Ch 38 Reading guide -...

Chapter #38: The Stormy Sixties – Big Picture Themes
1. John Kennedy bumbled over foreign policy with his failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba; then
redeemed himself by standing up to the U.S.S.R. in the Cuban Missile Crisis.
2. JFK also sent U.S. “advisors” to South Vietnam. The goal was to prevent communist North Vietnam
from taking over non ‐ communist South Vietnam.
3. The Civil Rights Movement gained steam and reached full boil with Martin Luther King’s “I Have a
Dream Speech.” The Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act were large steps forward toward ending
discrimination.
4. Lyndon Baines Johnson fought two “wars”: (a) at home, he started the “Great Society” in attempt
to make America the place everyone had dreamt it would be, (b) he significantly escalated the U.S.
presence in Vietnam after the Tonkin Gulf Incident.
5. Culturally, young people rebelled against the conformity of the 50s. In the 60s, the norm for many
became to not follow the norm. This was seen mostly in the hippies, in music, in drug use, and in the
idea of “questioning authority.”
Chapter #38: IDENTIFCATIONS
Tet Offensive
Civil Right Act of 1964
Twenty ‐ Fourth Amendment
Voting Rights Act
Operation Rolling Thunder
Pueblo Incident
nuclear ‐ test ban treaty
March on Washington
War on Poverty