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Chapter 14 Flashcards

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MIA meaning

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missing in action; many soldiers never found, but families searched for years

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Vietcong

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Communist forces in South Vietnam

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Bombings of December 1972

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heaviest bombing of war on North Vietnam’s cities

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Bay of Pigs

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plan to overthrow Cuban leader Fidel Castro; failed

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why North Vietnamese didn’t want to agree to peace

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they thought if they waited long enough, U.S. forces would leave the war; “wait and see”

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Fidel Castro

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Communist leader of Cuba

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hot line

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communication connection between Moscow (Soviet Union) & Washington, D.C. (U.S.)

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Cuban exiles

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sent to Cuba in 1961 to start an uprising to overthrow Castro

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Nikita Khrushchev

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Soviet leader

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respond

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to reply with action

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Pentagon Papers

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exposed by Daniel Ellsburg; govt. had not been honest about the war

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Chicago mayor in 1968

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Richard J. Daley; had police confront antiwar activists outside Democratic Convention

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first person to orbit the earth

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Yuri Gagarin; Soviet

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Kennedy’s first foreign crisis

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Cuba; Bay of Pigs & Cuban Missile Crisis

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Congress repealed this in December 1970

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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution; had given president power to direct war

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Communist leader in North Vietnam

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Ho Chi Minh

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MLK assassination city

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Memphis, TN

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Berlin Wall builders

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East German government with Soviet backing

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roots of Vietnam conflict

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began in WWII; Japanese vs. Vietnamese (former French colony)

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ESSAY-Describe events that gave Pres. Johnson congressional support to expand the role in Vietnam.

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  • when Johnson took office, 16,000 troops acting as advisors
  • Johnson wanted Congressional support for more active role
  • North Vietnamese patrol boars attacked American ships in Gulf of Tonkin-August 1964
  • Congress authorized Pres. Johnson to “take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against U.S.”
  • escalated involvement in 1965; more ground troops and air attacks
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ESSAY-Choose any TWO events from 1968, and explain how they fit the theme of “Year of Crisis.”

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  • Tet Offensive-when, why significant, credibility gap
  • MLK assassination-when, where, why significant
  • Robert Kennedy assassination-when, where, why significant
  • Democratic Convention in Chicago-where, when, why significant
  • Election of 1968–Johnson dropping out of race, Kennedy shot, violence at Democratic Convention

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