Intro 1

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Intro 1
Unit 12 LBJ, Civil Rights and Vietnam
The Great Society Martin Luther King,
Jr. Tet Offensive War on Poverty Stokely
Carmichael Walter Cronkite Office of Economic
Malcolm X Robert Kennedy Opportunity
Ngo Dinh Diem Eugene McCarthy Department
of Housing Buddhist Monks Hubert Humphrey
Urban Development Strategic
Hamlets Chicago DNC 1968 VISTA Gulf of
Tonkin Richard Nixon Medicare / Medicaid
Ho Chi Mihn Trail George Wallace Head Start
Television War Election of 1968 March
on Washington Rolling Thunder countercultu
re Civil Rights Act 1964 Napalm / Agent
Orange communes Voting Rights Act 1965
containment U-Cal Berkley Black Power
draft / student protests Tinker v. Des
Moines Black Panthers credibility
gap cults Urban Riots
26th Amendment Pop Culture / Art
Ch 23 Sec 3 Ch 24 Sec 2 3 Ch 25 Sec 2
3 Ch 26 Sec 1
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Review of Unit 11 Test
A look back at the ELEVEN most commonly missed
questions from the Kennedy test.
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_____ 4. Why did many of Richard Nixons
supporters feel he should of challenged the
results of the 1960 election? a. he had won the
popular vote b. he had won the electoral
vote c. there was suspected voter fraud in
Chicago and Texas d. the press had shown
favorable coverage of John Kennedy
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FYI 4-1
_____ 4. Why did many of Richard Nixons
supporters feel he should of challenged the
results of the 1960 election? a. he had won the
popular vote b. he had won the electoral
vote c. there was suspected voter fraud in
Chicago and Texas d. the press had shown
favorable coverage of John Kennedy
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_____ 8. In an effort to increase growth and
create more jobs, Kennedy advocated a. deficit
spending b. price controls c. public works
programs d. raising the taxes of the
wealthiest Americans
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_____ 8. In an effort to increase growth and
create more jobs, Kennedy advocated a. deficit
spending b. price controls c. public works
programs d. raising the taxes of the
wealthiest Americans
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_____9. Which of the following is NOT a decision
that the Supreme Court made under Chief Justice
Earl Warren? a. unlawfully seized evidence is
inadmissible in court b. a public school may not
lead its students in prayer c. separate
facilities are permissible as long as they are
of equal quality d. an accused person must be
made aware of their rights before they are
questioned by police
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_____9. Which of the following is NOT a decision
that the Supreme Court made under Chief Justice
Earl Warren? a. unlawfully seized evidence is
inadmissible in court b. a public school may not
lead its students in prayer c. separate
facilities are permissible as long as they are
of equal quality d. an accused person must be
made aware of their rights before they are
questioned by police
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_____13. From 1961 to 1989, the Berlin Wall a.
surrounded West Berlin b. divided East and West
Germany c. surrounded East Berlin d. was easy
to approach from the East side
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_____13. From 1961 to 1989, the Berlin Wall a.
surrounded West Berlin b. divided East and West
Germany c. surrounded East Berlin d. was easy
to approach from the East side
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____ 21. Kennedy was concerned that the Soviets
wanted to use Cuba as a bargaining chip to
force the American military to have to give up
its presence in a. West Berlin b. South
Korea c. South Vietnam d. East Berlin
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FYI 4-1
____ 21. Kennedy was concerned that the Soviets
wanted to use Cuba as a bargaining chip to
force the American military to have to give up
its presence in a. West Berlin b. South
Korea c. South Vietnam d. East Berlin
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FYI 4-1
____25. Which of the following was NOT an event
that put the U.S. and Soviet Union on the brink
of war during the Cuban Missile Crisis? a. an
American U-2 plane was shot down over Cuba b.
Cuban exiles land at the Bay of Pigs c. an
American U-2 plane was caught over Soviet
airspace d. Soviet ships prepare to run
through the American naval blockade
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USE THE TEST!!!!!!! ____18. On April 17, 1961,
