Kennedy, Johnson, & The Vietnam War

JFK's failed attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro

Vietcong massive attack throughout South Vietnam; turning point of the war

How did the Vietnam War end in 1975?

Participated in the first televised debate, New Frontier included plan for space exploration

U.S. blockade around a country after the Soviet Union sent nuclear weapons to the country 

This amendment lowered the voting age to 18

Republican Senator criticized the New Deal and opposed arms control talks with the Soviet Union

President who expanded the Vietnam War into Cambodia and proposed Vietnamization

Hero, awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for saving eight lives during the Vietnam War

LBJ's program to improve education, health care, the environment, and fight poverty

Location where tension between student protesters and National Guardsmen led to four deaths

Idea that if one country fell to Communism other countries would fall

What did the Beatniks of the 50s and the Hippies of the 60s have in common?

President who offered The Great Society to all Americans; Gulf of Tonkin Resolution led to war

Group of Americans who still supported the Vietnam War 

President who first suggested containment of Communism and the Domino Theory