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Jeopardy
1960s
JeopardyJohn F.
KennedyThe War in
VietnamLyndon B. Johnson “Tricky Dick”
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Kennedy
Goal of the Bay of Pigs
Invasion To remove Fidel Castro
from power in Cuba
Kennedy
Results of the Cuban Missile
Crisis
Diplomatic solution by
Kennedy that would avoid
future escalation towards
nuclear war
Kennedy
Government program that
sends Americans to
support developing
nationsPeace Corps
Kennedy
Describe Kennedy’s Foreign Policy Strong and
Aggressive, increased
tension with the Soviets
Kennedy
Reasons Kennedy is
NOT considered a
great president
New Frontier blocked by Congress, increased
tension with the Soviets
Kennedy
Reasons Kennedy IS
considered a great
President
Inspired hope in people and
created a vision for the
country
VietnamNorth
Vietnamese nationalist leader that originally
turned to the United States
for helpHo Chi Minh
Vietnam
Americanization
Process of increasing the
number of American troops in
Vietnam under Johnson
Vietnam
Vietnamization
Process of withdrawing
U.S. troops and handing
responsibility over to the Vietnamese under Nixon
Vietnam
Reason some Buddhist monks lit
themselves on fire in South
VietnamProtest the
rule of President Diem
Vietnam
Possible reasons U.S.
troops carried out the My Lai
Massacre
Psychologically scarred and frustrated by
guerilla warfare
Vietnam
Effects of Vietnam War
on U.S. Foreign Policy
afterwards
U.S. reluctant to commit American
troops to war unless victory seems swift
JohnsonDomestic
Policy that addressed
problems in education, poverty, the
environment, and race
The Great Society
Johnson
Conservative criticism of the Great Society
Didn’t work and created a welfare state
that made people
dependent on the
government
Johnson
Effects of the Vietnam War on Johnson’s
domestic policy legacy
Vietnam overshadowed
Johnson’s domestic
successes and made it
difficult to carry out reform
Johnson
Resolution gave Johnson the power to
send U.S. troops into
Vietnam Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
JohnsonVietnamese
surprise attack that created a
credibility gap between what Johnson said
about Vietnam and what was
actually happening
Tet Offensive
Johnson
Reasons Johnson could be considered
a great president
Created lasting
reform in civil rights, education,
poverty, and many others
Tricky DickNixon
famously opened
diplomatic relations with
this Communist
countryChina
Tricky Dick
Domestic policy that aimed to
shrink and streamline the
Federal Government
New Federalism
Tricky Dick
Event that triggered the
Watergate Scandal
Burglary of the Democratic
National headquarters
in the Watergate
Hotel
Tricky Dick
Treaty with the Soviets that limited
the construction
of nuclear weapons
Strategic Arms
Limitation Treaty (SALT)
Tricky Dick
Stagflationprices and
unemployment rise rapidly
Tricky Dick
Explain why Nixon is a
controversial President
Accomplished a lot, especially
in foreign policy, but only President ever
to resign in disgrace
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