armed Cuban exiles landed on the south coast
of Cuba and were defeated at c. the Bay of
Pigs ____20. In October 1962, President John F.
Kennedy announced that the Soviet Union was
building nuclear missile bases in Cuba. How did
the United States respond to this threat? b. by
establishing a naval blockade around Cuba
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FYI 4-1
____25. Which of the following was NOT an event
that put the U.S. and Soviet Union on the brink
of war during the Cuban Missile Crisis? a. an
American U-2 plane was shot down over Cuba b.
Cuban exiles land at the Bay of Pigs c. an
American U-2 plane was caught over Soviet
airspace d. Soviet ships prepare to run
through the American naval blockade
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___28. According to the cartoon to the right,
which side is winning the nuclear struggle? a.
communism b. capitalism c. democracy d.
neither side
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___28. According to the cartoon to the right,
which side is winning the nuclear struggle? a.
communism b. capitalism c. democracy d.
neither side
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____30. Where is Castro Gulch located? a. in
the American west b. Berlin c. Cuba d. Soviet
Union
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____30. Where is Castro Gulch located? a. in
the American west b. Berlin c. Cuba d. Soviet
Union
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____34. In what city did the picture above take
place in? a. Montgomery c. Nashville b.
Greensboro d. Birmingham
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____34. In what city did the picture above take
place in? a. Montgomery c. Nashville b.
Greensboro d. Birmingham
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____ 38. At first President Kennedy acted slowly
on civil rights because a. he was not sure such
legislation was really needed b. he needed
support from many Southern senators to get
other programs passed c. he believed that civil
rights had to evolve gradually, as peoples
values changed d. he did not want to provoke
violence in the South.
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FYI 4-1
____ 38. At first President Kennedy acted slowly
on civil rights because a. he was not sure such
legislation was really needed b. he needed
support from many Southern senators to get
other programs passed c. he believed that civil
rights had to evolve gradually, as peoples
values changed d. he did not want to provoke
violence in the South.
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____39. The Freedom Riders, African-Americans
and whites, participated in the Civil Rights
movement by a. refusing to give up seats at
white only counters b. testing segregated
interstate bus facilities all over the south c.
by riding through black communities to scare the
blacks from voting d. participating in the
Montgomery bus boycott
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FYI 4-1
____39. The Freedom Riders, African-Americans
and whites, participated in the Civil Rights
movement by a. refusing to give up seats at
white only counters b. testing segregated
interstate bus facilities all over the south c.
by riding through black communities to scare the
blacks from voting d. participating in the
Montgomery bus boycott
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Intro 1
Unit 12 LBJ, Civil Rights and Vietnam
The Great Society Martin Luther King,
Jr. Tet Offensive War on Poverty Stokely
Carmichael Walter Cronkite Office of Economic
Malcolm X Robert Kennedy Opportunity
Ngo Dinh Diem Eugene McCarthy Department
of Housing Buddhist Monks Hubert Humphrey
Urban Development Strategic
Hamlets Chicago DNC 1968 VISTA Gulf of
Tonkin Richard Nixon Medicare / Medicaid
Ho Chi Mihn Trail George Wallace Head Start
Television War Election of 1968 March
on Washington Rolling Thunder countercultu
re Civil Rights Act 1964 Napalm / Agent
Orange communes Voting Rights Act 1965
containment U-Cal Berkley Black Power
draft / student protests Tinker v. Des
Moines Black Panthers credibility
gap cults Urban Riots
26th Amendment Pop Culture / Art
Ch 23 Sec 3 Ch 24 Sec 2 3 Ch 25 Sec 2
3 Ch 26 Sec 1
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Review for Unit 12 TEST Ch 23 Sec 3, Ch 24 Sec 2
3 Ch 25 Sec 2 3, and Ch 26 Sec 1 Lyndon
Johnson, Civil Rights and Vietnam
Practice Questions and Study Aides
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Intro 4
Chapter Objectives
Ch 23 Section 3 The Great Society

• Explain what inspired Johnsons Great Society
  programs. ?

