JFK's policy to boost conventional military forces (non nuclear forces like ships and artillery) to avoid using nuclear weapons
flexible response
100
The failed invasion of Cuba by US-backed Cuban exiles
bay of pigs
100
Communists who followed police with loaded guns
black panthers
100
The leader of South Vietnam when the war ended
THIEU
100
HE was the Democratic candidate in the election of 1972 --lost because he was much too liberal
McGovern
200
The idea that stimulating economic growth depends on increased government spending and lower taxes
Deficit spending
200
The US agreed to remove missiles from THIS NATION if the Soviets agreed to remove their missiles from Cuba
turkey
200
Black Muslim group that killed Malcolm X
nation of islam
200
Congress tried to limit the President’s ability to make war by passing this Act.
war powers act
200
Evaluate nations by their power
- NOT by their beliefs
Real Poltik
300
JFK picked HIM to be his vice president because of his Southern Protestant roots and his ability to handle Congress
LBJ
300
1961 – 1963 was HIS term as president
JFK
300
President ____ sent federal troops to Little Rock to force the high school to integrate.
Eisenhower
300
Nixon attacked this neutral nation as Vietcong military bases were located here
cambodia
300
- Nixon + Brezhnev signed THIS 5 year limit of ICB-Missiles
salt 1
400
In the 1964 election, this senator from Arizona ran against LBJ for President. He believed that government had no business trying to solve problems like poverty . He wanted to make social security voluntary
goldwater
400
Phrase that means evidence taken without a proper warrant can NOT be used in court
The Exclusionary Rule
400
Year MLK was killed
1968
400
In 1975, the North Vietnamese finally conquered the capitol of S. Vietnam called
saigon
400
The right of the president to withhold info from Congress
executive privilege
500
This Great Society law opened the door for Asians and eastern Europeans to come to the USA
Immigration Act of 1965
500
This word refers to the way that states redraw election districts based on the changing # of people in them
Reapportionment
500
a term for legal segregation
de jure
500
This anti-Communist South Vietnam president canceled elections that were supposed to unify Vietnam
diem
500
an organization formed to run Nixon's 1972 reelection campaign, which was linked to the Watergate scandal.