JFK and LBJ's Presidencies
President Johnson’s domestic agenda was collectively known as...?
The Great Society
Name the term! During the Vietnam War, many Americans came to doubt official reports by U.S. officials about progress in the war
The Credibility Gap
Refusing to obey laws that a person considers unjust
Civil Disobedience
What landmark event occurred in 1969?
President Nixon’s policy to draw down American troops from Vietnam by turning over more of the fighting to the South Vietnamese military
Vietnamization
The practice of separating groups by race
Segregation
What's the term? Kennedy wanted the U.S. to be equipped for a changed world of "unknown perils and opportunities"
The New Frontier
An idea first promoted by President Eisenhower held that if Vietnam fell to communism, other countries in Southeast Asia would also fall to communism
The 1896 case in which the Supreme Court determined that “separate but equal” segregated facilities were constitutional
Plessy Vs. Ferguson
What was this event during JFK's presidency known as? A two week period during JFK’s presidency in which The Soviet Union refused to remove nuclear missiles. There was almost a nuclear war between the two countries.
The Cuban Missile Crisis
After 2 U.S. ships were attached off the coast of North Vietnam, Congress passed this resolution to allow the president "to take all necessary measures" to defend U.S. forces against such aggression.
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The 1954 Supreme Court ruling ordered integration of public schools
Brown vs. Board of Education
What was this even during LBJ's presidency known as? After reported attacks against U.S. ships in 1964, Congress allowed the president to escalate U.S. involvement in Vietnam without a formal declaration of war
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
In 1968, North Vietnamese and Vietcong forces attacked South Vietnam. Although the attack was repelled, it went against the official U.S. narrative that the enemy was near defeat
The Tet Offensive
Policies designed to increase employment and educational opportunities for minorities and women
Affirmative Action