• Identify several specific health and employment
  programs of the Johnson administration.

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Section 3-23
Checking for Understanding
Define Match the terms on the right with their
definitions on the left.
A
__ 1. general agreement __ 2. antipoverty program
under President Lyndon Johnson
A. consensus B. war on poverty
B
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Section 3-8
Johnson Takes the Reins (cont.)
What tactics of President Johnsons became known
as the Johnson Treatment?
The treatment was Johnsons way of persuading
others to agree with him. His reputation for
getting things done involved doing favors,
twisting arms, bargaining, flattering, and
sometimes threatening.
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Section 3-12
The Great Society (cont.)
What were some of Johnsons programs within his
Great Society campaign?
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Section 3-12
The Great Society (cont.)
Upward Bound provided college preparation for
low-income teenagers. Between 1965 and 1968, over
60 programs were passed, including Medicare and
Medicaid. Medicare was a health insurance program
for the elderly funded through Social Security.
Medicaid financed health care for those on
welfare, living below the poverty line. The
preschool program, Project Head Start,
administered to disadvantaged children.
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Section 3-16
Legacy of the Great Society (cont.)
What remains today of the Great Society?
Programs like Medicare and Medicaid as well as
the Department of Transportation and the
Department of Housing and Urban Development and
Project Head Start are what remain today of the
Great Society.
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Section 3-24
Checking for Understanding (cont.)
Describe how the Great Society programs were
inspired.
Johnson wanted to fulfill FDRs mission for a
nation of equal opportunity.
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Section 3-25
Reviewing Themes
Government and Democracy How did Johnsons war
on poverty strive to ensure greater fairness in
American society?
Johnsons war on poverty offered the less
fortunate education, training, and access to jobs.
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Section 3-26
Critical Thinking
Interpreting What were three legacies of the
Great Society?
Possible answers Medicare, Department of
Transportation, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, Medicaid, and Project Head Start are
legacies of the Great Society.
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Section 3-28
Analyzing Visuals
Photographs Study the photograph on page 734 of
your textbook. Why do you think pictures such as
this one would help build support for the war on
poverty?
Answers will vary.
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Chapter Assessment 6
Reviewing Key Facts (cont.)
What inspired President Johnsons war on poverty?
Johnsons personal experiences and the nations
ability to finance programs inspired President
Johnsons war on poverty.
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Chapter Assessment 7
Reviewing Key Facts (cont.)
What was the purpose of Medicare, passed during
Johnsons administration?
Medicare was designed as a health insurance
program for the elderly.
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Chapter Assessment 8
Critical Thinking
Analyzing Themes Government and Democracy Why
were Medicare and Medicaid landmark pieces of
legislation in American history?
They represented the first time that the U.S.
government had funded health care on a large
scale.
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Daily Focus Skills Transparency 3
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M/C 3-1
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Intro 3
Chapter Objectives
Ch 24 Sec 2 Challenging Segregation

• Evaluate the Civil Rights Act of 1964. ?

• Summarize the efforts to establish voting rights
  for African Americans.

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Section 2-31
Checking for Understanding
Define Match the terms on the right with their
definitions on the left.
__ 1. a tax of a fixed amount per person that had
to be paid before the person could vote __
2. name given to a group of people who traveled
to the South in 1961 to protest the Souths
refusal to integrate bus terminals __ 3. a motion
which ends debate and calls for an immediate
vote, possible in the U.S. Senate by a vote of 60
senators __ 4. an attempt to kill a bill by
having a group of senators take turns speaking
continuously so that a vote cannot take place
A. Freedom Riders B. filibuster C. cloture D. poll
tax
D
A
C
B
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Section 2-25
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (cont.)
What happened to the civil rights bill after
Lyndon Johnson became president?
President Johnsons leadership helped produce the
passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Section 2-30
The Struggle for Voting Rights (cont.)
How did the passage of the Voting Rights Act of
1965 mark a turning point in the civil rights
movement?
Two goals were now achieved to outlaw
segregation and to pass federal laws to stop
discrimination and protect voting rights.
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Section 2-32
Checking for Understanding (cont.)
Describe the provisions of the Civil Rights Act
of 1964 aimed at ending segregation and racial
discrimination.
The act gave the federal government broad powers
to prevent racial discrimination in a number of
areas.
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Section 2-34
Critical Thinking
Evaluating How did protesting and lobbying lead
to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Police resistance to peaceful protests, seen on
TV, raised sympathy for the civil rights cause.
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Chapter Assessment 15
What was the purpose of the March on Washington?
The purpose was to build public support for
passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Intro 4
Chapter Objectives
Ch 24 Section 3 New Issues

