would not let ___ in afraid of us involvement

england

US foreign policy

flexible response

because of nuclear proliferation they could only fight a ____

conventional war

brushfire wars

small localized wars fought by 2 superpowers

The deal

-ussr remove nuclear weapons

-us end quartine

-us remove nuclear in trueky pointed at moscow

Jfk and kruchev critized fro being too soft (true or false)

true

assassinated by white supremacist

medgar evans

who killed jfk

Lee Harvey Oswald

lydon b Johnson was very liberal (true or false)

true

Civil Rights act of 964

-banned racial discrimination in public facilitates

-ended school segregation

-equal employment opportunity

Johnson wanted to rid US of the poor (t or f)

true

Goldwater was seen as dove or warhawk

warhawk

-lbj won over landslide

Gulf of Tonkin

us ship supposedly fired apon in international waters

Gulf of Tonkin resolution

giving president any force necessary in southeast asia

Congress gave up their war making power

Mario Savio

led the free speech movement at berkley

against big business

free speech turned into __

anti war

students for democratic society were

counterculutre

-destroy 50s style

3 P’s

population

protest (racism and Vietnam)

permanence of prosperity

South Vietnam ruler

Ngo Dinh diem (US supports)

Escalation

Lbj sent military troops to support S Vietnam forces

Operation rolling thunder

air strikes on Hanoi and north Vietnam

-public begining to distrust the US gov

My Lai Massacre

US soldiers killed hundred of innocent s Vietnamese villagers thinking they were helping viet cong

vietnamization

transfer burnden of war to southvitamese troops

Cease fire agreement

both sides would remain in their own territory, Us would remove troops

War Powers act of 1973

limited presidents power