US HISTORY SEMESTER 2 UNIT 3 JFK/LBJ

John F Kennedy

youngest us president?

"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."

famous quote from JFK inaugural address?

Fidel Castro

who did US trained cuban exiles try to overthrow?

failed invasion and led to fidel castro strengthening

result of the bay of pigs

Soviet Union

cuba then turned to the (blank) after the failed invasion

built by East Germany around West Germany to stop people from escaping to West Germany

what was the berlin wall

Berlin Wall

what was a major symbol of the Cold War in 1961

Cuban Missile Crisis

what was the closest event to a nuclear war in 1962

Soviet nuclear missiles

What did the US find in Cuba before the start of the Cuban Missile Crisis

They formed a naval quarantine (blockade) around Cuba

How did the US respond to the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Soviets removed nuclear missiles from Cuba, and US removed missiles from Turkey

What was the agreement to end the Cuban Missile Crisis?

JFK’s new domestic policy program

What was the New Frontier?

Peace corps, expansion of NASA program

What did the New Frontier include?

International volunteer program

What was the peace corps?

1969

When did NASA send a man to the moon and back

November 1963 in Dallas, Texas

When and where did JFK get killed?

Lee Harvey Oswald

Who killed JFK

Earl Warren

Who was the Warren Court led by

Engel vs Vitale

Prayers in public schools were unconstitutional

Tinker vs Des Moines

Students had free speech unless it disrupted learning

Mapp vs Ohio

Evidence that is obtained legally cannot be used in court

Gideon vs Wainwright

Suspects must have a lawyer present in court, or be presented with one if they cannot afford it

Escobedo vs Illinois

Suspects can have a lawyer when being questioned by the police

Miranda vs Arizona

Suspects must be informed of their rights before questioning

Vice president of JFK, took over presidency when JFK died

Who is Lyndon B. Johnson

Being a powerful and forceful politiction that used intimidation strategies

What traits was Lyndon B Johnson specifically known for

LBJ’s domestic program

What was the Great Society

FDR’s New Deal

What did the Great Society ride off on

War on Poverty (making the country a better place in simple terms)

What did the Great Society focus on

Medicare, PBS, National traffic and motor vehicle service safety act

3 major programs that the Great Society founded

Opened the US to more immigrants from Asia and the Americas

What did immigration reform do?