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Chapter 28
The Rise and Fall of the Liberal State
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History
12th Grade
12/20/2011

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JFK
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youngest president ever elected, vigorous, and articulate.
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Lee Harvey Oswald
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shot JFK
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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became president after JFK's death. He is unrefined, vulgar, a gambler, and a very good at getting things done
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The Great Society
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civil rights, tax cut, war on poverty, medicare/medicaid, education, conservation
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Earl Warren
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helps rights continue to expand for people
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Nixon
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a very complex and remote man. He was very removed and paranoid and scheming. Called "Tricky Dick"
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Roe v. Wade
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make abortion legal
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Watergate
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wire tape the Democratic headquarters at Watergate. Nixon says he knows nothing. John Dean is arrested is says Nixon knew. Nixon resigns
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Gerald Ford
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basically just filled a void until a new president is selected? Caretaker president
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Jimmy Carter
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democratic governor from Georgia. Seen as a Washington outsider and common man.
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The Bay of Pigs
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The CIA will train former Cubans to invade Cuba with the hope of a popular uprising against Castro. The Cuban army will stop the invasion and the US will be embarrassed.
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The New Frontier
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Addresses poverty, space program, and helping others
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Miranda Rights
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Gave suspected criminals rights. Right to a lawyer, jury, silence...ect.
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Arab Oil Embargo
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A Saudi Arab war will cause prices to go up four fold
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John Dean
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Was arrested and testified that Nixon knew about the wire tapping and had tapes to prove it
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Cuban Missle Crisis
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US receives photos of USSR missle sites in Cuba. Kennedy calls for a blockade and USSR ships will head towards Cuba but turn around before any fighting could occur.
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USSR agreement with US after the Cuban Missle Crisis
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The USSR agrees to remove missiles if they promise not to invade Cuba. The US will remove their missiles in Turkey
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The Domino Theory
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If one country falls to communism, they all will.
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Viet-cong
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South Vietnamese who supported the north
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The gulf of Tonkin resolution
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Gives the president "take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the US and to prevent further aggression"
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SALT Treaty
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Stretegic arms limitations treaty
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