Presidents
Funds to help veterans establish businesses, buy homes, and attend college
G.I. Bill
How did American youth culture impact the nation's economy?
They had disposable income
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave which president a blank check to take “all necessary measures” to protect U.S. interests in Vietnam?
Lyndon Johnson
Belief that if South Vietnam fell under Communist control, one nation after another in Southeast Asia would also fall
Domino Effect
What progress did Truman make toward Civil Rights?
Desegregated the armed forces
What literary movement laid the foundation for widespread youth rebellion of the 1960s
The Beat Movement
Which air attack most escalated U.S. involvement in North Vietnam?
Operation Rolling Thunder
Giving the South Vietnamese the money, the weapons, and the training that they needed to take over the full conduct of the war
Vietnamization
How did Eisenhower's administration assist graduating high school seniors?
Money for higher learning
List three effects of American affluence in the 1950s.
Suburban growth, a change from blue-collar to white-collar jobs, and the baby boom
Mass destruction during which event was viewed on TV and served as a setback for Johnson’s Vietnam policy?
Tet Offensive
Committed resources to assist the containment of Communism in Southeast Asia
Nixon Doctrine
How did Eisenhower's administration improve the nation's economy?
Balanced the federal budget
Experts blamed rising juvenile delinquency on... (List 3)
Television, movies, comic books, busy parents, racism, a rising divorce rate, lack of religion, poverty, and anxiety over the draft
Aniti-war sentiment centered most upon a distrust between leadership and the American people
Credibility gap
Requires presidents to report to Congress within 48 hours after taking military action
War Powers Act
Truman's Fair Deal... (List 3)
•Raised minimum wage to $0.75
•Extended Social Security
•Wanted national health insurance
•Provided low income housing
Prosperity in the 1950s did not extend to... (List 4)
Single mothers, elderly, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, or Appalachia ("Hillbillies")
Truman and Kennedy increased the number of military _____ in Vietnam whose role was support, not combat
“Advisors”
Which event prompted global outrage and increased domestic opposition to U.S. involvement in the Vietnam?
Mai Lai Massacre