JFK/LBJ/ Vietnam

Question 1

accused are read these rights

Answer 1

miranda v arizona

Question 2

same as peace corp but didn’t leave country

Answer 2

VISTA

Question 3

helped by send rioters
helped get MLK out of prison
died before civil rights passed

Answer 3

JFK and civil rights

Question 4

came up w single bullet theory

said there was no conspiracy

Answer 4

warren commission

Question 5

supreme court

Answer 5

warren court

Question 6

only fight when victory is assurred

could lose 10 for ever 1 he killed

Answer 6

ho chi minhs military doctrine

Question 7

chemical sprayed over jungle

Answer 7

agent orange

Question 8

general in charge of vietnam

Answer 8

william westmoreland

Question 9

agreed to split vietnam between north and south

Answer 9

geneva conference

Question 10

ground war

shift in strategy

Answer 10

search and destroy

Question 11

began in colleges

Dr. king helped start the movement

Answer 11

anti-war movement

Question 12

2 people were against it

Answer 12

paris peace accords

Question 13

Sent advisors

assassination of diem

Answer 13

JFK and vietnam

Question 14

flammable

cropped to burn forest

Answer 14

napalm

Question 15

bombed trails and north

3x amount dropped than during WWII

Answer 15

operation rolling thunder

Question 16

killed entire village

Answer 16

mai lai massacre

Question 17

maddix was attacked

document allowed johnson to retaliate

Answer 17

gulf of tonkin resolution

Question 18

limited what pres. can do

only congress could declare war

Answer 18

war powers act

Question 19

peace corps

Answer 19

JFK

Question 20

signed civil rights act

Answer 20

LBJ

Question 21

nixon was vice president and did more than that position usually did
kaennedu was elected after eisenhower

Answer 21

election 1960

Question 22

2 years of service, no pay
assist any problems in an area
could build things or help teach

Answer 22

peace corps

Question 23

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

Answer 23

bay of pigs

Question 24

division between east and west

became symbol of the cold war

Answer 24

berlin wall

Question 25

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

Answer 25

cuban middle crisis

Question 26

talks about what humans have accomplished
hired many smart, accomplished people
all very young

Answer 26

new frontier

Question 27

gov spends money to jumpstart economy, not terrible, but not great

Answer 27

keynesian economics

Question 28

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

Answer 28

space race

Question 29

arrested for death of JFK

Answer 29

lee harvey oswald

Question 30

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

Answer 30

war on poverty

Question 31

said our financial status was greater than anywhere else

Answer 31

the great society

Question 32

medical care for the elderly

Answer 32

medicare

Question 33

said country would divide in half

if one more nation fell the rest would fall

Answer 33

domino theory

Question 34

live in south, but want Ho to be your leader

Answer 34

vietcong

Question 35

sent 15000

Answer 35

advisors

Question 36

jungle trails that troops and supplies went through

began bombing trees

Answer 36

ho chi minh trails

Question 37

against the war

Answer 37

dove

Question 38

for the war

Answer 38

hawk

Question 39

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

Answer 39

TET offensive

Question 40

students burned down ROTC building
4 kids died
nixon’s popularity took a major hit

Answer 40

kent state

Question 41

slowly give fighting to vietnam, while bringing troops home

does bring troops home, but has trouble convincing vietnam

Answer 41

vietnamization

Question 42

communism spreads due to vietnam going against treaty

Answer 42

fall of saigon