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Unit 8 – Vietnam & The 1970s
Essential Vocabulary
|Terms |People |
|domino theory |War Powers Act |Ho Chi Minh |
|Vietcong |feminism |Robert McNamara |
|Ho Chi Minh Trail |National Organization for Women (NOW) |William Westmoreland |
|Tonkin Gulf Resolution |Roe v. Wade |Robert Kennedy |
|guerrilla warfare |Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) |Richard Nixon |
|credibility gap |Counterculture |Henry Kissinger |
|draft |Woodstock |Betty Friedan |
|New Left |New Federalism |Bob Woodward |
|doves and hawks |revenue sharing |Carl Bernstien |
|Tet Offensive |Southern Strategy |Gerald Ford |
|Vietnamization |realpolitik | |
|My Lai Massacre |détente | |
|Kent State shooting |Watergate Scandal | |
|Pentagon Papers | | |
Review Questions
Conflict in Vietnam
• What was the domino theory?
• Who were the Vietcong and what fighting styles did they use?
• What did the Tonkin Resolution allow Johnson to do?
Vietnam at Home
• Why was the Vietnam War referred to as a “working class war?”
• What was the New Left?
• Who were the doves and what were their beliefs?
• Who were the hawks and what were their beliefs?
1968
• How did the Tet Offensive affect public opinion on the war?
• Which 2 people were assassinated in 1968?
• What effect did the violence at the 1968 DNC have on the Democratic Party?
• Why did Nixon win the presidential election of 1968?
The End of the War and Its Legacy
• What were the 2 components of the Vietnamization plan?
• What 3 incidents during Nixon’s administration weakened support for the war?
• What agreement marked the end of the war for America? What marked the end of the war for the Vietnamese?
• Provide 2 ways the Vietnam War affected America.
Women’s Lib and 1960s Counterculture
• Identify 3 characteristics of the 1960s Counterculture.
• Identify 2 reasons why Conservatives criticized 1960s Counterculture.
• What does the phrase “the personal is political” mean?
• Identify 1 success and 1 failure of Women’s Lib.
Nixon’s Administration
• How did Nixon approach social welfare and LBJ’s Great Society programs?
• What was Nixon’s foreign policy and what was its result?
• What was the Watergate Scandal?
• What effect did the Watergate Scandal have on the American public?
Ford Takes Office
• How did Ford become president?
• How did Ford’s pardoning of Nixon affect public opinion?
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