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Unit 10 Review
The Sixties: Kennedy, Johnson, and
Nixon
What are the dates for each of the following events:
October 1962
A. Cuban Missile Crisis __________________
July 1969
B. Landing of the man on the moon ________________
April 1961
C. Bay of Pigs __________________
D. Death of JFK __________________
November 1963
JFK; Nixon; JFK;
JFK/LBJ
____________________________
gave President Johnson the power
to commit troops to Vietnam
without having to ask Congress for
a declaration of war
USS Maddox
Gulf of Tonkin
Resolution
He received the required number of delegates to win
the Democratic nomination in the 1968 Election, he
served as the Attorney General under his brother,
President John F. Kennedy, and he was assassinated
shortly after winning the California primary, thus
ending his Presidential campaign were all qualities of
_____________________________________
“Bobby”
Robert Kennedy
The culture of the 1960s could
include: _________________,
______________, _____________
Age of Camelot
Counterculture
Musical; Hippies; No
Vietnam
Antiwar protests
The publishing of classified
information regarding the US
involvement in Vietnam was
known as __________________
Wikileaks of the
1960s
Pentagon Papers
The reasons for antiwar protests
were: ________________,
________________,
________________ The draft process was
unfair
Racial inequality of
combat deaths
Lottery; Civil Rights;
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Expansion into
Cambodia
The US campaign of heavy
bombing in North Vietnam was
called ________________
Mission: Dice
Lightning
Operation Rolling
Thunder
____________, ___________, and
___________ were military tactics
used by the United States in the
Vietnam War.
Agent Orange
Herbicide; jellied
gasoline; Mission:
Dice Lightning
Napalm
Operation Rolling
Thunder
President Kennedy’s “flexible
response” strategy was intended to
help the United States __________
MAD + tradition
Fight nuclear AND
conventional war
_________________ was the
result of the Bay of Pigs invasion.
Miami peoples
JFK lost support from
Cuban Americans
The chief objective of President
Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society
programs was to ______________
Who would benefit?
Help disadvantaged
in US
In the early 1960s, the United
States and the Soviet Union nearly
went to war over disputes in
_________________ and
_________________
Germany
Krieg; Guerra
Cuba
In the end, nuclear war was
avoided in the Cuban Missile Crisis,
when President Kennedy and his
advisors chose to
__________________
Ship wall
Blockade Cuba
President Nixon’s foreign policy
regarding Vietnam, provided that:
____________________________
Vietnamization
US gradually
withdraw and
support Southern
effort
Soldiers would serve in Vietnam on 12 month
tours, soldiers would distance themselves from
other soldiers in anticipation of loss and death,
and the majority of soldiers were between the
ages of 18 and 21 were conditions of soldiers in
the ________________.
2nd of 3 Wars
Vietnam War
____________________________
led to the construction of the
Berlin Wall
Post WWII Germany
JFK refusing to
withdraw troops in
West Berlin
Which 1968 Republican nominee
promised “peace with honor”?
______________________
Ike’s VP
Richard Nixon
Kennedy’s Catholic faith was a major
topic of focus, Richard Nixon’s
performance in the televised debates
was poor, and the power of television
in American politics was demonstrated
in the _________________
Who will succeed
Ike?
Election of 1960
Kennedy’s goal for the United
States in the space race ended
when __________________
“One small step for
man…”
US lands on the
Moon
President Kennedy sent Special
Forces troops to Vietnam to advise
_____________ on more effective
ways to fight communist forces.
Sounds like what a
pirate says…
ARVN
Provisions of the Geneva Accords
included: _______________,
_______________, _____________
France grants
independence
Freedom; division;
democracy
Vietnam divided at
17th parallel
Agreement for
1956 election
The ____________ was a turning point in the
Vietnam War because it shocked many
Americans into questioning the war, greatly
increased South Vietnamese territory controlled
by the Vietcong, and convinced the American
government that it was time for the US to
negotiate with North Vietnam
Vietnamese holiday
Tet Offensive
The scope of the Vietnam War was
increased in 1970 with the
expansion of bombing efforts into
the country of: _______________
Former country of
Indochina
Cambodia
The support of the United States
allowed ________________ to stay
in power in South Vietnam.
Catholic, Nationalist,
Anti-Buddhist
Ngo Dinh Diem
To reduce the flow of communist
supplies to the Vietcong, Nixon
ordered the secret bombing of
_______________
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Cambodia
______________ “New Frontier”
program sent volunteers to
developing countries to help
provide technical, educational, and
health services
Anti-war Corpse
Peace Corps
_______________was the guerilla
organization that fought against
the US in South Vietnam.
VC
Vietcong
Who were most of the Vietminh?
________________________
Ho Chi …
Pro-Communist
North Vietnamese
What were the dates for the following events?
March 1968
A. My Lai Massacre _____________
B. US ground troops land in Vietnam
_____________
March 1965
January 1973
C. Paris Peace Accords _____________
January 1969
D. Nixon becomes President ________
LBJ; LBJ; Nixon; Nixon
______________ 1954 battle led to
the removal of French forces in
Vietnam and the eventual
involvement of the U.S.?
(”good”-g)+d “Good”
Fool
Dien Bien Phu
After Fidel Castro came to power in
Cuba, the United States _________
Friend or foe?
Pursued negotiations
with him
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the
US bargained with Russia to
remove its Jupiter missiles, which
were located in _______________
Thanksgiving dinner
Turkey
How did the missiles in Cuba
threaten the United States?
__________________
Washington, D.C.
US cities were within
firing range of the
missiles
In response to the Gulf of Tonkin
Resolution, the law passed by
Congress restricting the President’s
war-making powers was known as
______________
Fighting Rules Law
War Powers Act
Events in response to antiwar
sentiments were: ____________,
____________, ____________
Kent State shootings
College towns: Ohio,
Go Bears!; FIRE!
California- Berkley
riots
Draft card burnings
Fewer Americans lived below the
poverty line was a lasting effect of
_______________
LBJ’s “New Frontier”
The Great Society
Following the Cuban Missile Crisis,
a nuclear-weapons agreement
which banned above ground
nuclear tests was named
______________
NTBT
Nuclear Test Ban
Treaty
What idea was the major
justification for U.S. foreign policy
during the Cold War era? ________
Old person’s game
Domino Theory
Essays
• Short Answer Essays:
Choose 2 of the 4
questions and answer it
in 1-2 paragraphs.
• Ex: Analyze the image
by describing what you
see and explaining the
historical significance of
it:
Essays
• Long Essay Question: (1-2 pages) Choose ONE of the
following: (Circle the NUMBER of your choice)
• Compare and contrast John F. Kennedy’s “New Frontier”
policy and Lyndon Johnson’s “Great Society” programs.
Which was more effective?
• What should have been the United States’ response to the
Cuban Missile Crisis? Why would this choice be the best
decision for American national security?
• Compare the roles Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon played in
the United States’ involvement in Vietnam.
• Should America have gone to war in Vietnam? Why or why
not? Cite specific evidence and historical events and ideas.