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46 Cards in this Set
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This gave Johnson the authority to do what was necessary to end war in Viet Nam
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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The leader of South Viet Nam, who was assissinated.
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Bo Diem
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Leader of North Viet Nam, who was also a guerrilla fighter in WWII against Japanese.
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Ho Chi Minh
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He led a group of American soldiers into the village of My Lai, and killed the entire village.
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Lt. William Calley
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This is a type of war fought in Viet Nam by the enemy.
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Guerrilla War
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A Defoliant sprayed on trees so that tunnels could be seen from the air.
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Agent Orange
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Hollywood actress who sided with North Viet Nam and was outspoken against USA.
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Jane Fonda
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The last official Prisoner Of War (POW), who was from Owensboro.
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Col. Charles Shelton
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1968 surprise attack by the North Viet Nam on American installations in the south.
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TET Offensive
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This ended the Vietnam War
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Paris Accords
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A major civil right legislation signed by Johnson.
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Why Johnson refuses to run for re-election.
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Due to Viet Nam
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Assassinated in 1968, gunned down while campaigning for the democratic nomination for President Ambassador. Happened at a Hotel in Los Angeles.
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Robert F. Kennedy
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He assassinated Robert F. Kennedy
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Sirhan Sirhan
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1968 Assassination, killed while standing on motel balcony in Memphis Tennessee.
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Martin L. King Jr.
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He assassinated Martin L. King Jr.
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James Earl Ray
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Won election as president because he campaigned the promise to end war in Viet Nam.
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Richard Nixon
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The break-in of Democrat Headquarters involving Nixon's staff.
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Watergate
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The reporters for Washington Post who broke the story of Watergate.
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Woodward and Bernstein
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The source for Woodward and Bernstein to crack the Watergate scandal.
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Deep Throat
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Where the Israeli athletes were held hostage and later killed b Arab Terrorists.
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Munich Olympics
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Site of student war protests that led to the deaths of students, who were shot by the Ohio National Guard.
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Kent State University
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Music Concert attended by thousands in NY.
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Woodstock
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Nixon's plan to turn war over to Viet Namese
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Vietnamization
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This amendment allows the president to name a successor if Vice Presidency becomes vacant.
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25th Amendment
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He was appointed vice president after Nixon's vice president (Spiro Agnew) resigns.
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Gerald Ford
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Why Nixon resigns from presidency. He is the first president to resign.
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Watergate scandal
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Only person to become president without being elected.
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Gerald Ford
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What Ford does about Nixon
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Pardoned him
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1973, OPEC refuses to sell oil to US, causing prices to skyrocket.
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Arab Oil Embargo
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Carter negotiates peace agreement between Egyptian President and Israeli Prime Minister
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Camp David Accords
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Islamic revolutionaries seize American embassy in Tehran and hold 54 Americans hostage.
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Iranian Hostage Crisis
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He led the Iranian Hostage Crisis
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Ayatollah Khomeini
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Why Carter was not re-elected for president.
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Iranian Hostage Crisis
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Election in 1980, who wins, and what occurred from this?
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Reagan wins, and hostages were released.
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What was added to the cabinet by Jimmy Carter?
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Department of Education and Department of Energy
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Who attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan?
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John Hinckley Jr.
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Space shuttle with teacher astronaut, Christa McAuliffe, blew up.
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Challenger
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Anti-missile defense system
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Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars)
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Reagan tells this Soviet Leader to tear down the symbol of Soviet Communism (the Berlin Wall).
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Mr. Gorbachev
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Reagan administration scandal involving selling of weapons to Iran during Iran-Iraqi war to get money to fight Contras in Nicaragua.
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Iran-Contra
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The first female supreme court justice
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Sandra Day O'Connor
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Conflict between a western led coalition (US at the head) to force Saddam Hussein to withdraw from Kuwait.
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Persian Gulf War
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Agreement signed at Clinton's urging between Israel and the PLO.
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Oslo Accords
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Clinton's impeachment proceedings
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Perjury before Congress
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A huge positive during Clinton's years
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Budget Surplus
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