johnson overview :)

Question 1

How did Johnson honour Kennedys legacy

Answer 1

passed civil rights bill, tax cuts, new frontier (great society)

Question 2

Khe Sanh

Answer 2

US base attacked during tet new year that was under siege for 75 days
- had to close base down after the siege broke and it was humiliating

Question 3

by 1955 what percentage of Af-Ams were registered to vote in all but 4 southern states

Answer 3

over 50%

Question 4

What did the Kerner Commission find?

Answer 4

blamed riots on:
police practices
unemployment
inadequate housing
- poor did not have access to American dream

Question 5

what election did Johnson run against Kennedy in

Answer 5

1960

Question 6

When did Johnson take over as president

Answer 6

1963

Question 7

Kennedy picked him as his — — then as Vice President

Answer 7

running mate

Question 8

How many pieces of legislation did Johnson pass

Answer 8

60

Question 9

what did ‘great society’ address

Answer 9

issues of poverty and inequality

Question 10

When did LBJ win the election with a landslide

Answer 10

1964

Question 11

how much of the population was provided with healthcare with medicare and medicaid

Answer 11

20%

Question 12

what was unemployment at during his first year

Answer 12

1.4%

Question 13

what two things were rising in 1967 and was costing more money

Answer 13

inflation and unemployment + spending on Vietnam

Question 14

When was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution signed

Answer 14

1964

Question 15

who reported that the war was unwinnable after the Tet Offensive

Answer 15

Walter Cronkite

Question 16

What was the Gulf of Tonkin Incident?

Answer 16

an espionage US ship in 1964 in NV waters was attacked and and Johnson used this to Gain Gulf of Tonkin Resolution which let US “take all necessary steps”

(total bipartisan support AND approval ratings went up)

Question 17

What did the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution lead to

Answer 17

rolling thunder

Question 18

When was Rolling Thunder and when were US troops in Vietnam

Answer 18

1965

Question 19

explain Tet Offensive

Answer 19

1968 during Tet festival a time of holiday truce
took control of US embassy for 6 hours
4,000 Americans dead
half the hours in hue destroyed
swayed public opinion

Question 20

when was the Tet offensive

Answer 20

1968

Question 21

How many US troops were in Vietnam by 1968

Answer 21

548,000

Question 22

LBJs approval rate by 1968

Answer 22

below 40%

Question 23

what special relationship was damaged by the Vietnam War

Answer 23

Britain and Americas - PM privately criticised the war

Question 24

Who is Charles de Gaulle

Answer 24

French PM who criticised US foreign policy and urged them in a public speech to withdraw

Question 25

What showed the weakness of SEATO

Answer 25

the lack of allies who sent troops to Vietnam

Question 26

what did the SCLC and NAACP organise in 1964

Answer 26

sit-ins and freedom rides

Question 27

what did the freedom summer accomplish

Answer 27

it increased Af-Ams registered to vote

Question 28

why did king organise the selma march after the 1964 civil rights act impact of this:

Answer 28

to draw attention to voting rights which led to the voting rights act in 1965

Question 29

What did the SNCC criticise about MLK

Answer 29

he created 'embittered cities'

Question 30

when was Malcom X assassinated and by who

Answer 30

1965; Nation of Islam

Question 31

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?

Answer 31

Banned segregation in schools, workplaces, and public places

Question 32

Fillibuster

Answer 32

the use of long speeches to prevent the vote on a bill

Question 33

What did the 1965 Voting Rights Act do?

Answer 33

This banned poll taxes, literary tests and made all voting officers government employees

Question 34

why was MLK worried about SNCC leader Carmichael

Answer 34

worried it would alienate supporters of civil rights since he was so radical (white members no longer welcome etc and much more violent)

Question 35

when was MLK assassinated

Answer 35

April 4, 1968

Question 36

who assasinated MLK

Answer 36

James Earl Ray

Question 37

what did the 1968 civil rights act outlaw

Answer 37

racial discrimination in housing

Question 38

what city did MLK target in 1965

Answer 38

Chicago

Question 39

why did MLK fail in Chicago (3)

Answer 39

- only 30,000 showed up at a rally (expected 100k) - the mayor Daley clashed with MLK and blamed him for disturbances and damages of 2 mil - MLK was hit by a rock

Question 40

how many cities had riots in 65-68

Answer 40

200

Question 41

who were the SNCC radicalised under

Answer 41

Stokey Carmichael

Question 42

what replaced MLKs 'freedom now' chant

Answer 42

black power

Question 43

when did riots across ghettos begin

Answer 43

1965

Question 44

how did Johnson respond to riots

Answer 44

commissioned the Kerner report

Question 45

when was the Kerner report

Answer 45

1968

Question 46

what were growing youth protests on

Answer 46

vietnam, environment, civil rights

Question 47

Counterculture Movement

Answer 47

protest movement in the 1960s that rejected traditional American values and culture

Question 48

Who wrote The Feminine Mystique (1963)?

Answer 48

Betty Friedan

Question 49

why was there a march in Washington in 1967

Answer 49

to protest the draft number of soldiers drafted increased from 5000 a month to 50,000

Question 50

by 68 what was now available that increased awareness and support for civil rights and anti-war protests

Answer 50

colour tv and news stations that reported live on controversial events