Presidents Flashcards

1
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Truman

A

1945-53

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2
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Eisenhower

A

1953-61

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3
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Kennedy

A

1961-63

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4
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Johnson

A

1963-69

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5
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Nixon

A

1969-747

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6
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Ford

A

1974-77

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7
Q

Which president dealt with the Berlin Blockage in 1948?

A

Truman

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8
Q

What did Truman instigate in 1947?

A

The Marshall Plan

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9
Q

Which President dealt with the Communist North Korea during the Korean War?

A

Truman

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10
Q

What did Truman help the French with?

A

Finance after WW2 to reclaim Vietnam

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11
Q

Who increased financial support to the French?

A

Eisenhower

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12
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% of the French’s costs that USA paid under Eisenhower

A

80

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13
Q

What did Eisenhower oversee?

A

Separation of Vietnam into North and South

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14
Q

Who did Eisenhower financially support in Vietnam?

A

Ngo Dinh Diem as president of South Vietnam

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15
Q

What did Eisenhower send to South Vietnam?

A

Military advisors

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16
Q

What did Kennedy increase military advisors to?

A

11,500

17
Q

What did Kennedy allow pilots to do?

A

Fly combat missions whilst pretending to be instructors

18
Q

Who removed Diem?

A

Kennedy

19
Q

What did Kennedy replace Diem with? What did he increase?

A

Vietnamese generals

US money, materials and support

20
Q

What were Johnson’s choices on becoming President?

A

Increase involvement in Vietnam

Face a communist victory

21
Q

What did Johnson choose to do on becoming president? Why was this?

A

He increased involvement massively because he didn’t want to be the first US president to lose a war

22
Q

What allowed Johnson to send in ground and air troops?

A

Gulf of Tonkin incident

23
Q

What did Nixon promise? Why was this?

A

To end involvement

War was increasingly unpopular

24
Q

What did Nixon end?

A

The draft of young Americans into the army

25
Q

What was Nixon’s policy of withdrawing forces?

A

Vietnamisation

26
Q

What did Nixon oversee?

A

Ceasefire in 1973

27
Q

When did war start again after the ceasefire in 1973?

A

1974 when North invaded South