abeka history 11 section 26.3

televised debates

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JFK’s administration was the first election to feature _______ _______

lyndon b. johnson

JFK’s vice president

JFK

youngest elected president

roman catholic

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JFK was the first _____ _______ president

20th

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JFK was the first president born in the ______ century

new frontier

Kennedy’s social welfare program for America

false prosperity

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the government ran large deficits and created a _____ ________ under JFK’s government program

1. november 22, 1963

2. dallas, texas

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on __________ ____, _______, JFK was shot and killed in _______, ______

lee harvey oswald

Kennedy’s assassin; he was murdered while in custody by Jack Ruby

jack ruby

who murdered lee harvey oswald?

lyndon b. johnson

sworn in after the death of JFK

• barry goldwater

• 1964

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lyndon b. johnson defeated _______ _________ in the election of _____

22nd amendment

limited presidents to 2 terms

23rd amendment

3 electors for Washington, DC

24th amendment

outlawed poll taxes

25th amendment

official Presidential succession

26th amendment

lowered the voting age to 18

great society

LBJ’s welfare program

• education

• poverty

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johnson’s great society focused on bettering ________ and eradicating ________

• HUD

• DOT

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Johnson’s Great Society established 2 new Cabinet Departments: the _____ and ______

1964 civil rights act

prohibited racial discrimination in public places

1965 voting rights act

strengthened previous voting right laws

robert c. weaver

first black American Cabinet officer

thurgood marshall

first black American associate justice of the Supreme Court

fair housing act

prohibited discrimination in renting or selling houses