JDB+Project

-35th president (1961-1963) -assasinated November 22, 1963 -anaugurated January 20, 1961 -known for his eloquent calls for peace, justice, and national service -hero of WWII -youngest president, youngest cabinet -asked for American Volenteers to bring American skills to underdeveloped countries -"ask not what your country cand do for you: ask what you can do for your country" -__New Frontier Plan__ - medical assistance for the aged, increased federal aid to education, etc. - congress disagreed with these ideas -this movement did not progress quickly -kennedy called for a limit to steel prices but businesses continued to increase price -kennedy got angry and put a halt to the price increase -supported a general tax cut bill -wanted to stimulate the economy by slashing taxes and putting money back into the hands of the public -__Civil Rights__ -believed in medical and educational bills to benefit black americans -kennedy believed in racial justice Freedom Riders attempted to end segegation -Kennedy administration joined with Civil Rights Movement -"If an American, because his skin is dark, cannot eat lunch in a restaurant...if he cannot vote for public officials...then who...would be content to have the color of his skin changed and stand in his place"-JFK -James Meredith tried to enroll in the University of Mississippi and encountered violent opposition; had to send federal troops -Martin Luther King Jr.= campaign against discrimination in Birmingham, Alabama -most segregated city and all attempts of desegregation failed -"Some of the people sitting here will not come back alive from his campaign" MLK - civil right marches repelled by dogs and cattle prods and water hoses -Kennedy's televised speech called for new legislation to protect black citizens -King led march to support legislation and delivered "I have a Dream " Speech -Civil Rightsist (Medgar Evers) assassination __Alliance for Progress__ -Kennedy Doctrine- Kennedy wanted to contain Communism and and supported the reversal of Communist progress in the Western Hemisphere -Kennedy said that he would help any country whose indeoendence was threatened -He requested that Latin American countries promote social change within their borders and called upon all American nations to move towards increased economic integration -similar to FDR's good neighbor policy where FDR wanted to have good relations with Latin America
 * __John F. Kennedy__**

-1962 -The United States found Soviet and Cuban nuclear missiles in Cuba -The Soviets did not give any information about these missiles -America was afraid of a nuclear war Tensions finally began to ease on October 28 when Khrushchev announced that he would dismantle the installations and return the missiles to the Soviet Union, expressing his trust that the United States would not invade Cuba. Further negotiations were held to implement the October 28 agreement, including a United States demand that Soviet light bombers be removed from Cuba, and specifying the exact form and conditions of United States assurances not to invade Cuba. -__Bay of Pigs__ - an unsuccessful attempt by the CIA and armed forces to invade southern cuba in order to overthrow the Fedel Castro government
 * __Cuban Missile Crisis__**

__**Apollo 11**__ -kennedy started a multibillion-dollar project to put Americans on the moon -wanted this to be done by the end of the decade and in 1969 the first people went to the moon Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. The first steps by humans on another planetary body were taken by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on July 20, 1969. The astronauts also returned to Earth the first samples from another planetary body. Apollo 11 achieved its primary mission - to perform a manned lunar landing and return the mission safely to Earth - and paved the way for the Apollo lunar landing missions to follow -Launched July 16, 1969 -crew Neil Armstrong (commander) Michael Collins (command module pilot), Edwin Aldrin (lunar module pilot) -landed on moon July 20, 1969 -fought in vietnam between north and south vietnamese -1954-1975 -america joined the war in the early sixties -america allied with south vietnamese -in 1961 the anti-diem viewers went against the pro-american views of the Diem government causing kennedy to send US troops to South Vietnam -troops were sent to help political stability in South Vietnam -the US tried to protect the Diem but had to use a coup against him -they successfully encouraged a coup against him on November of 1963 -by the time of kennedy's death, more than fifteen thousand troops were sent to vietnam fought under kennedy administration and continued under Lyndon B. Johnson - __The Tet Offensive 1968__ - there was an offensive attack on the Vietnamese New Year (29 to 31 January) - North Vietnamese and Viet Cong suicide bombers broke into the compound of the American Embassy (all were killed) - they attacked 80 different cities, towns, or military bases, more or less at the same time - this showed that the United States wasnt going to win the war made Americans feel that the war was pointless - caused a gorwing peace movement in the United States
 * __Vietnam War__**

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__1.) During the Kennedy-Khrushchev era, America and the Soviet Union came close to war over crises in Cuba and …?__ a.) Vietnam b.) Berlin  c.) China d.) The Middle East e.) South Africa __2.) The Alliance for Progress, proposed by John F. Kennedy in 1961, can be most accurately called an added dimension of …?__ a.) The Truman Doctrine b.) The League of Nations c.) The Point Four Program d.) The Lend-Lease Act e.) The Good Neighbor Policy  __3.) President Lyndon B. Johnson received authorization for the use of force in Vietnam through …?__ a.) The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization b.) The Truman Doctrine c.) The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution  d.) The United Nations Security Council e.) A declaration of war by Congress __4.) Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society programs included all of the following EXCEPT …?__ a.) The Office of Economic Opportunity b.) The Alliance for Progress  c.) Head Start d.) Medicare e.) The Elementary and Secondary Education Act __5.) The Stonewall riots helped forge a new sense of solidarity among …?__ a.) women b.) African-Americans c.) The elderly d.) Native Americans e.) Gay Americans  __6.) All of the following events took place during the Kennedy Administration EXCEPT …?__ a.) the Bay of Pigs administration b.) The building of the Berlin Wall c.) The New Frontier Plan d.) The Cuban Missile Crisis e.) The U-2 incident  __7.) President Kennedy’s main goal in the United States’ 1962 decision to blockade Cuba was to …?__ a.) encourage Castro to reopen diplomatic relations with the United States b.) Use the CIA to overthrow the Castro government forcibly c.) Encourage the Soviet Union to stop sending soldiers and aid to Castro d.) Force the Soviet Union to remove its missiles from Cuba  e.) Force the resignation of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
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__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">8.) The Civil Rights Act of 1964 accomplished all of the following EXCEPT …? __ <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">a.) barring racial discrimination in public hotels b.) Authorizing the attorney general to bring suit to desegregate the public schools c.) Outlawing discriminatory employment practices d.) Barring racial discrimination in restaurants <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">e.) Outlawing literacy tests used to prevent citizens from voting <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> __9.) The 1968 Tet Offensive …?__ a.) was depicted in the American news media as a major victory for U.S. forces b.) Was a military victory for the communist North Vietnamese forces c.) Brought an immediate end to the Vietnam War <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">d.) Led to the belief in the United States that the Vietnam War was unwinnable <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> e.) Had little appreciable effect on the course of the Vietnam War __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">10.) The industry that engaged in a bitter conflict with President Kennedy over price increases was …? __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">a.) the aircraft industry b.) the meat industry <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">c.) the steel industry <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">d.) the oil industry e.) the automobile industry