• Describe the division between Dr. Martin Luther
  King, Jr., and the black power movement. ?

• Discuss the direction and progress of the civil
  rights movement after 1968.

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Section 3-22
Checking for Understanding
Define Match the terms on the right with their
definitions on the left.
__ 1. prejudice or discrimination against someone
because of his or her race __ 2. the mobilization
of the political and economic power of African
Americans, especially to compel respect for their
rights and to improve their condition
A. racism B. black power
A
B
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Section 3-8
Problems Facing Urban African Americans (cont.)
What was the difference between African American
workers and white workers by 1965?
African American workers found themselves in
low-paying jobs with little chance of
advancement. Some African Americans were able to
get work in blue-collar factory jobs, but few
advanced this far compared to whites. In 1965
only 15 percent of African Americans held
professional, managerial, or clerical jobs,
compared to 44 percent for whites.
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Section 3-11
The Shift to Economic Rights (cont.)
What was the result of the meeting between Mayor
Richard Daley and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
Daley proposed a plan to clean up the slums.
Associations of realtors and bankers agreed to
promote open housing. The plan was not effective.
(page 763)
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Section 3-17
Black Power (cont.)
Why did the black power movement replace the
nonviolent civil rights movement led by Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.?
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Section 3-18
Black Power (cont.)
Dr. Kings nonviolent civil rights movement
failed to change the poor economic conditions
that many African Americans faced in the 1960s.
Some African American leaders called for more
aggressive forms of protest. They placed less
emphasis on interracial cooperation with
sympathetic whites. Many young African Americans
called for black powercontrolling the social,
political, and economic direction of their
struggle for equality. It stressed pride in the
African American cultural group. It emphasized
racial distinctiveness.
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Section 3-21
The Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
(cont.)
What happened to the civil rights movement after
Dr. Kings assassination?
Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1968,
which contained a fair housing provision,
outlawed discrimination in the sale and rental of
housing, and gave the Justice Department
authority to bring suits against discrimination.
The civil rights movement, however, lacked the
unity of purpose and vision that Dr. King had
given it.
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Section 3-23
Checking for Understanding (cont.)
Explain the goals of the Nation of Islam in the
1960s.
It wanted separate self-governing communities for
African Americans.
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Section 3-24
Checking for Understanding (cont.)
Summarize the findings of the Kerner Commission.
It blamed racism for inner-city problems and
urged job and housing programs.
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Section 3-25
Reviewing Themes
Civic Rights and Responsibilities How was the
Civil Rights Act of 1968 designed to help end
discrimination?
The Civil Rights Act of 1968 was designed to
outlaw housing discrimination.
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Section 3-26
Critical Thinking
Identifying Cause and Effect What were the
effects of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr.?
It touched off both national mourning and riots,
and the Civil Rights Act of 1968 was passed.
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Chapter Assessment 7
Reviewing Key Facts (cont.)
How did the government react to race riots in
cities such as Los Angeles and Detroit?
It sent in National Guard and U.S. Army troops
and appointed the Kerner Commission.
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Chapter Assessment 8
Reviewing Key Facts (cont.)
What were two changes in the focus of the civil
rights movement in the mid-1960s?
It moved from focusing on ending segregation to
focusing on full social and economic equality.
It also moved from nonviolent resistance to
militancy.
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Chapter Assessment 10
Critical Thinking (cont.)
Evaluating Why did the civil rights movement
make fewer gains after 1968?
After Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated,
the movement fragmented. In addition, economic
gains were harder to win.
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Chapter Assessment 14
Directions Choose the best answer to the
following question.
Test-Taking Tip If you read this question
carefully, you will notice that it asks for one
difference in civil rights strategies. Three of
the answer choices will represent common goals.
Be careful to read through all the choices to
find the one that represents a different type of
strategy.
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Intro 3
Chapter Objectives
Ch 25 Sec 2 Going to War in Vietnam

