JFK/LBJ/ Vietnam Flashcards
(42 cards)
accused are read these rights
miranda v arizona
same as peace corp but didn’t leave country
VISTA
helped by send rioters
helped get MLK out of prison
died before civil rights passed
JFK and civil rights
came up w single bullet theory
said there was no conspiracy
warren commission
supreme court
warren court
only fight when victory is assurred
could lose 10 for ever 1 he killed
ho chi minhs military doctrine
chemical sprayed over jungle
agent orange
general in charge of vietnam
william westmoreland
agreed to split vietnam between north and south
geneva conference
ground war
shift in strategy
search and destroy
began in colleges
Dr. king helped start the movement
anti-war movement
2 people were against it
paris peace accords
Sent advisors
assassination of diem
JFK and vietnam
flammable
cropped to burn forest
napalm
bombed trails and north
3x amount dropped than during WWII
operation rolling thunder
killed entire village
mai lai massacre
maddix was attacked
document allowed johnson to retaliate
gulf of tonkin resolution
limited what pres. can do
only congress could declare war
war powers act
peace corps
JFK
signed civil rights act
LBJ
nixon was vice president and did more than that position usually did
kaennedu was elected after eisenhower
election 1960
2 years of service, no pay
assist any problems in an area
could build things or help teach
peace corps
operation plan to overthrow fidel
put in kennedy’s lap
very caught up in cold war
used to have good relationship w cuba
within 3 days nearly everyone was captured (refugees)
kennedy did not want to risk losing soldiers, so attempted to negotiate
bay of pigs
division between east and west
became symbol of the cold war
berlin wall