APUSH – Kennedy/Johnson Foreign Policy ‐ 8.4 Document Bundle A 1. What is Executive Order 10924? 2. What is its purpose? 3. How might something like the Peace Corps help fight communism? 4. Would this be a direct or indirect means of fighting communism? 5. What fields does JFK want people in the Peace Corps specifically involved in? 6. Why would he target those fields? 7. How might helping a country become better educated about agricultural practices aid in the fight against communism? Document Bundle B Khrushchev on the Berlin Crisis 8. Why does Khrushchev claim that the USSR must get this peace treaty? 9. How does he feel about going to war with the US? 10. List 2 pieces of evidence to support this 11. Who does he claim will be responsible for war if it happens?. John F. Kennedy on Berlin Crisis 12. What is JFK’s overall message in the radio speech? 13. Who does he say is to blame if war happens? 14. What does Berlin symbolize to JFK? Document Bundle C Letter From Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy 15. What deal does Khrushchev propose to Kennedy? 16. Do you think Khrushchev has the upper hand? Why or why not? Letter from President Kennedy to Chairman Khrushchev 17. In this letter Kennedy restates Khrushchev’s proposals. Does Kennedy include everything Khrushchev proposed? If not, why might have he left something out? 18. Do you think Kennedy has the upper hand? Why or why not? Document Bundle D Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 19. According to this document, what did the North Vietnamese do? 20. Why did the United States feel compelled to respond at this point? 21. According to this document, was the U.S. planning to go to war in Vietnam before August 1964? Explain your answer. Telegram From the Department of State (Rusk) to the Embassy in Vietnam 22. When was this document written? Who wrote it? 23. How did Rusk feel about the South Vietnamese government’s ability to fight the Communists? Support your answer with evidence. 24. Why did Rusk think attacking the North Vietnamese is not a smart idea? 25. According to this document, was the U.S. planning to go to war in Vietnam before August 1964? Explain your answer.