• Describe how President Johnson deepened American
  involvement in Vietnam. ?

• Discuss how the Vietcong and the North Vietnamese
  were able to frustrate the American military.

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Section 2-20
Checking for Understanding
Define Match the terms on the right with their
definitions on the left.
B
__ 1. a jellied gasoline used for bombs __ 2. the
guerrilla soldiers of the Communist faction in
Vietnam, also known as the National Liberation
Front
A. Vietcong B. napalm
A
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Chapter Assessment 5
Reviewing Key Facts (cont.)
When did the number of American military
personnel begin to increase in Vietnam?
The number of military personnel began to
increase significantly in 1963 during the
Kennedy administration.
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Chapter Assessment 7
Reviewing Key Facts (cont.)
What actions made Ngo Dinh Diem an unpopular
leader in South Vietnam?
Ngo Dinh Diem was unpopular due to the strategic
hamlet policy and his discrimination against
Buddhism.
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Section 2-9
American Involvement Deepens (cont.)
Why were Diems strategic hamlets unpopular with
the peasants?
The peasants resented being uprooted from their
homes where they had worked to build farms and
where many of their ancestors were buried.
(pages 776778)
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Chapter Assessment 6
Reviewing Key Facts (cont.)
How did Vietnamese peasants respond to the
strategic hamlets program?
The peasants resented being uprooted from their
villages and family farms and resettled in
strategic hamlets.
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Section 2-14
Johnson and Vietnam (cont.)
Why did President Johnson expand American
involvement in Vietnam in 1964?
Johnson wanted to prevent South Vietnam from
becoming Communist. He did not want to lose
Vietnam, because he feared that the Republicans
would blame his administration for losing Vietnam
to communism.
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Section 2-19
A Bloody Stalemate Emerges (cont.)
Why were the American troops frustrated by the
Vietcong?
The Vietcong used ambushes, booby traps, and
hit-and-run tactics. The Vietcong could blend in
with the general population in cities and in the
countryside and then vanish.
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Section 2-21
Checking for Understanding (cont.)
Explain how the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
affected the powers of Congress and the
presidency.
It gave congressional war powers to the
president.
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Section 2-22
Reviewing Themes
Science and Technology Why did the United States
use napalm and Agent Orange in its fight against
the Vietcong?
Napalm and Agent Orange were used to destroy the
landscape so the Vietcong could not hide in the
jungle.
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Section 2-23
Critical Thinking
Analyzing Why did fighting in Vietnam turn into
a stalemate by the mid-1960s?
The Vietcong showed no signs of surrendering, and
Johnson refused to order a full-scale invasion.
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Chapter Objectives
Ch 25 Sec 3 Vietnam Divides the Nation

• Analyze why support for the war began to weaken. ?

• Describe the motives of those in the antiwar
  movement.

