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11 Cards in this Set
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Election of 1960
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1) JFK= first catholic president and barely won.
2) Richard Nixon tv factor, race factor, MLK factor, and religion factor |
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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October 14-28 1962. WWII remove missiles if America never invades again.
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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1964. Intercept radar that North Vietnamese gunboat is targeting them, fire on them turns out they weren't causes stronger American involvement.
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Tet Offensive
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from Tonkin Resolution. 1968. Vietnamese lunar new year. Technically a win for US and South Vietnam, but we lost the media battle. Vietcong launch surprise attacks on capitals on same day and raid on American embassy. Not good for Johnson.
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Ho Chi Min and Vietcong
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Domestic hero and communist in Vietnam. We support France and give them 80% of $ for war. Vietcong=south vietnamese who favor aligning with North Vietnam and Communists= rebels. Fighting in their jungle is bad for us...
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Vietnam War ends
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Tet offensive and US winning and media bad for Johnson. Protest movement
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LBJ's great society
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Medicare and medicaid, education funding, clean air and water, public housing
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War on Poverty
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office of economic opportunity. 1964- head start (preschoolers), job corps (hs dropout get jobs), neighborhood daycare centers, legal aid, adult reading programs
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Counterculture and Hippies
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Free love vs. consumer culture. Against material things. All freely love each other. Drugs= get out of the man who is trying to dictate you. upper middle class. opposite of 50s norm
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Election of 1968
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1)Hubert Humphrey (Johnson's VP) committed to winning war in Vietnam. Democratic
2) Eugene McCarthy= democratic against the war, college students support. 3) Robert Kennedy= JFKs younger brother. Catholic democratic. Shot while campaigning |
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Watergate
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June 17, 1972 @ watergate hotel. George McGovern (D) very radical so Nixon would have won anyways. Bipartisan senate hearings. Uncover the tapes ordering the coverup. Moves to impeach the president (abusive power, obstruction of justice, and lying.) Nixon resigns
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