Benchmark 8 Flashcards
Gideon vs Wainwright?
Required that criminal courts have to provide free legal help for those who cannot afford it.
What was Lyndon B. Johnson’s great society ?
His plan that focused on civil rights education tax reduction and inner city economic opportunity .
Thurgood Marshall ?
1st black man to serve on the Supreme Court .
Why did we go to Vietnam ?
To fight the Vietcong to protect democracy
What side was the north and what side was the south.
The north was communist the south was democratic
When did Vietnam start ?
1950 because the French got kicked out in 1954
Who is Ho Chi Minh
Leader of the communist
What is the domino theory
When one falls the rest fall quickly , and it takes a while to set them back up.
Dien Bien Phu
The French outpost that was overrun b y the Vietminh in May 1954, this caused the French to leave.
Ngo Dinh Diem
The leader of the democratic Vietnam.
What was the Gulf of Tonkin Incident ?
In 1964, what really pulled the United States into Vietnam. Apparently the USS Mattox was parked by North Vietnam , allegedly they shot torpedoes at the Mattox but the us later retracted that idea
What was the Tonkin Gulf Resolution ?
Passed by LBJ that’s said that the President had the power to send any amount of troops he wanted to Vietnam .
What are Hawks?
People in America that were in support of the war.
What are doves ?
People that weren’t in support of the war .
What was the ‘Tet Offensive” ?
The turning point in the war in 1968. But a turning point for the negative . The Vietcong attacked every single major base at the same time.
When did Nixon get elected ?
In 1968 , he eventually ends the war but escalates it first.
What was Watergate ?
The democratic national Headquarters that was broken into by spies.
Who was Woodward and Bernstein ?
The people that linked the burglars from watergate back to the president .
What is Vietnamization?
Withdrawal of US troops.
What was the My Lai massacre ?
Lieutantany Calley Jr. Was searching for Vietcong rebels in a small village but didn’t find any so he told his men to shoot anything and everything that breathed .
Kent State University
Students were protesting the spread of war into Cambodia . The national guard was called in and shot four students .
When did US troops leave Vietnam ?
March 29th,1973
When was the peace agreement between N and S Vietnam and the US signed ?
January 27th, 1973
When did N.Vietnam invade south Vietnam ? What did south Vietnam ask of us ?
They invaded in March 1975. They asked us for help but we only sent money
When did South Vietnam fall to North Vietnam ?
April 30th, 1975
