Day Nineteen
The Rise and Fall of the Great Society
Big Questions:
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How and why did President Johnson’s Great Society come undone?
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How did the Vietnam War transform American politics and culture during the late
1960s?
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How was the Vietnam War “experienced” by the president? The American public?
Student protestors? Soldiers?
Key Terms:
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Civil Rights Act (1964)
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Voting Rights Act (1965)
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The Other America
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Great Society
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Medicaid and Medicare
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VISTA (Volunteers in Service
to America)
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Ngo Dinh Diem
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Ho Chi Minh
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Viet Cong
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Tonkin Gulf Resolution
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Tet Offensive
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Morley Safer
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Walter Cronkite
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J. William Fulbright
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Sheep’s Meadow (1967)
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The Green Berets
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Apocalypse Now
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First Blood
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- Fall '08
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