Chapter 29 - Protest and Stagnation: The Western World, 1965-1985

President Lyndon Johnson

________ decided to launch bombing raids on the north and to send U.S. combat troops to South Vietnam to prevent a total defeat of the anti- Communist government in Saigon and keep the Communist regime of the north from uniting the entire country under its control.

Cuban Missile crisis

The ________ had lessened the tensions of the cold war, but in another year the US was fighting the Vietnam War.

strong anti war

In the late 1960s, the western world was filled with many movements relating to sexual mores, education, women's rights, and ________ movements.

Richard Nixon

In 1913 ________ was elected president in 1968 and he ended American involvement in Vietnam by 1973 by gradually withdrawing American troops.

Sex education

________ in the schools and the decriminalization of homosexuality were but two aspects of Swedens liberal legislation.

Permissive society

After World War II, changes in manners and morals were far more extensive and far more noticeable, giving rise to what critics called the ________.

Brezhnev

The Soviet Union had the ________ years where they benefited from a more relaxed atmosphere, but not a lot changed during these years.

Republican Party

The South, which had once been a Democratic stronghold, began to form a new allegiance to the ________.

Detente

________ is the easing of hostility or strained relations between countries. It made the US and Soviet Union have peace for the most part and made sure none of them could win.