Age of Camelot
an invasion of Cuba in 1961, which was authorized by John F. Kennedy for the purpose of overthrowing Castro's regime, organized by the CIA, executed by Cuban exiles, and defeated by Castro's forces
Bay of Pigs Invasion
What are your Miranda Rights?
the rights of a person accused of a crime to remain silent and to have a lawyer present when being questioned
What was the belief that if Vietnam fell to the communists, the rest of Southeast Asia would fall like "a row of dominoes"
The Domino Theory
What was the top-secret Pentagon study of the U.S. role in Vietnam that was leaked to the press in 1971, revealing that previous administrations had deceived Congress and the public about the war?
What is a president's right to withhold information under certain circumstances?
Executive Privelege
What was the Berlin Wall?
a concrete wall that the communist East German government built in 1961 to cut off West Berlin from the rest of East Germany and prevent East Germans from escaping into democratic West Berlin; the wall stood until 1989
What was the War on Poverty?
President Lyndon Johnson's extensive antipoverty program from 1964 to 1969, the centerpiece of which was the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964
What was the 1954 agreement between France and the Viet Minh to split Vietnam along the 17th parallel and to schedule national elections in 1956 to reunify Vietnam?
Geneva Accords
What was the massacre of hundreds of Vietnamese civilians in 1968; reports of the killings shocked Americans and increased opposition to the war
Mai Lai Massacre
What was the political policy based on practical rather than idealistic concerns?
Realpolitik
What was the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in fall 1962 over the building of Soviet missile-launching sites in Cuba, in response to which the United States established a quarantine to prevent Soviet ships from transporting missiles to Cuba and to demand withdrawal of all Soviet weapons from the island; after a few days, the Soviet Union agreed to withdraw its missiles and President John Kennedy agreed not to invade
Cuban Missle Crisis
What were the Warren Courts?
the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren from 1953 to 1969, known for its activism on civil rights and free speech
What was the resolution passed by Congress in 1964 giving President Lyndon Johnson broad powers to expand the U.S. role in Vietnam?
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
What was President Richard Nixon's policy of having the government of South Vietnam gradually take over the conduct of the war, especially ground combat?
Vietnamization
What did they call the relaxation of Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union and between the United States and China that began under President Richard Nixon?
Detente
What was the Test Ban Treaty?
an agreement signed by the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain in 1963 to ban nuclear testing in the atmosphere but allow underground testing
What were Medicaid and Medicare?
Medicaid - a health insurance program that is jointly financed by federal and state governments and that covers low-income people as well as older Americans who have used up their Medicare benefits
Medicare - a federal health insurance program that pays for hospital and nursing home services for U.S. citizens 65 years or older
What was the Vietnamese movement led by Ho Chi Minh against foreign occupation, first against the Japanese during World War II and then against the French occupation?
Viet Minh
What was the resolution passed by Congress in 1973 placing strict limits on a president's powers to use armed forces in hostilities without congressional approval?
War Powers Resolution
What was the org formed in 1971 by feminist leaders, an influential organization that worked to get more women elected to office and supported male candidates who took a strong stand on women's issues?
National Women's Political Caucus
What was the New Frontier?
internal program of President John F. Kennedy from 1961 to 1963, aimed at increasing support for education programs against poverty and care for the elderly, lower taxes, raise the minimum wage, prohibiting racial discrimination and increase defense spending.
What was the Great Society?
President Lyndon Johnson's domestic reform program from 1965 to 1969, which focused on social welfare improvements, with the War on Poverty at its centerpiece, and almost all of which Congress passed
Who were communist insurgents in South Vietnam?
Viet Cong
DOUBLE POINTS
NIXON QUESTION:
What was the Watergate Scandal?
a political scandal from 1972 to 1975 in which President Richard Nixon and members of his staff organized a burglary of the Democratic National Committee's headquarters in the Watergate building and then attempted to cover up their illegal activities, leading to prison terms for many involved and Nixon's impeachment
a disaster that occurred at Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station on March 28, 1979, when the nuclear power plant suffered a partial meltdown, allowing radioactive gases to escape into the atmosphere and highlighting the potential danger of nuclear power plants
Three Mile Island accident