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Chapter 24
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| "What happened as the US tried to reduce involvement in Vietnam | It became more entangled |
| "What did the US eventually become involved in in Vietnam | A full fledged war |
| "What ship reportedly repulsed an attack in the Gulf of Tonkin | The USS Maddox |
| "What resolution allowed Johnson to escalate the Vietnam War | The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution |
| "What did Johnson do after receiving the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution | Increased the number and role of American troops |
| "Why was the Vietnam War not a clear cut conflict | Americans fought both North Vietnamese and Viet Cong guerrillas |
| "Through which countries did communist supplies flow | Laos and Cambodia |
| "What was the government of South Vietnam like | Corrupt undemocratic and unstable |
| "What did civilian leaders in Washington try to do during the war | Micromanage the war |
| "What type of war did Johnson insist on fighting | A limited defensive war |
| "What event changed American support for the war | The Tet Offensive |
| "What was the military result of the Tet Offensive | A crushing defeat for the Communists |
| "What did the American media portray Tet as | A miserable defeat for America |
| "When did the Paris Peace Talks begin | May nineteen sixty eight |
| "How long did the Paris Peace Talks last | Nearly five years |
| "What satellite did the Soviets launch in nineteen fifty seven | Sputnik I |
| "Who was the first person to orbit the earth | Yuri Gagarin |
| "What agency did Congress create for the space program | NASA |
| "Who was the first American in space | Alan Shepard |
| "Who was the first American to orbit the earth | John Glenn |
| "What program landed Americans on the moon | The Apollo program |
| "Who was the first person to walk on the moon | Neil Armstrong |
| "When did the first moon landing occur | July twenty nineteen sixty nine |
| "What continued despite civil rights laws in the nineteen sixties | Violence against civil rights workers |
| "What cities experienced major riots in the nineteen sixties | Watts in Los Angeles and Detroit |
| "What contributed to the rise of black power advocates | Loss of faith that the government would protect their rights |
| "What percentage of Americans were under twenty five by the late nineteen sixties | Half the population |
| "What caused youth dissatisfaction in the nineteen sixties | Materialism did not satisfy spiritual needs |
| "What group led much of the antiwar movement | The New Left |
| "What student organization was part of the New Left | Students for a Democratic Society or SDS |
| "What radical group broke off from SDS | The Weathermen |
| "What symbolic acts did antiwar protesters perform | Burning the American flag and burning draft cards |
| "What did the counterculture reject | Materialism morals and values of the previous generation |
| "What did the counterculture value | Self expression love and sharing |
| "What were members of the counterculture called | Hippies |
| "What did hippies make a virtue of | Nonconformity |
| "What proportion of young people were radicals | A minority |
| "How did US civil disorder compare to other nations | It was far less deadly than in many other countries |
| "Who challenged Johnson for the Democratic nomination | Eugene McCarthy and Robert Kennedy |
| "What did Johnson announce in nineteen sixty eight | He would not seek reelection |
| "Who was assassinated in April nineteen sixty eight | Martin Luther King Jr |
| "What did Kings death lead to | Fighting looting and bloodshed |
| "Who did the Republicans nominate in nineteen sixty eight | Richard Nixon |
| "What political stance did Nixon try to take | The middle of the road |
| "Who won the Democratic nomination in nineteen sixty eight | Hubert Humphrey |
| "What happened outside the Democratic convention in Chicago | Police and radical demonstrators clashed |
| "What party did George Wallace run under in nineteen sixty eight | The American Independent Party |
| "What issues did Wallace appeal to | Discontent with civil rights urban violence immorality crime and the Vietnam War |
| "What did Nixon mean by the silent majority | Most Americans were not radicals and supported stability |
| "Why did courts order busing in the nineteen seventies | To integrate schools by reflecting community ethnic makeup |
| "What was controversial about forced busing | Students were sent outside their neighborhoods |
| "What economic problem did Nixon inherit | A growing budget deficit and inflation |
| "What was Nixons economic response | The New Economic Policy or NEP |
| "What was Nixons biggest foreign policy breakthrough | Establishing relations with Communist China |
| "When did Nixon visit China | Nineteen seventy two |
| "What did Nixon hope to achieve with China | Resume trade and possibly reunify mainland China with Taiwan |
| "What policy eased tensions with the Soviet Union | Detente |
| "What treaty limited missiles and warheads | The SALT agreement |
| "Who helped shape Nixons foreign policy | Henry Kissinger |
| "What was Vietnamization | Bringing US troops home and shifting fighting to South Vietnam |
| "What countries did Nixon authorize raids into | Cambodia and Laos |
| "What else did Nixon approve in Vietnam | Bombing North Vietnam |
| "Who was convicted for the My Lai massacre | Lieutenant William Calley |
| "What happened at Kent State University | National Guardsmen fired on protesters killing four students |
| "What did the Kent State incident reveal | Deep national divisions over the war |
| "What did the Pentagon Papers reveal | Mistakes and deception by the Kennedy and Johnson administrations |
| "What happened after the Christmas bombing of nineteen seventy two | Peace negotiations resumed |
| "What happened in spring nineteen seventy five | North Vietnam launched a massive offensive and South Vietnam collapsed |
| "What other countries fell to communism after Vietnam | Laos and Cambodia |
| "What was the American reaction after the war | A wave of isolationism |
| "What did some people argue about why the US lost the war | That it was unwinnable and communist victory was inevitable |
| "What did others argue about why the US lost the war | That stronger earlier action or invading the North could have won |
| "Who did Republicans nominate in the nineteen seventy two election | Richard Nixon |
| "Who did Democrats nominate in nineteen seventy two | George McGovern |
| "What was the outcome of the nineteen seventy two election | Nixon won the election |
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