Chapter 36 Flashcards
Lyndon B. Johnson, War on Poverty, Great Society
LBJ was JFK’s VP & took over the Presidency when JFK was assassinated. LBJ declared a War on Poverty because roughly 20% of Americans were impoverished. LBJ also persuaded Congress to pass several Great Society programs to address poverty. Medicare- care for the elderly, Medicaid -aid for the poor, Head Start-Preschool program for the poor and several others
Barry Goldwater
Conservative Republican Presidential Candidate who ran against LBJ and lost, but started the rise of Conservatism that led into the 1980’s
Malcolm X
African American Civil Rights leader who believed Dr. King’s nonviolent protest was not working anymore and the movement needed to be more aggressive to succeed. He was a member of the Nation of Islam, took a trip to Mecca and realized the movement needed to be more peaceful. He tried to promote this & was killed by the Nation of Islam
Stokely Carmichael, black power
one of the leaders of the SNCC who began the black power movement that promoted black rights & becoming more militant
George Wallace
segregationist Governor of Alabama was a third party candidate for President who wanted to bomb Vietnam until they surrendered
Richard Nixon
Republican President who initiated many liberal policies like the EPA, Clean Air & Water Act, OSHA, Philadelphia Plan amongst others. Know for the Watergate Scandal & working with China & U.S.S.R. —detente
Spiro Agnew
Nixon’s VP that resigned because of tax evasion
Henry Kissinger
Nixon’s National Security Council Advisor & later Secretary of State that was highly influential on Nixon’s foreign policy in China and U.S.S.R.
Warren Burger
Conservative Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Rachel Carson
wrote Silent Spring about the deadly effects of pesticides like DDT. She helped launch the Environmental movement
Earl Warren
Conservative Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who actually had liberal rulings supporting Civil Rights
Gulf of Tonkin
The U.S. had several observation ships off the coast of Vietnam and the U.S. claimed we were shot at and President Johnson asked Congress for permission to retaliate. Thus, the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave the President a “blank check” (unlimited power) on the war in Vietnam War
hawks & doves
for war, against war
Tet offensive
Massive Vietcong attack on 100 U.S. and South Vietnamese held cities. Although the U.S. recovered and retook much of the territory it still shocked the U.S. and led the end of LBJ
Freed Speech Movement
grew on college campuses specifically U.C. Berkley who believed in fighting for political rights on campus, no dress code, etc.
