Cold War & Vietnam
These two wars make up the "hot spots" of the Cold War between communist and American forces.
What is the Korean & Vietnam wars?
This created the "creditability gap" for most Americans about the Vietnam war.
What is the impact of Media coverage of the war?
This amendment granted the citizens of Washington DC the right to vote for the President and Vice-President.
What is the 23rd Amendment?
This amendment grants the right to bear arms.
What is the 2nd Amendment?
This amendment protects you from cruel and unusual punishments.
What is the 8th Amendment?
Most students who protested the war in Vietnam also protested this which required young men 18-25 to serve in the military.
What is the draft?
Johnson shocked America when he made this announcement in 1968.
What is his refusal to run for reelection?
This amendment granted women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
This amendment protects against unlawful searches and seizures.
What is the 4th amendment?
This amendment grants you the right to a speedy trial.
What is the 6th Amendment?
These reasons caused returning veterans from Vietnam to be shunned for their recent military service.
What was involvement in a losing war and an unjust war?
Johnson's Great Society programs were intended to end this.
What is poverty?
This amendment granted voting rights to people ages 18-20?
What is the 26th Amendment?
This amendment grants the right to remain silent.
What is the 5th Amendment?
This amendment grants you the right to a jury trial in civil cases.
What is the 7th Amendment?
American opinions about the war were changed from pro-war to anti-war when this event proved that the government had been lying about the enemy being close to giving up.
What is the Tet Offensive?
This event claimed that North Vietnamese patrol boats launched attacks on an American ship.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Incident?
This amendment granted African American men the right to vote.
What is the 15th Amendment?
This amendment grants the right to free speech, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, the right to assemble, and the right to petition the government.
What is the 1st Amendment?
This amendment claims that any rights not claimed by the federal government are reserved for the people.
What is the 9th Amendment?
The major lesson America learned from the Vietnam War.
What is superior military technology doesn't always result in victory?
The belief that if one country falls to communism, other nearby countries will also fall.
What is the Domino Theory?
Although the 15th Amendment granted African American men the right to vote and the 19th granted voting rights to women, this legislation granted unfettered access to voting.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
This amendment prohibits the government from housing soldiers in civilian homes.
What is the 3rd Amendment?
This amendment claims that any powers not claimed by the federal government are reserved for the states.
What is the 10th Amendment?