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johnson overview :) Flashcards

1
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How did Johnson honour Kennedys legacy

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

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Khe Sanh

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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

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

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over 50%

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4
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What did the Kerner Commission find?

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

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5
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what election did Johnson run against Kennedy in

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1960

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6
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When did Johnson take over as president

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1963

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Kennedy picked him as his — — then as Vice President

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running mate

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8
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How many pieces of legislation did Johnson pass

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60

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9
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what did ‘great society’ address

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issues of poverty and inequality

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When did LBJ win the election with a landslide

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1964

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11
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how much of the population was provided with healthcare with medicare and medicaid

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20%

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12
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what was unemployment at during his first year

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1.4%

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13
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what two things were rising in 1967 and was costing more money

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inflation and unemployment + spending on Vietnam

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When was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution signed

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1964

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who reported that the war was unwinnable after the Tet Offensive

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Walter Cronkite

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What was the Gulf of Tonkin Incident?

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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)

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17
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What did the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution lead to

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rolling thunder

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18
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When was Rolling Thunder and when were US troops in Vietnam

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1965

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explain Tet Offensive

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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

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when was the Tet offensive

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1968

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21
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How many US troops were in Vietnam by 1968

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548,000

22
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LBJs approval rate by 1968

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below 40%

23
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what special relationship was damaged by the Vietnam War

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Britain and Americas - PM privately criticised the war

24
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Who is Charles de Gaulle

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

25
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What showed the weakness of SEATO

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the lack of allies who sent troops to Vietnam

26
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what did the SCLC and NAACP organise in 1964

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sit-ins and freedom rides

27
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what did the freedom summer accomplish

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it increased Af-Ams registered to vote

28
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why did king organise the selma march after the 1964 civil rights act

impact of this:

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

29
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What did the SNCC criticise about MLK

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he created ‘embittered cities’

30
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when was Malcom X assassinated and by who

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1965; Nation of Islam

31
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What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?

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Banned segregation in schools, workplaces, and public places

32
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Fillibuster

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

33
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What did the 1965 Voting Rights Act do?

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

34
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why was MLK worried about SNCC leader Carmichael

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

35
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when was MLK assassinated

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April 4, 1968

36
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who assasinated MLK

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James Earl Ray

37
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what did the 1968 civil rights act outlaw

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racial discrimination in housing

38
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what city did MLK target in 1965

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Chicago

39
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why did MLK fail in Chicago (3)

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  • 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
40
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how many cities had riots in 65-68

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200

41
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who were the SNCC radicalised under

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Stokey Carmichael

42
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what replaced MLKs ‘freedom now’ chant

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black power

43
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when did riots across ghettos begin

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1965

44
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how did Johnson respond to riots

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commissioned the Kerner report

45
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when was the Kerner report

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1968

46
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what were growing youth protests on

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vietnam, environment, civil rights

47
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Counterculture Movement

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

48
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Who wrote The Feminine Mystique (1963)?

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Betty Friedan

49
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why was there a march in Washington in 1967

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

50
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by 68 what was now available that increased awareness and support for civil rights and anti-war protests

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colour tv and news stations that reported live on controversial events

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