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56 Cards in this Set
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Secretary of Defense under Johnson
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Robert MacNamara
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creator of the "roll back" theory
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John Foster Dulles
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creator of the "Domino Theory"
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Dwight Eisenhower
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North Vietnamese rebel military force
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National Liberation Front (Viet Cong)
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defeated by Johnson in the 1964 presidential election
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Barry Goldwater
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Viet Cong attack on an American air base, convinced Johnson to get involved in the Vietnam war
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Pleiku
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permitted the US to enter the Vietnam War, granted the president special powers
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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program of bombing in North Vietnam
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Operation Rolling Thunder
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first US combat in Vietnam, characterized by search and destroy missions
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Da Nang
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held hearings on the Vietnam War as a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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William Fullbright
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liberal movement starting in the 1960's
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New Left
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liberal organization started at the University of Michigan in 1962, protested war
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Students for Democratic Society (SDS)
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more violent spin-off of the SDS
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Weathermen
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movement started at UCAL Berkley by Mario Salvio, used expletives freely
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Free Speech Movement
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creator of the Free Speech Movement
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Mario Salvio
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two protest music artists
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Bob Dylan, Joan Baez
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early opponent of Johnson in 1968 presidential elections, almost won New Hampshire
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Eugene McCarthy
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two public announcements made by Johnson during the 1968 presidential race to try to improve his public image
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he would halt bombing of Vietnam, and he would not seek reelection
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won the California primaries of the 1968 presidential election
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Robert Kennedy
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assassinated Robert Kennedy
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Sirhan Sirhan
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Democratic nominee in the 1968 presidential election
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Hubert Humphrey
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winner of the 1968 presidential election
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Richard Nixon
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conservative, middle-class Americans supposedly tired of radicalism
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"silent majority"
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Nixon's VP
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Spiro Agnew
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sparked several mass student protests in 1970
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invasion of Cambodia
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two colleges in which students were killed by law enforcement during protests in 1970
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Kent State, Jackson State
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papers released in 1971 that revealed governmental dishonesty
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Pentagon Papers
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released the Pentagon Papers
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Daniel Ellsburg
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US Marine responsible for the My Lai massacre
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William Calley
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incident in Vietnam in which a Marine killed a village of women and children
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My Lai massacre
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Nixon's National Security Advisor and later Secretary of State
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Henry Kissinger
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Nixon's first Secretary of State
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William Rogers
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North Vietnamese leader in 1972
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Le Duc Tho
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South Vietnamese president in 1972
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Nguyen Van Thieu
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US bombing of Hanoi, Vietnam
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Christmas Bombing
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capitol of South Vietnam
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Saigon
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new name of South Vietnam's capitol after occupation by the North Vietnamese
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Ho Chi Minh City
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Senate group appointed to investigate Watergate
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Watergate Commission
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leader of the Watergate Commission
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Sam Erwin
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talked to the Watergate Commission with preliminary evidence
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James McCord
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Nixon's lawyer, later testified against him
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John Dean
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records that promised to reveal the truth about the Watergate scandal
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White House Tapes
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claim made by Nixon so he wouldn't have to reveal the White House Tapes
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"Executive Privilege"
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Harvard Law grad who took Nixon to court to get the White House tapes, fired by him
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Archibald Cox
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incident in which Archibald Cox and several others were fired by Nixon so as to cover up his guilt
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Saturday Night Massacre
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US Attorney General who resigned as a result of the Saturday Night Massacre
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Elliot Richardson
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new US Attorney General after Richardson resigned, gets some of the White House Tapes
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Leon Jaworski
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where Nixon's impeachment investigation first started
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House Judiciary Committee
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young Republican Congressman from Roanoke, voted to impeach Nixon, risked his career
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Caldwell Butler
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Constitutional amendment that provided for presidential succession, allowed Ford to become VP after Agnew resigns and president after Nixon resigns
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25th Amendment
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Nixon's presidential successor following his resignation
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Gerald Ford
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city in Vietnam held by the French, surrounded by the Vietminh in 1954
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Diem Bien Phu
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Vietnamese revolutionary organization started by Ho Chi Minh
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Vietminh
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general who took Diem Bien Phu
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General Giap
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peace agreement between France and Vietnam in 1954
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Geneva Accords
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two conditions of the Geneva Accords
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Vietnam divided into North and South temporarily, general elections in two years
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