AP U.S. History Ch. 29 Civil Rights, Viet Nam & Liberalism

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Describe Pres. Kennedy’s ‘Flexible Response’ strategy as it related to the following areas:

26.Third World areas
27. Special Forces aka ‘Green Berets’
28.Alliance for Progress
29.Agency for International Development (AID)
30.Peace Corps

31. Explain the purpose and results of the ‘Bay of Pigs’ operation: ______

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32.. Why did Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev order the Berlin Wall built on August 13, 1961? What did this represent? ______

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33. Describe the events leading to the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) How was this crisis diffused?

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34. Explain Pres. Lyndon Johnson’s first foreign policy decisions regarding the Dominican Republic. ______

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Relate the history of Viet Nam regarding French and United State involvement in the following events:

Cause / Event / Effect
35. / Vietnam becomes a French colony (1850’s)
36. / Japan defeated ( WWII)
37. / Vietminh Party (1941)
38. / First Indochina War
39. / Dien Bien Phu
40. / Geneva Conference

41.Who was Ngo Dinh Diem? ______

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42. Why did the United States support Diem’s refusal to permit elections? ______

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43. Who comprised the National Liberation Front (NLF)? What was their agenda? ______

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44. Diem’s regime was being destabilized by two different groups. Who were they and what methods did they use? ______

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45. List the factors that influenced President Johnson to move from aid to active intervention in Vietnam.______

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46. What led to the passing of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution? How did Johnson interpret its passage? ______

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47. February, 1965 North Vietnamese soldiers attacked Pleiku. What was President Johnson’s response?

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48. Describe the policy of ‘attrition.’ Did it work? Why or why not? ______

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49. Why did the United States bombing campaign fail to achieve the desired results? ______

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50. Describe the ‘Pacification’ program. Was it successful, why or why not? ______

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51. Trace the protest movement against the Vietnam War beginning in late 1965. Include key individuals and groups. ______

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52. Explain why the Tet Offensive was a military victory for the United States but a political defeat for President Johnson.______

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53. List the Democratic candidates vying for the presidential nomination during 1967. Who were their supporters?

Candidate / Supporters

54. Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis, TN on April 4, 1968. What was the response throughout America? ______

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55. The assassination of Robert Kennedy in Los Angeles on June 6, 1968, deeply affected the Democratic Party. Describe what happened at the convention in Chicago.______

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56. What was the basis of George Wallace’s bid for the presidency? ______

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57. What did Republican presidential candidate Richard Nixon offer the American people? ______

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58. Describe the results of the 1968 election. What statement did it make regarding the will of the American electorate? ______

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59. Where were the 1968 uprisings and analyze their long-term effects of the? (pgs.828-829)

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