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JFK's domestic program was known as...

THE NEW FRONTIER

100

LBJ's domestic program was known as...

The Great Society 

100

Policy of using non-nuclear weapons to fight a war.

At anytime.

It was a Kennedy ideal 

FLexible Response 

100

1954 case ruling segregation was illegal in ALL American public schools...

Brown v Topeka Board of Education 

100

Who became President of the United States after John F Kennedy was assassinated ?

Lyndon B Johnson 

200

JFK defeated whom in winning the 1960 Presidential Election 

Richard M Nixon ( he'll be back! )

200

The term " Great Society "was first introduced in...

                      1941                1963

                      1945                1964

                      1960                1968

During the 1964 Presidential Election 

200

Who was the Communist leaders in the Soviet Union and Cuba in the early 1960's?

Khrushchev and Castro 

200

Name & Explain the 2 Healthcare plans that were a part of the Great Society agenda..

Medicare for 65 +

Medicaid for poor families and children 

200

The Warren Commission investigated..

The Assassination of President Kennedy 

300

JFK was a young senator from where, when he decided to run for President ?

Massachusetts 

300

Why was LBJ selected to be the VICE PRESIDENT in the election of 1960?

The democratic party and Kennedy needed to win TEXAS in order to win election 

300

A Kennedy program that supplied aid ( money, assistance ) to Latin America 

Alliance for Progress

300

The famous case which ruled police must inform you of your rights..

Miranda v Arizona 

Your Miranda Rights 

300

What countries were involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis 

Soviet Union 

Cuba 

United States of America 

400

November 22, 1963. JFK was assassinated by whom ________________ and where  CITY, STATE ? 

Lee Harvey Oswald 

Dallas, Texas 

400

One of the most important laws ever passed that banned segregation in public places 

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 

400

The way in which states redraw their election districts...

Reapportionment 

400

An Act that provided programs such as, job training, educational incentives for lower income, etc. Directly influenced by Johnson's Attack on Poverty. 

Economic Opportunity Act of 1964

400

What was created after the Cuban Missile Crisis to have open communication between the White House and Soviet Union..

The Hot line 

500

Discuss any results of any "2" Soviet / American confrontations during the Kennedy years?

Bay of Pigs 

Cuban Missile Crisis

Berlin Wall

Convince me of others...

500

List the 5 components of the Great Society. 

YOU CAN DO IT, THINK!!!

Education                      Civil Rights 

Environmental Laws       Healthcare 

War on Poverty 

500

This ACT ended qoutas based on nationality 

Immigration act of 1965

500

Tough one.... The court case which ruled that "one who cannot afford a lawyer, one would be provided free of charge. "

Gideon v Wainright

500

Kennedy is the second youngest US President; WHO IS THE YOUNGEST ?

Theodore " Teddy " Roosevelt