Lyndon Johnson Flashcards
What year had the first two American military deaths in Vietnam?
1959
In what year did Vietnamese monks set themselves on fire to protest the South Vietnamese Government?
1963
In what year did the gulf of Tonkin incident occur?
1964
In what year was the first American POW taken by N. Vietnam?
1964
In what year did Operation Rolling Thunder begin? How long did it continue? What did it entail.
1965-1968, the sustained bombing of North Vietnam.
In what year were the first student demonstrations against Vietnam.
1965
When is agent orange a defoliant used in vietnam?
1966
In what year were the siege of Khe Sahn and the Tet offensive?
1968
What was the objective of the Tet offensive and what was the result for the Vietnamese and the Americans?
Objective: to cause a general uprising in the south.
Result: no uprising, but it weakened American popular support for the war.
In what year did Robert McNamara resign?
1968
Who was Robert McNamara?
He was Johnson’s defense secretary
Who was Eugene McCarthy?
A senator who nearly defeated Johnson in the NH democratic primary
What was the year of the My Lai massacre?
1968
What was the maximum number of troops that Americans had in Vietnam?
540,000
In what year was Robert Kennedy assassinated?
1968
In what year was the Moratorium and what was its agenda?
1969, To expand the peace movement off the college campuses and into the cities.
In what year did national guardsmen kill four student at Kent State?
1970
In what year were “the Pentagon Papers” released?
1971
In what year did the draft end?
1973
In what year did the formal cease fire agreement come into effect?
1973
In what year did the war resume?
1974
In what year did the North Vietnamese overrun south Vietnam and Cambodia?
1975
In what year did Jimmy Carter pardon draft evaders?
1977
Why did Martin Luther King’s philosophy of non-violent protest not resonate with many blacks by 1965?
They, while being non-violent were encountering more and more violence toward themselves.
Who were Floyd McKissick and Stokely Carmichael?
McKissick was involved in CORE
Carmichael was involved in SNCC
What was the condition of Watts?
High crime, poverty, and overcrowding.
How did the Watts protest start?
With a traffic stop of a young black man
What happened in Watts?
a giant race riot
What had to happen in order to get control of Watts?
The National Guard had to be sent in.
When was Martin Luther King killed and who killed him?
Feb 28, 1968. James Earl Ray
What was the premise of Ralph Nader’s book, “Unsafe at Any Speed”?
That car companies place higher priority of profits than protection.
In what year was the cigarette industry required to put a warning label on its packaging?
1965
Who was Ernesto Miranda?
A rapist who changed history
To what legal rights is an accused person entitled to under Miranda vs. the State of AZ?
He must be told that he has the right to remain silent.
Who was Cassius Clay
Muhammad Ali
What happened at My Lai?
A massacre on an innocent village
How many bombs were dropped on Vietnam during the war?
7 million tons
Who was the first man to step onto the moon and what year did it happen?
Neil Armstrong 1969
What was “the Great Society?”
The idealistic American dream that would be accomplished through government programs.
How generally accurate are movies made by Hollywood showing historical events?
Not very accurate at all
What was the FBI’s real concern during the civil rights movement?
To represent the civil rights movement as communist.
What happened in the Gulf of Tonkin in 1964
There was a real and a fake attack on a warship Maddox.
How did Johnson use the Gulf of Tonkin incident?
To get the Tonkin resolution passed into law
Who was Ho Chi Minh?
The leader of North Veitnam
When did America begin to assist the French in Vietnam?
1950
When was Vietnam divided up into North and South
1954
What year did the US agree to help the French in its was with communist Rebels in French Indochina (Vietnam?”
1950
In what year did the French pull out of Vietnam and the country is partitioned into North and South
1954
