MISC.
The outcome of Watergate was?
Nixon resigned and Vice President Gerald Ford became President
To date, this is the only President to ever resign from office:
Richard Nixon
What event led the USA to enter the Vietnam War
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
The events of the 1960s and ‘70s, such as U.S. involvement in Vietnam and the Watergate scandal, led to a national atmosphere of
Distrust and loss of faith in the government
Differences of outlook or opinion between people of different generations.
What is the Generation Gap
Who killed Lee Harvey Oswald
Jack Ruby
This event led to the deaths of 4 students during an antiwar protest.
Kent Massacre
Authorized President to "take all necessary measures to repeal any armed attacks against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression"
What is Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
How did the Cuban Missile crisis end?
The U.S. and the Soviet Union negotiated the removal of missiles, barely avoiding nuclear war
The Watergate scandal began when
Members of CREEP (committee to re-elect the President) broke into the Democratic headquarters and were caught going through files and planting listening devices
Vietnamization was the policy created by Nixon that would
withdraw US troops from Vietnam and turn power over to the government and military of South Vietnam
Why did the U.S. want to overthrow Castro?
He promoted a communist-style government and had allied with the Soviet Union
The three compromises JFK made with Khrushchev at the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Kennedy publicly agreed not to invade Cuba, Kennedy privately agreed to remove missiles in Turkey, Khrushchev publicly agreed to remove their missiles from Cuba
The event that brought the US into the Vietnam War
The Gulf of Tonkin incident
What was the purpose of Nixon plumbers?
they were a secret white house operation intended to sabotage his enemies – often by illegal means.
What was the Tet Offensive and how did it affect the War?
a surprise offensive on a major Vietnamese holiday that saw attacks all over the country, including in Saigon itself. This led to more antiwar feelings in the US and is seen as the war's turning point.
The reason President Johnson did not bomb the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Later Nixon would go against this and go through with the airstrikes involving these two countries in the Vietnam War.
It went through Laos and Cambodia, who were not directly involved in the war
Who killed JFK
Lee Harvey Oswald
Johnson passed the following legislation while he was President:
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Program to provide food stamps
Civil Rights Act of 1964
What was the Ho Chi Minh Trail?
a supply line that ran between, North and South Vietnam via difficult jungle terrain, often underground and through neighboring nations like Cambodia & Lous