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Section 3-17
Checking for Understanding
Define Match the terms on the right with their
definitions on the left.
C
__ 1. a person in favor of the United States
withdrawing from the Vietnam War __ 2. an
extended meeting or class held to discuss a
social or political issue __ 3. someone who
believed the United States should continue its
military effort in Vietnam __ 4. lack of trust or
believability
A. credibility gap B. teach-in C. dove D. hawk
B
D
A
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Section 3-6
A Growing Credibility Gap (cont.)
Why did Americans believe there was a
credibility gap in what the Johnson
administration said about the war in Vietnam?
The American commander in South Vietnam, General
William Westmoreland, repeatedly reported that
the enemy was almost defeated. Less optimistic
reports were seen on television each night as the
images of wounded and killed American soldiers
were aired on the evening news.
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Chapter Assessment 8
Reviewing Key Facts (cont.)
What was the effect of the Tet offensive on
Americans?
The Tet offensive began to turn American public
opinion against the war. Mainstream media began
to criticize the war, and Johnson decided not to
run for another term as president.
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Section 3-10
Why did many Americans oppose the war?
Some felt the conflict was a civil war in which
the United States had no business. Others saw
South Vietnam as corrupt, and defending the
country as immoral.
(pages 785787)
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Section 3-16
1968 The Pivotal Year (cont.)
Why is 1968 considered the most turbulent year of
the chaotic 1960s?
(pages 787789)
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Section 3-16a
1968 The Pivotal Year (cont.)
On January 30, 1968, during Tet, the Vietnamese
New Year, the Vietcong and North Vietnamese
launched a surprise attack known as the Tet
offensive. In the attack, guerrilla fighters hit
American airbases in South Vietnam as well as the
Souths major cities and provincial capitals. The
approval rating for the president plummeted.
Johnson withdrew from the presidential race,
announcing his decision in an address to the
nation on March 31, 1968. In April Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr., was assassinated. Two months
later, Robert Kennedy was also assassinated. A
clash between protesters and police at the
Democratic National Convention in Chicago in
August added to the chaos.
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Section 3-18
Checking for Understanding (cont.)
Summarize three important events that occurred in
1968.
Answers will vary.
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Section 3-19
Reviewing Themes
Civic Rights and Responsibilities Why did many
people believe that the Vietnam War reflected
racial and economic injustices in the United
States?
Poorer men, including a high proportion of
minorities, who were unable to afford college,
were more likely to be drafted than those who
could afford college.
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Chapter Assessment 10
Critical Thinking (cont.)
Analyzing  How do you think the use of chemicals
such as Agent Orange and napalm by the United
States affected Vietnamese feelings toward
Americans and the war?
Since the chemicals turned farmland and forest
into wasteland, it made the Vietnamese more
anti-American.
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Section 3-20
Critical Thinking
Synthesizing Why did support of the Vietnam War
begin to dwindle by the late 1960s?
Media coverage of the mounting casualties fueled
anger and distrust of government officials
reports, and many were angry over the draft.
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Chapter Assessment 12
Geography and History (cont.)
Interpreting Maps What nations besides North and
South Vietnam were the sites of battles or
invasions?
Laos and Cambodia were also invaded.
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Chapter Assessment 13
Geography and History (cont.)
Analyzing  Why did the Ho Chi Minh Trail pass
through Laos and Cambodia instead of South
Vietnam?
The Ho Chi Minh Trail passed through Laos and
Cambodia to avoid discovery and capture of
troops and supplies passing along the trail.
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Chapter Summary 1
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M/C 2-1
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Intro 2
Chapter Objectives
Section 1 The Student Movement and the
Counterculture

• Explain the origins of the nations youth
  movement. ?

• Define the goals of serious members of the
  counterculture.

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Checking for Understanding
Define Match the terms on the right with their
definitions on the left.
__ 1. a group living arrangement in which members
share everything and work together __ 2. a
culture with values and beliefs different than
the mainstream
A. counterculture B. commune
B
A
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Checking for Understanding (cont.)
Summarize two legacies of the counterculture
movement.
It contributed new styles of popular culture and
encouraged greater self-expression.
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Reviewing Themes
Government and Democracy How did the U.S.
Supreme Court validate the actions of the members
of the Free Speech Movement?
It upheld the right to freedom of speech and
assembly on campus.
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Critical Thinking
Contrasting How were hippies different from
members of the New Left?
Hippies were more interested in creating a
utopian lifestyle than in political protest.
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Critical Thinking (cont.)
Analyzing Why did the counterculture movement
decline?
Many participants were unable to establish an
ideal community or support themselves.
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