Exam 29: America During Its Longest War, 1963-1974

In 1972,President Richard Nixon broke with the past with his dramatic and historic visit to

IDENTIFICATIONS -George Wallace

Lyndon B Johnson's advice on how to handle American involvement in Vietnam can best be described as

The ____________________ Doctrine claimed that the United States would provide military assistance to anti-Communist governments in Asia but would not provide military forces.

Examine the implications of the Watergate scandal and the Nixon presidency on American society.

Describe the "New Left" and the growing protests by this movement against U.S.involvement in Vietnam.

Which of the following was not part of the Great Society agenda?

Lyndon Johnson refused to watch television coverage of the war in Vietnam for fear of seeing criticism of his policies.

The MFDP

On August 9,1974,President Richard Nixon became the only president in U.S.history to

Examine the counterculture of the 1960s.

Spending on domestic social programs increased more than ____________________ percent in every year of Lyndon Johnson's presidency.

The "black power" movement of the 1960s rejected integration and called for violent confrontations.

Medicare provides nationally funded medical coverage for low-income citizens.

The chief legal counsel to the president,and the man who linked Richard Nixon to the Watergate cover-up,was John Mitchell.

Four students were killed by National Guard troops in 1970 at the ____ campus during an antiwar demonstration.

Lieutenant ____________________ was convicted by a military court for his role in the shootings of more than 200 people in the Vietnamese village of My Lai.

Lyndon Johnson considered doubt about the war in Vietnam to be unpatriotic.

Explore the changing role of the United States in Vietnam,from the Johnson escalation through the Paris Peace Accords in 1973.

The "Pentagon Papers" were leaked to the press by ____________________.