America's Tumultuous Years - Ch 23

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What two facts about John Fitzgerald Kennedy made him unique among American presidents?

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He was the youngest elected president and the first Catholic president.

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Why did the United States back an invasion of Cuba by way of the Bay of Pigs? What was the result?

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To overthrow Fidel Castro; it was a failure.

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What was the deal Khrushchev and Kennedy made that ended the Cuban Missile Crisis?

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Removal of missiles from Turkey and Cuba.

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Name the agreement between Khrushchev and Kennedy that limited atmospheric tests of nuclear weapons.

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Limited Test Ban Treaty.

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What did sit-ins and the Freedom Riders seek to accomplish in the South?

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End racial segregation.

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How did Lyndon Baynes Johnson become President of the United States?

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He succeeded after Kennedy's assassination.

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Who was the first president to send troops into Vietnam? Why, according to President Johnson, were American troops fighting there?

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Eisenhower; in the cause of freedom.

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Why did Congress pass the Tonkin Resolution? What did the resolution allow the president to do?

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To support military action in Vietnam; it allowed military force without a declaration of war.

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How did Malcom X think black people should respond to white violence against them? Did he agree with Martin Luther King, Jr. in this?

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By any means necessary; no, he believed in self-defense.

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What happened at the Democratic Party's 1968 national convention in Chicago that harmed Hubert Humphrey's chance to win the presidential election?

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Violent protests and police clashes.