Chapter 38: The Storming Sixties – Flashcards
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Kennedy's cabinet was much __________ than any cabinet in US History.
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younger
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President Kennedy's most bitter confrontation with big business occurred when he forced __________ industry leaders to roll back price increases.
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steel
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reduced American Tariffs
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1962 Trade Expansion Act
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Sends these to South Vietnam to stabalize the region
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Military Advisers (US Troops)
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a huge disaster for the US as well as their foreign policy image
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Bay of Pigs
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President John Kennedy and Attorney General Robert Kennedy began to join hands with the civil rights movement when they sent sent federal marshals to protect these people
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Freedom Riders
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American and world public opinion turned strongly in favor of the civil rights movement when Martin Luther King's peaceful demonstrators were viciously attacked in __________ .
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Birmingham
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took a much different approach to the civil rights movement than Martin Luther King did
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Malcolm X
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assassinated John F. Kennedy
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Lee Harvey Oswald
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assassinated Lee Harvey Oswald
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Jack Ruby
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Before he became vice president and then president of the United States, Lyndon Johnson had exercised great power as __________ of the US Senate.
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Majority Leader
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In the final analysis, Lyndon Johnson's Great Society programs won some noteworthy battles in __________ and __________ .
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education (and) health care
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Lyndon Johnson sent __________ American troops to counteract alleged communist influence in the Dominican Republic.
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25,000
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intensified the Arab-Israeli conflict by bringing into constant, direct conflict Israelis and Palestinians
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Six-Day War (1967)
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The focal point of congressional opposition to Lyndon Johnson's Vietnam War policy
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Foreign Relations Committee
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Johnson ordered this organization to spy on domestic antiwar protestors
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CIA
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The political challenge to President Johnson's Vietnam policies gained great momentum when Senator __________ nearly defeated Johnson in the New Hampshire Democratic primary.
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Eugene McCarthy
