What were the 5 things Kennedy did to manipulate his image?
Portrayed as an intellectual, a war hero, a good Catholic family man, and a young and health man.
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Castro became the new dictator of Cuba and declared communism. What did the U.S. do in response?
Tried to get rid of Castro by landing an army somewhere in Cuba called the Bay of Pigs. It failed, Castro knew they were coming and Kennedy didn't send help.
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Micheal Harrington wrote a book about poverty in America and how the solution would be the Federal government getting involved. The book was called...?
The Other America
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What were Nixon's 2 goals of the Vietnam War?
Get out of Vietnam and protect South Vietnam.
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In the late 1960's and early 70's, the economy began to falter. What were 3 reasons why?
1.)Trade imbalances 2.)Inflation. 3.)International Monetary Crisis; Bretton Woods/America was banker but people were losing confidence in us.
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1960 election, Democrats ran Kennedy and Republicans ran...?
Richard Nixon
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What was operation mongoose?
Plan to assassinate Castro by the CIA. It didn't work because they couldn't think of a way,
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What was the purpose of Johnson's Great Society?
To eliminate poverty.
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What were 4 parts of Nixon's exit strategy of Vietnam?
1.)Vietnamization; turn war over to our South Viet. allies. 2.)Withdraw American soldiers. 3.)Negotiations 4.)Put pressure on North Vietnam/threaten with bombs.
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What were 3 things Nixon tried to do to fix the faltering economy?
1.)Wage and Price controls; temporary freeze on wages and prices. 2.)U.S. is no longer the world's banker. 3.)Family Assistance Plan; proposal not law that fed. gov. should give every family a minimum income.
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Why couldn't Kennedy get a lot done on his domestic agenda? (2 reasons).
Conservative Coalition; most of congress was run by these people. And a lot of people didn't like Kennedy
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In the Summer of 1962, Soviets put missiles in Cuba. Why? (2 reasons).
To protect their ally Castro and nuclear readiness; we had more missiles pointed at them in the early 1960's, but now we are even.
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Culture of Poverty was a mind set some poor people had. List 3 components.
No shame in receiving social welfare. Poor people are victims screwed over by society. And Fed. gov. is responsible for poor people's problems.
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Paris Peace Accords 1973 ended our involvement in Vietnam. Said 4 things:...
1.)U.S. agreed to withdraw all troops. 2.)Prisoner exchange. 3.)North Vietnam was allowed to keep soldiers in South Vietnam. 4.)North and South Vietnam recognized each others existence.
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Nixon ran for a 2nd term in 1972. His plan the Southern Strategy was designed to appeal to middle class every where. What were 3 components?
1.)Nixon said Civil Rights movement has gone to far. 2.)Nixon said that Democrats were soft on communism. 3.)Nixon said Democrats supported Counterculture values.
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What was JFK's way of containing the Cold War?
Flexible Response; any challenge the Soviets give us, we will meet them and beat it.
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We were close to going to WWIII with the soviets but made a deal instead. What were the 3 components of that deal?
Soviets agreed to withdraw their missiles, U.S. promised not to invade Cuba, and we agreed to with draw missiles from Turkey.
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Name 4 important Supreme Court cases in the 1960's.
Gideon v. Wainwright (right to a lawyer), Miranda v. Arizona (Miranda rights), Griswald v. Connecticut (right to privacy), & Roe v. Wade (abortion rights).
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Détente was Nixon's way of waging the Cold War. What were 4 parts of it?
1.)accept Soviet and American military equality (not build up our military) 2.)buy off Soviet's good behavior. 3.)Reject monolithic communism. 4.)Linkage; our relationship with the Soviet's had to be linked everywhere. (attempt to make relationship better).
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What were 4 Dirty Tricks that Nixon's Plumbers played on his political enemies?
Wiretapping, Enemy List, sick the IRS on people, and Ratfucking (lol)
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What were the 5 components of Flexible Response?
Military assistance to our allies, propaganda, Foreign aid, military build up, and covert action.
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What were the two things done to reduce tension after the Missile Crisis?
Limited Test Ban Theory: test weapons underground, and Hotline: way to provide instant communication between U.S. and Soviets.
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What were 5 components of Johnson's Great Society program?
1.)Economic opportunity act; law that provided money to fight poverty. 2.)Civil Rights Legislation; congress passes civil rights, 3.)Medicare and Medicaid; when gov. takes care of healthcare for old and unemployed people. 4.)Fed. gov. money for education. 5.)Fed. gov money for housing.
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What were 4 problems with Détente?
1.)Soviets took advantage of it; limited us. 2.)Conservatives didn't like it; Committee on the Present Danger; warn Americans not to trust it and Soviets. 3.)Liberals didn't like it; to cynical and cold-hearted. 4.)Congressional meddling; War powers act; law that says if the president sends troops into combat, he needs approval from congress in the next 60 days.
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When Nixon's Plumbers were caught at Watergate, what did Nixon's admin decide to do?