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

CrisisDiplomatic 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

PresidentInspired 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

MassacrePsychologically

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 DickDomestic

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 DickTreaty 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