The Age of Upheaval

The Age of Upheaval, 1960-74

CHAPTER 19

1.      The authors give five reasons why Nixon was “doomed to fail” in his presidential campaign. What were they? Pg. 668

2.      Describe the Kennedy “silver spoon.” Pg. 670

3.      What was Kennedy’s tie to the mafia? Pg. 671

4.      Discuss the “Bay of Pigs” or the “Cuban Missile Crisis”. Pg. 671-672

5.      What were Kennedy’s goals and objectives with space exploration? Pg. 674

6.      Define “trickledown economics”. Pg. 675

7.      How did the Vietcong guerrillas ensure that life did not improve for refugees pouring into the south? Pg. 676

8.      What blame does JFK bear for Vietnam? Why? Pg. 678

9.      Why did Lee Harvey Oswald want to assassinate JKF? Pg. 680

10.   What was the “Warren Commission”? Pg. 680

11.   How was LBJ chosen to be the vice president? Pg. 681

12.   What infiltrated the black protest and MLK’s fight using righteous indignation and non-violence? Pg. 685

13.   What were the immediate results of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? Pg. 686

14.   What happened to “the Black Panthers”? Pg. 687

15.   How did LBJ’s “Great Society” cripple and enslave the black community? Pg. 687-689

16.   Compare LBJ’s treatment of Ho Chi Minh to Obama’s treatment of Ghaddafi or Islam extremists. Pg. 690

17.   LBJ never called for a formal declaration of war on the Vietcong. Why? Pg. 691

18.   How effective was McNamara’s strategy of “Rolling Thunder”? Pg. 692

19.   Describe the “Tet Offensive.” How was it perceived by U.S. citizens? Why? 694

20.   Define “Hawks” and “Doves” Pg.696

21.   How have unions changed since Vietnam? Pg.696

22.   How did “Baby Boomers” change the dynamics of American education?

23.   What was the “Port Huron statement”? How did it foment student riots? Pg. 699

24.   How did the communist threat infiltrate American colleges and universities? Pg. 700

25.   Woodstock…. Gives us pause to be grateful for a) strict parents, b) being too young, c) taking too many baths, d) being boring right-wing establishment types, e) all of the above.

Pg. 700-707

26.   What policies showed the “right wing” side of Nixon? Which showed the “left wing”? Pg. 708

27.   What have been the long-term effects of Nixon’s EPA and OSHA? Pg. 709-710

28.   How did Nixon aid in the destabilization of the dollar? What were the effects? Pg. 710

29.   Who were the “Weathermen”? What were their goals” Pg. 712

30.   Watergate was merely a “gotcha” or a catalyst in Nixon’s impeachment hearings. What really forced him to resign as president?  (see #1 also!)Pg. 718-719