Quiz 6 Flashcards
John F. Kennedy
Served on pacific in WW2 Showed courage in rescuing his men after boat was split in half Irish- catholic Endorsed Cold War Promised new frontier
Election of 1960
Richard Nixon & John F. Kennedy TV debates Kennedy won 303 to 219 in electoral college 34,227,000 & 35,109,000 in popular vote Help minority groups
Richard Nixon
Thought politicians should represent constituents rather than personal views
Controversial
New Frontier
The campaign program advocated by JFK in the 1960 election. He promised to revitalize the stagnant economy and enact reform legislation in education, health care, and civil rights.
Camelot
JFK attracted intellectuals to Washington D.C., the best and brightest wanted to be there
McGeorge Bundy – Harvard
Robert McNamara – Harvard
Camelot is an image of Youthful, vigorous, beautiful
Berlin Wall
In 1961, the Soviet Union built a high barrier to seal off their sector of Berlin in order to stop the flow of refugees out of the Soviet zone of Germany. The wall was eventually torn down in 1989
Bay of Pigs - 1961
The Bay of Pigs was an American attempt to overthrow the newly established communist government in Cuba by training and sending Cuban rebels. The coup ended up in a disaster due to the lack of support by the Americans. The incident was an embarrassment for the U.S. and ultimately led to Castro pleading for Soviet aid (Cuban Missile Crisis)
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was an incident where Soviet missiles were placed in Cuba as a response for help. The event greatly increased tensions between the Soviets and the Americans. As a result, a hotline was established between the two nations to avoid any accidents.
Kennedy demanded their removal and announced a naval blockade of the island; the Soviet leader Khrushchev agreed to the U.S. demands a week later.
Lee Harvey Oswald
1963 assassinated president Kennedy
2 dates later he was killed
Nov. 22, 1963
Dallas Texas
President assassinated
Magic bullet
Hit through throat then head
Warren commission
Suggested that Oswald acted alone A lot of conspiracy issues CIA PLOT Magic Bullet Point is to investigate if someone paid for the assasination of Kennedy
Civil Rights Act of 1964
1964
Outlawing discrimination & employment based on gender, color, skin, religion
Economic Opportunity Act law enacted in 1964 that provided funds for youth programs antipoverty measures, small-
Jobs Corps
Finance local antipoverty efforts
Train the unskilled
Lend money to small businesses in poor areas
Trying to help small business or poor areas
Medicare Act
Medicare – Jan. 1965
People over 65
Part a- hospital insurance for retired
Part b – Optional covering Dr. bills
Medicaid
Medicaid help states pay medical expenses for poor even under 65
Can’t get Medicaid until impoverished
Elementary & second education act
provided education aid to states based on the number of children from low income homes. It created Head Start (a program for poor preschoolers)
Voting Rights Act - 1965
Federal government intervened to protect black registration and voting for state, local and federal
Immigration Act - 1965
290,000 total and priority given based on job skills and political asylum
120,000 to Western Hemisphere
Richard M. Nixon
Elected President in 1968 and 1972 representing the Republican party. He was responsible for getting the United States out of the Vietnam War by using “Vietnamization”, which was the withdrawal of 540,000 troops from South Vietnam for an extended period. He was responsible for the Nixon Doctrine. Was the first President to ever resign, due to the Watergate scandal.
Vietnamization
President Nixon’s policy to withdraw the 540,000 U.S. troops in South Vietnam over an extended period. It would bring and end to the war in 1973. transferring the responsibility and direction of the war effort to the government of South Vietnam.
My lai massacre
My Lai Massacre 1968, in which American troops had brutally massacred innocent women and children in the village of My Lai, also led to more opposition to the war. produced outrage and reduced support for the war in America and around the world when details of the massacre and an attempted cover-up were revealed in 1971.
Detente
Henry Kissinger
Containment seemed to bring China and USSR together
1st sent Kissinger to China and USSR
2nd 1972 Nixon and Kissinger to China
Promote economic and cultural exchanges
China into the UN
Exports to China up to $4 billion by 1980
3rd May 1972 – Nixon and Kissinger to USSR
SALT – Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
No more making nuclear ballistic missiles
Reduce anti-ballistic missiles
Sold grain to USSR
4th Get out of Vietnam
Getting along
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT)
mutual effort by the US and Soviet Union to limit the growth of their nuclear weapons but still maintaining a sufficient amount to deter a surprise attack