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President John F.Kenedy
 * **Unit Eight
 * Democratic
 * In office less than three years
 * Cheated on his wife
 * The bay of pigs, in which the U.S. trined cubans to go into Cuba and take down the communist regime
 * The Cuban Missile Crisis

Viewpoints Toward the Vietnam War- From a United Sates standpoint, the Vietnam War was basically as all the wars of European wars were about, the containment of communism. The United States was and still is a democracy and the major leaders of the United States wanted to stop the spread of commuinsm. The Northern Vietnam government was considered a communist one due to the fact that the political group that was leading it had a communist-educationed politician. Paul- It was ultimately a fauilure due to the fact they lost the war and Vietnam is still a communist country today. Abe- It was an important war at the time but it was ultimately a failure The Fall of Saigon, renamed Ho Chi Minh City. Sharon- A fight for the future of Vietnam. America did not want to apperar weak to the other European powers, China, Soviet Union "Kinda like putting lipstick on a pig" (Mr Max) The Vietnam war was a continuation of the doctrine of containment

Chapter 32- Racial Injustice + Vietnam War, Womens rights,The Role of Colleges and Universities,1970s and 80s was a time for questioning by the peole of the United States. People were questioning parental authority, govermental authority, basically anything that has to do with any kind of authority and pertaining to people and the important things that surround them. Tenneagers were starting to question what their school was dong for them in terms of supplying them with an education and a job after they had gotten out of their college. Basically let them have place for questioning, let them challenge the coventional normality of things, where they can speak freely, converse what they want, let them be themselves, let them think for themsleves

The New Left**- One of the most increasingly assertive youth movements was the radicalization of many American colleges and universities. The New left was a diverse group of young men and women that wanted to challenge the political system of the United States. They accepted fighting for causes like African American rights and other problems of the 1960s. The people that were in the new left got many of their ideas from the people that had existed in the old left. They also got many of their ides from social critics. Many of the people in the new left were not communist but liked some of the ideas that karl marx presented in his many writings and many other communists at the time like Ho Chi Minh and Mao Zedong. They got most of their inspiration from the civil rights movement.
 * Free Speech Movement- Started at California Berkeley when students wanted recruit students for political causes on campus. This became a widespread battle on the campus for decades in which studetns beagn battling for many other rights and freedoms.
 * SDS- Started in Michgan where a bunch of students gathered to form an organization that consisted of new political views of society. Maybe what promted the free speech movement.

Feminism- A time period many movements that were aimed at gaining eqaul opportunites and rights for the many women of the United States of America. Feminsism is about adjusting the social normality of society, politics, workplace, home. (Independence, free will, choice), Women wanted to get involved with politics, equal pay for equal work. Equal opportunity to advance in the workplace. Women wanted the opprtunity to get divorces and wanted the opprtunity to pay for themselves. Women's Liberation- This was considered part of the feminist movement, which was the many movements that existed in America during the 1950s and 60s that was aimed at getting equailty for the women of the United States of America.

Roe Vs. Wade- Roe vs Wade was a court case that had to do with abortion and the supreme courts major decision on it. Right to Privacy.

Chapter 33- **Important Concepts** Domestic Affairs
 * Ronald Reagan became president on January 20th 1981
 * Reganomics, The idea that the United States economy was inefficient becuase of increased and excessive taxation
 * Another United States recession in 1982 that lasted seven years
 * The Nationel Debt of the United States was piling up
 * 1976 Carter, 1981 Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Four presidents
 * Revival of Conservatism
 * Tax Revolts
 * President Ford pardoned Nixon
 * New American right, Religion was not as important before the 70s
 * Reageanomics, cuts taxes, decraese social spending, increased military spending, and deregultion of domestic markets
 * Laissez Faire, Deregulation, Reagean
 * Trickle Down Economics

Foreign Affairs
 * Revolution in Iran
 * American Hostages were released after being held captive for nearly three years
 * Camp David Accords, forign policy between Isreal and Egypt, Carter brought both leaders from Isreal and Egypt, both signed peaces treaty
 * Tiananmen Sqaure, ordinary people challeged communism, students in China called for a massacre

AP US History Chapter 33 Questions

What were the key events of the Reagan presidency? Overall, to what extent did Reagan fulfill the hype of his landslide election victories and the expectations of all those who voted for him?
 * Ronald Reagan was elected president Janury 20, 1981
 * Soon after he was elected, American hostages that were in Iran were released
 * President Reagan promises change in government that would be more fundamental than the New Deal
 * He introduced Reaganomics, which was the idea that American economics were going through a rough time because of excessive taxation, which left investors not able to stimulate growth, the simple solution was to loer taxes
 * Reagan also introduced the idea of deregulation
 * In 1982 the United States was in a severe recession again

What were the key events of the end of the Cold War?

What were the keys to the presidential victories of George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton?