(Rip) Kennedy
Why was the public so fascinated with Kennedy?
He was young, attractive family, Jackie had influence, Kennedy was charismatic and great in the public eye
What is the Peace Corp?
Volunteer assistance to developing nations
Who overthrew Batista?
Fidel Castro
Which of Kennedy’s bills did LBJ pass during his presidency?
$10 billion dollar tax reduction bill & civil right act of 1964.
How did Kennedy address poverty in the US?
Peace Corps and Alliance for Progress.
Who were the two candidates in the 1960 election?
JFK vs. Richard Nixon
Why did the Berlin Wall matter?
The departure of Germans to West Berlin Dangerously weakened the economy and advertised the failure of East Germany’s communist government.
Why was the U.S. so interested in Cuba?
It was a vacation spot for celebrities and great for farming sugar
How did the Great Society impact the US?
Decrease in poverty, activist era in government, debate over the effectiveness of programs and the role of federal government, and taxes were cut.
What new developments came as a direct result of the space program?
Universities expanded science programs, new industries and technologies, and space/defense-related industries rapidly sprang up in southern and western states.
Who was Fidel Castro?
He was a revolutionary leader who openly declared himself a communist and welcomed aid from the soviet union.
What was the Bay of Pigs?
A failed military landing operation directed by the U.S. government. on the southwestern coast of Cuba opposing Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution.
Why was the Cuban Missile crisis a global threat?
Because the US and the Soviets were on the brink of nuclear war
Explain LBJ’s war on poverty (bonus: what was the economic opportunity act?)
The war on poverty was when LBJ started funding welfare programs to help the working class.
Economic Opportunity Act (EOA) Nearly $1 billion for youth and antipoverty programs, small business loans and job training
What was the hotline?
A dedicated phone line between the white house and the Kremlin. This enabled the two countries to communicate at once should another crisis arise
Explain how television influenced the 1960 election.
Made debates more accessible, realtime reactions to questions, and added looks into the the consideration
What was the u-2 incident?
A confrontation between the US and the Soviet Union that caused the collapse of a summit conference in Paris between the US, Soviet Union, UK and France.
How did the US know that the Soviets had occupied Cuba?
Soccer fields were being built
With a whiteboard write the differences between Medicare and Medicaid
Medicare: Health insurance for all Americans over 65 Medicaid: Extended health insurance to welfare recipients
What effect did Rachel Carson’s book have on the environment?
The Water Quality Act of 1965 was created which required states to clean up rivers and search out the worst chemical polluters. -environmental movement.
What did Americans learn from the Kennedy assassination?
Their government was extremely sturdy.
Explain Flexible Response to a fifth grader.
the more resources you have to fight in the war, the more options you have to fight the war.
Why did the US do a quarantine of Cuba instead of a blockade?
Because a blockade was seen as an act of war
The Warren court made many controversial rulings. Get a whiteboard and name as many as you can in 2 minutes. Double points if you can correctly identify each case
Mapp v Ohio, Gideon v Wainwright, Escobedo v Illinois, Miranda v Arizona, Baker v Carr, Reynolds v Sims, Brown v Board of Education.
On a whiteboard, create a list of things that were created due to the Economic Opportunity Act.
The job corps youth training program, VISTA, Project head start (education program for underprivileged preschoolers), The community action program (poor people in public work programs)