history quiz friday april Flashcards
How did Lyndon Johnson become president?
because JFK was assassinated
Who did Lyndon Johnson defeat in the election of 1964?
Barry Goldwater
what was the significance of the daisy ad?
it scared americans –> believed that if you were voting for Barry then you were supporting nuclear war
what was the great society? Identify a few signature pieces of legislation.
LBJ’s domestic policy
- medicaid
- medicare
- programs to cure poverty
how was vietnam divided after WW2?
17th parallel
who was the communnist leader in the North?
Ho Chi Minh
why was the democratic president not popular in the south?
he was catholic whereas everyone else was buddhist ; buddhist monks are setting themselves on fire
is it clear weather the US destroyer Maddox was attacked by communist forces in 1964?
yeah it is clear , didn’t happen
Why is the Gulf of tonkin resolution referred to as Grandma’s Nigh shirt?
it covers everything (all the costs of war) ; it gave them the power to wage war without people knowing
what was operation rolling thunder?
indiscriminate bombing of vietnam
The attack in 1968 on 100 cities in the south convinced many Americans that could not win in Vietnam:
Tet offensive
who was Ho Chi Minh?
communist leader of the north
what was the vietcong?
communist forces in the south that support Ho Chi Minh
What was the Ho Chi Minh trail?
underground tunnels from north to south Vietnam where they would carry supplies
What was the Tonkin Gulf incident?
The maddox ship got torpedoed
what was the tonkin gulf resolution?
gives the president power wage war on viernam
what chemical was used to defoliate the jungle? what impact did it have on those exposed to it?
agent orange
what made search & destroy missions particularly hard?
that the enemy is not in uniform, so they’re hard to find. “The enemy is illusive”
what was the tet offensive?
organized attack from the communists on 100 cities
how did walter cronkite create a “credibility gap” after the test offensive?
he tells America that he doesn’t think we cannot win, the government is saying that we ARE winning ; someone is lying
what type of individuals where apart of the vietnam draft? what was the voting age?
males that were 18 years old
whats the difference between doves and hawks?
doves want peace ; hawks are supportive of the war
what made 1968 one of the “worst years ever” in American history?
MLK and RFK got assassinated
the secret war
cambodia, laos
