Unit 11 Review
Unit 11 Review President Kennedy – Youngest elected, Peace Corps, space race Bay of Pigs – Try to remove a Communist dictator (Castro) Cuban Missile Crisis – Soviets eventually remove missiles President Johnson – Head Start;
Unit 11 Review Gulf of Tonkin Resolution – Gives Johnson power to escalate Vietnam Great Society – War on Poverty Medicare – Health care for the elderly (over 65) Medicaid – Health care for the poor
Unit 11 Review President Nixon – Forms DEA War Powers Act – Limits President’s wartime powers Watergate – Public trust in govt. declines; President is not above the law Détente – Easing of tensions between US, Communists; China, SALT
Unit 11 Review Vietnam – Secret bombings in Cambodia; Vietnamization President Ford – Only person to serve as VP & Prez, not elected to either one; pardons Nixon Camp David Accords – Peace between Egypt & Israel; highlight of presidency Hostages – Iran
Unit 11 Review Energy crisis – Look for alternative fuel sources Rachel Carson – Silent Spring; protect environment Ralph Nader – Consumer protection Both comparable to muckrakers; expose problems in society