This man was the 35th president of the United States and the first Catholic president.
Who was John F. Kennedy
100
LBJ called his domestic reform policy by this name.
What is The Great Society
100
This strategy of Kennedy's had a variety of options with which to handle international crises.
What is flexible response
100
This federal program provides free healthcare to the poor.
What is Medicaid
100
The United States and the Soviet Union came to the brink of nuclear war because of this.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis
200
This man was Cuba's Communist leader.
Who was Fidel Castro?
200
This act of Congress banned discrimination in employment on basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
What is The Civil Rights Act of 1964
200
This lady brought an appreciation of fine arts to the Kennedy administration.
Who was Jacqueline Kennedy
200
These were the two main goals of Johnson's Great Society.
What is the elimination of poverty and racial injustice
200
This was a failed attempt by the United States to disrupt Cuba.
What is the Bay of Pigs invasion
300
This man was leader of the Soviets who ordered the West to recognize the sovereignty of East Germany and remove all troops from West Berlin.
Who was Nikita Khrushchev
300
This Constitutional Amendment banned the payment of a poll tax in federal elections.
What is the 24th Amendment
300
This man was suspected of assassinating JFK.
Who was Lee Harvey Oswald
300
LBJ created this nonprofit organization dedicated to offering educational TV shows like Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers.
What is the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (PBS)
300
This was a barbed-wire barrier built by the East Germans between East and West Berlin that was eventually rebuilt out of concrete and stood until 1990.
What is the Berlin Wall
400
This woman was the author of Silent Spring, which chronicled environmental problems.
Who was Rachel Carson
400
This anti-poverty program was a preschool education program for low-income families.
What is Head Start
400
This program offered billions in aid to Latin America to prevent communism.
What is the Alliance for Progress
400
LBJ beat this Arizona Senator in the 1964 presidential election.
Who was Barry Goldwater
400
This was set up after the Cuban missile crisis for the president to communicate directly with the leader of the Soviet Union.
What is the "hot line"
500
This president took office after Kennedy and made sure Kennedy's programs were passed into law.
Who was Lyndon B. Johnson
500
In 1965, LBJ persuaded Congress to establish this national health insurance program for people over age 65.
What is Medicare
500
This program was established to send American volunteers to work for two years in developing countries.
What is the Peace Corp
500
This program provided $1.3 billion in aid to schools in poor areas.
What is The Elementary & Secondary Education Act of 1965
500
This was signed by the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain in 1963 to end the testing of nuclear bombs in the atmosphere and underwater.