Kennedy Domestic Policy
Kennedy won the 1960 election over Nixon because he:
What is younger, more charismatic, and performed better on live televised debates?
Kennedy created this government agency to prevent the spread of communism in the developing world.
What is the Peace Corps?
Johnson wanted to train the jobless, educate the uneducated, and provide healthcare to those in need. Taken as a whole, this domestic agenda was called the War on:
What is poverty?
The first case of the Warren Court era, which overruled nearly 60 years of legal precedent set by Plessy v. Ferguson.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
The communist leader of North Vietnam, and former ally of the US during WWII.
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
Kennedy struggled to pass his legislative agenda because this group stood in his way.
What is Congress? (specifically Dixiecrats and conservative Republicans)
Early in his presidency, Kennedy authorized a CIA operation to overthrow Cuban leader Fidel Castro. This FAILED operation was called:
What is the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
Once elected President, Johnson passed 207 separate bills as part of his vision for the future of the US. As a whole, his vision for the future was called the:
What is the Great Society?
This case set the precedent that suspects must be read their rights before being taken into custody.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
President Eisenhower introduced this theory, which said if Vietnam fell to communism, the rest of Southeast Asia would soon follow.
What is the domino theory?
Kennedy was successful in increasing federal spending in this field.
What is defense spending? (specifically the nuclear weapons and NASA)
After meeting with Soviet leader Khrushchev to discuss the future of Berlin, the Soviets shocked the world by doing this:
What is building the Berlin Wall?
Johnson kept his promise to provide healthcare to those in need when he established these TWO programs:
What is medicare and medicaid?
Both Escobedo v. Illinois and Gideon v. Wainwright strengthened Americans' 6th Amendment rights to:
What is right to counsel (right to an attorney)?
This group formed in South Vietnam to overthrow the corrupt leader Diem.
What is the Vietcong?
Kennedy was assassinated in this city while promoting his re-election campaign.
What is Dallas, Texas?
The closest the world has ever come to nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Johnson went after environmental polluters with this act, that aimed to clean up our nation's water sources.
What is the Water Quality Act?
Mapp v. Ohio ruled that evidence obtained illegally cannot be:
The supply line from North Vietnam to the Vietcong, which ran through both Cambodia and Laos.
What is the Ho Chi Minh Trail?
Kennedy and Khrushchev eased Cold War tensions through these TWO measures:
What is the "hotline" and the Limited Test Ban Treaty?
Johnson helped increase the number of students enrolled in college through scholarships and loans provided through the:
What is the Higher Education Act of 1965?
This court case ruled that students do not give up their First Amendment rights when they enter schoolhouse doors.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
President Johnson received broad war making powers from Congress, WITHOUT a formal declaration of war, from this legislative action.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?