Textbook 1085-1086

Question 1

Kennedy (at American Uni): my goal is “not merely peace

Answer 1

but peace for all time”

Question 2

Discussions w/ Russia + British to ↓ risk of nuclear war → Test Ban Treaty

Question 3

Banned nuclear testing in the atmosphere. “A journey of 1000 miles begins w/ one step”

Question 4

JFK: South Vietnam is the “cornerstone of the free world in SE Asia”

Question 5

S Vietnam lead by corrupt Ngo Dinh Diem (lied and promised social/economic reform)

Question 6

Targeted communists + Buddhist majority

Question 7

JFK sends 16k “advisors” to Vietnam b/c Viet Cong are winning

Question 8

JFK says Diem is “out of touch w/ his people.” Rebel generals kill him + brother. They take over Saigon

Question 9

Rebel generals fight each other

Answer 9

S Vietnam now unstable US colony

Question 10

JFK: “It’s their war…”

Question 11

Lee Oswald (ex-marine gone communist) kills JFK (and a policeman) in Dallas. JFK rep is boosted

Question 12

Lived in USSR

Answer 12

idolized Castro

Question 13

Jack Ruby kills handcuffed Oswald on live TV

Question 14

Kennedy’s 1000 day presidency compared to a comet. Lyndon Johnson replaces JFK.