Review for Quiz on Kennedy to Ford

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Review for Quiz
JFK’s program  New Frontier 1961-1963
24th Amendment - Repealed poll tax
LBJ – President after Kennedy was assassinated
Great Society -improve life
Right to vote for 18 year olds – 26th amendment
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution  Use military against North Vietnam
Most troops under which President? LBJ
Warren Commission - investigated JFK’s assassination
War Powers Act - limits troops sent in to battle
Cuban Missile Crisis – US and Soviet Union – Missiles in Cuba
US set up blockade
Watergate – Scandal during Nixon’s administration
Détente – easing of tensions between US and Soviet Union
JFK – promised to put man on moon
Ford – pardoned Nixon and those who avoided the Vietnam war
Nixon – dealt with inflation by fixing prices and wages
Vietnamization – remove US troops – train South Vietnam to
continue fighting
vote r 18 year olds
amendment
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