Television and Elections
This 1960 event allowed millions of Americans to see presidential candidates debate for the first time.
What were the first televised presidential debates?
The U.S. policy designed to stop communism from spreading to new countries.
What is containment?
This rival nation competed with the United States in the race to achieve major space milestones.
What is the Soviet Union?
This president introduced the New Frontier agenda.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
Johnson’s national effort to reduce poverty was called this.
What is the War on Poverty?
Many radio listeners thought Nixon won the debate, but television viewers favored this candidate.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
The U.S. feared these conditions in Latin America might lead countries to support communist revolutions.
What are poverty and economic instability?
Kennedy challenged the U.S. to accomplish this major goal before the end of the 1960s.
What is landing a man on the moon?
This president created the Great Society programs.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
This law created job training and education programs to help low-income Americans.
What is the Economic Opportunity Act?
Television shifted campaigns toward this type of focus rather than just speeches and newspaper coverage.
What is candidate image/appearance?
This Kennedy program provided aid to Latin American nations partly to prevent communist influence.
What is the Alliance for Progress?
The space race was about science but also about proving superiority in this Cold War rivalry.
What is technological or military power?
Johnson was especially effective at passing laws because of his strong relationships with this branch of government.
What is Congress?
This law banned literacy tests and protected African American voting rights in the South.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
The 1960 election demonstrated that this new technology could strongly influence public opinion in politics.
What is television?
The Soviet Union secretly placed these weapons in Cuba in 1962.
What are nuclear missiles?
Success in space exploration suggested that a country had stronger technology in this area as well.
What is missile or rocket technology?
The Great Society focused on improving these two major issues in American society.
What are poverty and racial inequality?
This earlier Supreme Court case had originally allowed segregation under “separate but equal.”
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This was one reason Kennedy appeared stronger than Nixon on television.
What is that Kennedy looked confident and calm while Nixon appeared tired or uncomfortable?
Kennedy’s decision to surround Cuba with U.S. ships instead of invading is known as this strategy.
What is a naval blockade?
Winning the space race helped the U.S. demonstrate leadership to these types of nations.
What are countries choosing between communism and democracy?
Kennedy and Johnson both believed the federal government should take this type of role in solving national problems.
What is an active or expanded role?
Some Americans criticized Great Society programs because they believed they expanded this too much.
What is federal government power or spending?