Bell Ringer 1 Why did President Kennedy expand

Bell Ringer • 1. ) Why did President Kennedy expand the space program? • A. in order to install nuclear weapons in space • B. to bolster the nation’s prestige and power in the face of several foreign policy setbacks • C. to shift the focus away from his domestic policy failures

Bell Ringer • 2. ) One reason John F. Kennedy’s assassination deeply affected people was because • A. he had represented hope for a better future. • B. they believed only he could stop a communist take of Cuba. • C. no president had ever been assassinated before. • D. his domestic programs had stamped out poverty in America.

• 3. ) The term “Great Society” came to represent • A. the nation’s anti-communist agenda • B. the domestic programs of the Johnson administration • C. the glamourous image of the Kennedy administration • D. Michael Harrington’s affluent society

• 4. Why was the tactic of nonviolent protest during the Civil Rights Movement so successful in achieving change? • A. the moral stance of the protestors influenced the Supreme Court justices in several key court decisions. • B. state governments stepped in to enforce law and protect African American protestors. • C. The violent response of segregationists provoked moral outrage in onlookers. • D. Segregationists saw that there was nothing to fear from African Americans.

5. ) What is the main idea of this passage? (think light bulb!) Keep Your Eyes on the Prize Paul and Silas, bound in jail, Paul and Silas began to shout, Had no money for their bail. The jail door opened and Chorus: they walked out Keep your eyes on the prize, We’re gonna ride for civil Hold on, hold on, rights, Hold on, hold on. We’re gonna ride, both Keep your eyes on the prize, black and white. Hold on, Hold on. We’ve met jail and violence too, But God’s love has seen us through.

LEQ: How will the Tet Offensive change America’s strategies in Vietnam?

Tet Offensive • Definition: A series of massive coordinated attacks throughout South Vietnam

Tet Offensive • January 1968 Vietcong troops attack a US military base in Khe Sanh • These attacks were diversions

Tet Offensive • Over 84, 000 Communists soldiers attacked 12 US military bases

Effects of Tet Offensive • Demonstrated that no part of South Vietnam was safe • Caused many Americans to question whether or not the Vietnam war could be won

Effects of Tet Offensive • Growing Doubts • News express doubt about the war and call for its end • Public criticism of gov’t grew louder and more intense

Effects of Tet Offensive • Growing Doubts (continue) • Leaders criticize Johnson’s policies • Johnson announces he will not run again • Robert Mc. Namara began to seek ways to end the war

Searching for Solutions • Mc. Namara suggested limiting air strikes and reversing the escalation of the war • LBJ decided to negotiate with the North Vietnamese

Searching for Solutions • The Paris peace talks • Stalled over two issues: • 1. ) The US wanted all NVA troops out of South Vietnam • 2. ) North Vietnam would not accept a US backed South Vietnam government

The Election of 1968 • The Democratic Primary Fight: • VP: Hubert Humphrey • Senator Eugene Mc. Carthy • Senator Robert Kennedy

The Democratic Convention • Debated between Mc. Carthy and Humphrey • Outside the convention, protestors demanded an immediate end of the war • Troops sent to maintain order but violence soon broke out

The Democratic Convention • TV crews captured violent scenes between protestors and police • Illustrated a growing “generation gap”

The Election of 1968 • Richard Nixon (R), Hubert Humphreys (D) and George Wallace (I) • Nixon with 301 electoral votes • Promised “law and order” • Claimed to have a secret plan to end the Vietnam war with honor