Acts and Programs
Battles
Speeches
Leaders
Policies
100
Medicare
What is the program that was directed entirely at the elderly population?
100
Bay of Pigs
What invasion was an unsuccessful action by the CIA trained force of Cuban exiles to invade southern Cuba?
100
Church and State
In kennedy's speech about his catholic religion, what two ideas did he state were to be absolutely separated?
100
Johnson
Who worked with congress to form the "Great Society"?
100
New Frontier
This policy was a legislative agenda that hoped to increase aid to education and provide health insurance to the elderly. What is?
200
Medicaid
What is the program that helped those that lived below the poverty line?
200
Dien Bien Phu
What battle did the vietminh drive out the french?
200
Youth and Optimism
What impression did Kennedy enforce through his inaugural address?
200
Ho Chi Minh
Who was the leader of the nationalist movement?
200
Reapportionment
This was the way in which states drew up political districts based on changes in population. What is?
300
Head Start
What is the program that funded a preschool, and was directed at children from disadvantaged circumstances?
300
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
What resolution served as Johnson's legal justification for deploying U.S conventional force against North Vietnam?
300
Television
Through what new form of technology did Kennedy present his press conferences and speeches? This also helped him become elected.
300
Ngo Dinh Diem
Who was pro-Western, and anti-communist, and also led the government of South Vietnam?
300
Due Process
This meant that the law could not treat individuals unfairly, arbitrarily or unreasonably, and that courts must follow proper procedures and rules when trying cases. What is?
400
VISTA
What is the program that put young people with skills and community minded ideals to work in poor neighborhoods and rural areas to help people overcome poverty?
400
My Lai
The command of Lieutenant William Calley had massacred probably more than 200 unarmed South Vietnamese civilians in the hamlet of?
400
How to meet the aggressive power of the communist bloc.
Newsweek Magazine wrote that the "greatest single problem that faced JFK was....?"
400
Kennedy
Whose administration sharply increased military aid and sent more advisers to Vietnam?
400
Flexible Response
This type of response allowed nations to obtain help against communist movements by pushing for a build up of conventional troops and weapons. What is?
500
Child Nutrition Act (1966)
What is the act that established a school breakfast program and expanded the school lunch program?
500
Cambodia
Where did American troops want to destroy Vietkongs military bases?
500
Landing a man on the moon
Kennedy's speech set in motion a massive effort to produce necessary technology regarding accomplishing this goal before the decade was out?
500
Nixon
Who promised to unify the nation and restore law and order?
500
The Great Society
Johnson's vision of a more perfect and equitable society the U.S could and should become was called?
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