TestB Vietnam, cold war

President Johnson eventually had to reduce spending on his Great Society initiatives due to the costs of

The Vietnam War

Why did secretary of state Rusk likely insist that the reporter remember, when reporting the story, that the soviets "blinked first"

To provoke the Soviets into violating their agreement

What strategy did President Johnson's advisors Robert McNamara and General Westmoreland insist was necessary to winning the war in Vietnam

committing more troops and taking a more active role in combat activities

How did the Vietnam war affect American's attitudes towards foreign policy in the years after the war.

Many Americans became wary about sending troops abroad to avoid involvement in "another Vietnam,"

As the war stretched on, America at home began to

doubt Johnson's foreign policy

Under the requirements of the War Powers Resolution (also know as the War Powers Act),the president must tell Congress

extent and time period of the hostilties

He compared his troops to a tiger, while the Americans where like an elephants, If the tiger stands still, the elephant will crush it, But if the tiger keeps moving and occasionally jumps on the elephants to take a bite out of it, the elephant will slowly bleed to death. What did Ho Chi Ming believe this strategy would ultimately accomplish against the American Military?

He believed that if the North Vietnamese wore the American forces down enough, they would eventually leave.

How did U.S policy in Vietnam change following the Tet Offensive

Policy makers thought the war unwinnable and began to negotiate for peace

What finally convinced the North Vietnamese to return to negotiations and sign the Paris Peace Accord

the renewal of American bombing in the North Vietnam

Below are four roles of the Peace Corps. Which is tied most directly with Kennedy's larger goal of containing the spread of communism

to spread prosperity and democracy