AP US History Chapter 29 – Flashcards
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Tonkin Gulf Resolution
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1964 - LBJ asks Congress for authorization to take "all necessary measures" in order to protect American forces and stop aggression In response to North Vietnamese torpedo boat attacks
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Credibility Gap
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Network coverage of the war damages LBJ's popularity Scenes of death and devastation undermined moral justification for the war Coverage in print media becomes more skeptical of LBJ over time
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Agent Orange
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Chemical used in South Vietnam to eradicate enemy hiding spots
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Counterculture
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Various alternatives to mainstream values and behaviors that became popular in the 1960s
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War on Poverty
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1963-66 - Set of programs introduced by LBJ designed to break the cycle of poverty and assist America's most vulnerable citizens
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Medicare
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Created in 1965, basic medical insurance for the elderly, financed by federal government
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Tet Offensive
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Massive propaganda defeat for the US Showed that the war was not nearly over as American officials had claimed
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Hubert Humphrey
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Vice president to LBJ Democratic nomination for president in Election of 1968 Lost to Nixon
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Democratic National Convention of 1968
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Dissension in the Democratic party Massive antiwar protest outside
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Richard Daley
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Mayor of Chicago, incites "police riot" outside Democratic National Convention of 1968
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George Wallace
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Governor of Alabama Ran as an independent for Election of 1968 Leader of Southern white Democrats who were clinging to segreation
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Black Power
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Emerges after 1965 Centered around self-determination and self-sufficiency for African-Americans as the means for economic and political gains
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Silent Majority
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Nixon appeals to the majority of Americans who worked, paid taxes, and did not demonstrate, picket, or protest
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The Southern Strategy
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Southerners split from Democratic party after LBJ/Civil Rights Act of 1964, Republicans (Nixon) appeal to them during Election of 1968 by promising to appoint federal judges who would undercut liberal interpretations of civil rights and be tough on crime
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The China Card
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Nixon plays China and USSR against each other "Ping-pong diplomacy"
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My Lai Massacre
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1968 - Killing of 22 Vietnamese civilians during search-and-destroy mission Commander of the platoon William L. Calley Jr. is court-martialed but gets off easy
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SALT 1
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Nixon 1972 - treaty signed by US and Soviet Union to slow nuclear arms race
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Environmental Protection Agency
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Nixon 1970 - Federal agency created to oversee environmental monitoring and cleanup programs
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Pentagon Papers
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Classified Defense Department documents on the history of US involvement in Vietnam, leaked to the press in 1972
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Watergate
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Complex scandal involving attempts to cover up illegal actions taken by administration officials and leading to the resignation of Nixon in 1974
