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The Kennedy Administration
The New Frontier
Cold War Conflicts
Great Society
The Johnson Administration
100
Kennedy takes a stand on the arrest of this civil rights leader
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
100
President Kennedy's domestic policies were called this
What is The New Frontier
100
The reason the U.S so concerned with Cuba becoming communist?
Close Proximity to United States (90 miles from FL, missile range)
100
Lyndon Johnson's Great Society was legislation focused on these issues
What are poverty and discrimination
100
Lyndon Johnson was from
What is Texas/the South
200
This media gave John F. Kennedy an advantage over Richard Nixon in the 1960 election
What is Television (First televised debate)
200
The first astronaut to walk on the moon
Who is Neil Armstrong
200
The economic drain on fleeing East Germans caused the Soviet Union to build this
What is The Berlin Wall
200
Great Society and President Johnson ____ federal power
Extend, expand, etc.
200
LBJ declares war on this issue
What is poverty
300
This man shot President John F. Kennedy
Who is Lee Harvey Oswald?
300
President Kennedy lacks this due to election results not showing clear voter support for his agenda
What is a mandate
300
This failed invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles caused public embarrassment for the Kennedy Administration
What is The Bay of Pigs
300
Housing legislation under the Great Society shifts from rural to _____ areas.
What is urban
300
In addition to Great Society, under the Johnson Administration this issue was also greatly advanced
What is civil rights
400
Investigated the assassination of President Kennedy
What is The Warren Commission
400
Michael Harrington’s The Other America brings attention to this issue
What is Poverty
400
This was established as a direct communication between the White House and the Kremlin
Hot Line
400
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring exposes dangers of this
What is pesticides
400
President Johnson's ability to persuade senators to support his bills was known as
What is the LBJ treatment
500
Identify and Describe President Kennedy's chief military strategy?
Flexible response—fight conventional wars, keep nuclear arms balanced
500
In response to the Soviet Union putting Sputnik in orbit as well as the first astronaut in space, the American people pour money into this (Hint: Not the Space Program)
What is Education
500
The Cuban Missile Crisis was an example of this type of military strategy
What is Brinkmanship
500
This supreme court case under the Warren Court stated that a suspect must be read rights before questioning
What is Miranda v. Arizona
500
LBJ promised this in the 1964 election
What is not sending troops to Vietnam