JFK
This president was the first Catholic president in U.S. history.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
LBJ’s program designed to fight poverty and improve American society.
What is the Great Society?
Nixon’s policy of easing tensions with the Soviet Union.
What is détente?
The main U.S. goal in Vietnam was to stop the spread of this political system.
What is communism?
U.S. agency created in 1958 to lead space exploration.
What is NASA?
The 1960 Kennedy-Nixon debates were important because they were the first debates shown on this medium.
What is television?
Government healthcare program for Americans over age 65.
What is Medicare?
Historic country Nixon visited in 1972 to improve relations.
What is China?
Theory that said if one country fell to communism, nearby countries would follow.
What is the Domino Theory?
Cold War competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union involving technology and space exploration.
What is the Space Race?
JFK’s domestic program that expanded the role of the federal government.
What is the New Frontier?
Program that helped preschool children from low-income families prepare for school.
What is Head Start?
Government agency created under Nixon to protect the environment.
What is the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)?
1964 incident used by LBJ to increase U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Incident?
First moon landing mission completed in 1969.
What is Apollo 11?
This organization sent Americans to developing nations to provide aid and promote U.S. ideals.
What is the Peace Corps?
Program that provided vocational training for high school dropouts.
What is Job Corps?
Scandal involving a break-in at Democratic Party headquarters and a cover-up.
What is Watergate?
Major 1968 surprise attack that turned American public opinion against the war.
What is the Tet Offensive?
Two astronauts most associated with walking on the moon in 1969.
Who are Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin?
The man accused of assassinating JFK in Dallas, Texas.
Who is Lee Harvey Oswald?
Law that gave federal money mainly to poor school districts and required integration.
What is the Elementary and Secondary Education Act?
Nixon became the only U.S. president to do this.
What is resign from office?
1973 law limiting presidential war powers and requiring presidents to notify Congress when deploying troops.
What is the War Powers Act?
The Space Race was between these two countries
What is USSR and USA?