JFK/LBJ/ Vietnam Flashcards
accused are read these rights
miranda v arizona
same as peace corp but didn’t leave country
VISTA
helped by send rioters
helped get MLK out of prison
died before civil rights passed
JFK and civil rights
came up w single bullet theory
said there was no conspiracy
warren commission
supreme court
warren court
only fight when victory is assurred
could lose 10 for ever 1 he killed
ho chi minhs military doctrine
chemical sprayed over jungle
agent orange
general in charge of vietnam
william westmoreland
agreed to split vietnam between north and south
geneva conference
ground war
shift in strategy
search and destroy
began in colleges
Dr. king helped start the movement
anti-war movement
2 people were against it
paris peace accords
Sent advisors
assassination of diem
JFK and vietnam
flammable
cropped to burn forest
napalm
bombed trails and north
3x amount dropped than during WWII
operation rolling thunder
killed entire village
mai lai massacre
maddix was attacked
document allowed johnson to retaliate
gulf of tonkin resolution
limited what pres. can do
only congress could declare war
war powers act
peace corps
JFK
signed civil rights act
LBJ
nixon was vice president and did more than that position usually did
kaennedu was elected after eisenhower
election 1960
2 years of service, no pay
assist any problems in an area
could build things or help teach
peace corps
operation plan to overthrow fidel
put in kennedy’s lap
very caught up in cold war
used to have good relationship w cuba
within 3 days nearly everyone was captured (refugees)
kennedy did not want to risk losing soldiers, so attempted to negotiate
bay of pigs
division between east and west
became symbol of the cold war
berlin wall
JFK orders a blockade
brinkmanship
JFK had ordered nuclear weapons to get set
lasted 13 days
did not go through w war
kennedy declares victory after cubs backs down
cuban middle crisis
talks about what humans have accomplished
hired many smart, accomplished people
all very young
new frontier
gov spends money to jumpstart economy, not terrible, but not great
keynesian economics
kennedy is in office when Uri goes up (soviet)
sends first american to space and orbit
said we would go to moon by end of decade
space race
arrested for death of JFK
lee harvey oswald
in first state of union, declared war on poverty
believed he could bring people up from lowest ladder
saw inequities of education and economics
wanted to give people a chance and improve conditions
war on poverty
said our financial status was greater than anywhere else
the great society
medical care for the elderly
medicare
said country would divide in half
if one more nation fell the rest would fall
domino theory
live in south, but want Ho to be your leader
vietcong
sent 15000
advisors
jungle trails that troops and supplies went through
began bombing trees
ho chi minh trails
against the war
dove
for the war
hawk
had called for cease fire gave them a time of peace for new year need to get out of war ASAP lyndon said he would not run for president anericans were fired up
TET offensive
students burned down ROTC building
4 kids died
nixon’s popularity took a major hit
kent state
slowly give fighting to vietnam, while bringing troops home
does bring troops home, but has trouble convincing vietnam
vietnamization
communism spreads due to vietnam going against treaty
fall of saigon
