Unit Eight Study Guide – U.S. History – Cold War – Vietnam War
Part One: New Frontier and Great Society (Ch. 20)
John F. Kennedy
Flexible Response
Fidel Castro
Berlin Wall
Hot Line
Limited Test Ban Treaty
New Frontier
Mandate
Peace Corps
Alliance for Progress
Warren Commission
Lyndon B. Johnson
Economic Opportunity Act
Great Society
Medicare and Medicaid
Immigration Act of 1965
Warren Court
Reapportionment
Miranda Rights
Short Answer
1)Explain the factors that led to Kennedy’s victory over Nixon in the 1960 presidential campaign. How did the Bay of Pigs invasion strengthen Castro’s power in Cuba? What were the most significant results of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
2)What were Johnson’s goals as President? Describe the ways that Great Society programs addressed the problem of poverty. How did the Supreme Court increase the political power of people in urban areas? Explain how the Supreme Court expanded the protections provided to people accused of crimes.
Part Two: The Vietnam War Years (Ch. 22)
Ho Chi Minh
Vietminh
Domino Theory
Dien Bien Phu
Geneva Accords
Ngo Dinh Diem
Vietcong
Ho Chi Minh Trail
TonkinGulf Resolution
Robert McNamara
Dean Rusk
William Westmoreland
Napalm
Agent Orange
Search-and-Destroy Mission
Credibility Gap
New Left
Students for a Democratic Society
Free Speech Movement
Dove
Hawk
Tet Offensive
Clark Clifford
Robert Kennedy
Eugene McCarthy
Hubert Humphrey
George Wallace
Vietnamization
Silent Majority
Pentagon Papers
Henry Kissinger
Khmer Rouge
War Powers Act
Short Answer
1)How did the Tonkin Gulf Resolution lead to greater U.S. involvement in Vietnam? Why did much of the American public and many in the Johnson administration support escalation in Vietnam? List three factors that contributed to the sinking morale among U.S. troops fighting in Vietnam.
2)What acts of violence occurred in the United States during 1968 that dramatically altered the mood of the country? Briefly describe how the military conflict in Vietnam soon came to an end after the last U.S. combat troops departed in 1973. What were the immediate effects and more lasting legacies of the Vietnam War within America?