1. JeopardyJeopardy 1960s1960s

2. JeopardyJeopardy John F. Kennedy The War in Vietnam Lyndon B. Johnson “Tricky Dick” 10 15 20 25 30 35

3. KennedyKennedy Goal of the Bay of Pigs Invasion To remove Fidel Castro from power in Cuba

4. KennedyKennedy Results of the Cuban Missile Crisis Diplomatic solution by Kennedy that would avoid future escalation towards nuclear war

5. KennedyKennedy Government program that sends Americans to support developing nations Peace Corps

6. KennedyKennedy Describe Kennedy’s Foreign Policy Strong and Aggressive, increased tension with the Soviets

7. KennedyKennedy Reasons Kennedy is NOT considered a great president New Frontier blocked by Congress, increased tension with the Soviets

8. KennedyKennedy Reasons Kennedy IS considered a great President Inspired hope in people and created a vision for the country

9. VietnamVietnam North Vietnamese nationalist leader that originally turned to the United States for help Ho Chi Minh

10. VietnamVietnam Americanization Process of increasing the number of American troops in Vietnam under Johnson

11. VietnamVietnam Vietnamization Process of withdrawing U.S. troops and handing responsibility over to the Vietnamese under Nixon

12. VietnamVietnam Reason some Buddhist monks lit themselves on fire in South Vietnam Protest the rule of President Diem

13. VietnamVietnam Possible reasons U.S. troops carried out the My Lai Massacre Psychologically scarred and frustrated by guerilla warfare

14. VietnamVietnam Effects of Vietnam War on U.S. Foreign Policy afterwards U.S. reluctant to commit American troops to war unless victory seems swift

15. JohnsonJohnson Domestic Policy that addressed problems in education, poverty, the environment, and race The Great Society

16. JohnsonJohnson Conservative criticism of the Great Society Didn’t work and created a welfare state that made people dependent on the government

17. JohnsonJohnson Effects of the Vietnam War on Johnson’s domestic policy legacy Vietnam overshadowed Johnson’s domestic successes and made it difficult to carry out reform

18. JohnsonJohnson Resolution gave Johnson the power to send U.S. troops into Vietnam Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

19. JohnsonJohnson Vietnamese surprise attack that created a credibility gap between what Johnson said about Vietnam and what was actually happening Tet Offensive

20. JohnsonJohnson Reasons Johnson could be considered a great president Created lasting reform in civil rights, education, poverty, and many others

21. Tricky Dick Nixon famously opened diplomatic relations with this Communist country China

22. Tricky Dick Domestic policy that aimed to shrink and streamline the Federal Government New Federalism

23. Tricky Dick Event that triggered the Watergate Scandal Burglary of the Democratic National headquarters in the Watergate Hotel

24. Tricky Dick Treaty with the Soviets that limited the construction of nuclear weapons Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT)

25. Tricky Dick Stagflation prices and unemployment rise rapidly

26. Tricky Dick Explain why Nixon is a controversial President Accomplished a lot, especially in foreign policy, but only President ever to resign in disgrace