New Frontier and Foreign Policy
Lyndon Johnson's War Against Communism
A Nation Polarized
New Opportunities and Dangers in a Multi-polar World
Nixon's Search for Peace with Honor in Vietnam
100
To stop the massive exodus into West Berlin from behind the iron curtain East Germany erected this.
What is the Berlin Wall?
100
This event allowed Johnson to counter the accusation by Barry Goldwater that he was soft on communism.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin crisis?
100
This operation helped spark the mass anti-war movement because of the use of Napalm.
What is Operation Rolling Thunder?
100
First President to visit China and the Soviet Union.
Who is Richard Nixon?
100
Daily Double
What was Nixon/Kissinger's 4 prong approach for Peace with Honor in Vietnam?
200
April, 1961- anti-Castro exiles landed on the beaches of Cuba in this failed coup attempt.
What is Bay of Pigs?
200
Because there was no battlefront General William Westmoreland took up this strategy in Vietnam.
What is war of attrition?
200
By 1967 even this Secretary of Defense believed the War in Vietnam could not be won.
Who is Robert McNamara.
200
"Lessening of tension"
What is Detente?
200
Nixon's "secret war"
What is the bombing of Cambodia?
300
The US suffered a psychological blow when the Soviet successfully did this astonishing feat.
What is put a man in space?
300
Percentage of the American troops who were African American.
What is 31%?
300
Following Lyndon Johnson's announcement that he would not run for re-election the war began this shift.
What is Americanization to Vietnamization?
300
This National Security Adviser hoped good relations with China would make for better relations with the Soviet Union.
Who is Henry Kissinger?
300
The anti-war movement shifted again in 1971 by this group being the first to ever speak out against a war.
Who are Vietnam veterans?
400
Kennedy wanted to build up conventional ground forces to provide this against communism.
What is a flexible response?
400
Johnson widen the war after reelection with this massive bombing campaign.
What is Operation Rolling Thunder?
400
The critical turning point of the war in Vietnam.
What is the Tet Offensive?
400
1973- The CIA help stage a military coup to kick communist out of this country.
What is Chile?
400
The fierce bombing of North Vietnam in December of 1971.
What is Jugular bombing?
500
Kennedy's belief in this policy led him into involvement in Vietnam.
What is the Domino Theory?
500
The most difficult part of fighting the enemy in South Vietnam for American troops was this.
They were not able to distinguish between military combatants and civilians.
500
April of 1965 this organization sprang up on nearly 300 college campuses.
What is the Students for a Democratic Society?
500
Contributed to the anti-American sentiment amongst the Arab Nations.
What is America supporting Israel?
500
The 2 views of the war through the lens of a veteran.
What is 1) honorable one which the government should have seen through. 2) The government sacrificed the nation's youth in an immoral and useless war.
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