Kennedy Cold War
How did television influence the election of 1960?
Viewers focused more on what candidates looked like
What was the “New Frontier”
It describes Kennedy's approach to America’s challenges in the 1960s
What was Johnson’s Great Society?
Lyndon Johnson’s plan to use government spending and create agencies to help in a quality in poverty in America.
How did Kennedy and Nixon both appear on television?
Kennedy Appeared useful, self-confident, and charismatic
Nixon appeared sickly, disheveled, and unprepared
How did Kennedy think America could win the “Space Race?”
By landing on the moon before the Soviets
What things were a part of the Great Society?
Government programs like Medicare and programs to help education
What was President Kennedy’s “flexible response” ?
The idea that the US should build up planes tanks and traditional military and rely less on nuclear bombs
What happened to President Kennedy in 1963?
He was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald
Why was poverty such a major focus of the Great Society?
Many Americans lived under the poverty line in the 1960s.
What was the Bay of Pigs and what happened there?
A plan to invade Cuba and overthrow Castro. It was botched mismanaged and didn’t work
What were some of the controversies and who were some of the suspects in the Kennedy Assassination?
Whether or not Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone shooter and who he might’ve worked for
The Great Society's Medicare program primarily provided health insurance for:
The elderly
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The discovery that the Soviet union had nuclear missiles in Cuba. It was a standoff between Cuba and the United States
What were the findings of the Warren Commission's investigation?
Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone shooter and fired all three shots at the president.
Which Great Society program was designed to provide health insurance for low-income Americans?
Medicaid