Cold War 50's
Doctrine that addressed containment in Asia
What is Eisenhower
His experience as a VP and a former ________ majority leader helped LBJ have a smooth transition into the White House
What is Senate
Most historians believed Kennedy benefited from this to help him defeat a more experienced candidate in Nixon during the 1960 Presidential election
What is TV/TV Debates
The flight of people from cities prompted exponential growth in.
What is the suburbs or sunbelt, or levittowns
Kennedy used this to try and help promote a more favorable democ. govt in South Vietnam
What is the CIA/Coup/Assassination
The first successful defense of containment in Asia in the 1950's
What is Korean War (South Korea
One of the landmark pieces of legislation that LBJ help pass to benefit African Americans
What is Voting Rights Act, or Civil Rights Act.
His "response" to Eisenhower's foreign and nuclear policy was called
What is flexible response
This media perpetuated middle class culture and values during the 50's
What is television
This document is considered to be the true beginning of the Vietnam War in 1964
What is Tonkin Gulf Resolution
The downing of this spy plane heightened tensions between the US and USSR at the end of the fifties
What is U2
One major piece of Great Society legislation was this program that provided health care for elderly and poor
What is Medicair/Medicaid
This program he created was used to assist in development of resources and infrastructure in 3rd world countries. A kinder gentler version of containment
What is the Peace Corps
This generation will ultimately be reactive to their parents values by the 1960's
What is the Baby Boom Generation
This battle in the beginning of 1968 marked the reality that South Vietnam/US would not likely win this war
What is Tet Offensive
Mutual Assured Destruction and Massive Retaliation are examples of this Nuclear Theory
What is deterrence
LBJ won the election in 64 largely by portraying this opponent as a dangerous war hawk conservative
Who is Barry Goldwater
Soviets helped install missile bases in Cuba in response to this US action
What is the Bay of Pigs
The reaction to the conformity of the fifties is typically referred to as the ______
What is the Counterculture
This group created havoc for the US in Vietnam as they were N. Vietnamese sympathizers who lived in S Vietnam
What is the Viet Cong or VC
This Communist leader came into power in the late 1950's, prompting the US to suddenly pay closer attention to political issues in the Western Hemisphere.
Who is Castro
LBJ initiated reform in this area of policy that had been restrictive since the 1920's
What is immigration
the Arthurian nickname given to the Kennedy family in the White House
What is Camelot
Work by JD Salinger that is considered to be a seminal work challenging conformity
The phrase given to the inconsistency of what the government said about the war and what the nation saw on Television
What is the Credibility Gap