JFK quiz

Bay of Pigs

A failed 1961 military operation by the U.S. to overthrow the communist government of Fidel Castro in Cuba. just before Eisenhower had left office he had approved the CIA training of the exile of Cuba.

Berlin Wall

a concrete wall that separated East Berlin and West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, built by the Communist East German government to prevent its citizens from fleeing to the West.

Fidel Castro

Leader of Cuba. JFK had issued the Bay of Pigs invasion and Cuban Missile Crisis after her found out he was getting to close to Khrushchev.

Richard Nixon

Long Established Republican Politician from California. He had pushed for strong political and economic conservatism. He was chosen as Ike’s vice president. Represented the “Old Guard” conservative Republican. He had lost in the election against JFK.

Nikita Krushchev

Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and the Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964.

Cuban Missile Crisis

October 12th, 1962, american spy plan discovers the construction of missile launching sites in Cuba. Khrushchev had offered nuclear missiles to force JFK’s concessions in Berlin. Began 13 days of an intense stare down.

Limited Test Ban Treaty

the 1963 treaty in which the United States and the Soviet Union agreed not to conduct nuclear weapons tests in the atmosphere.

New Frontier

President John F. Kennedy’s legislative program, which included proposals to provide medical care for the elderly, to rebuild blighted urban areas, to aid education, to bolster the national defense, to increase international aid, and to expand the space program.

Peace Corps

an agency established in 1961 to provide volunteer assistance to developing nations in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. JFK’s call for American international volunteerism.

Alliance for Progress

a U.S. foreign-aid program of the 1960s, providing economic and technical assistance to Latin American countries.

Warren Commision

a group, headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren, that investigated the assassination of President Kennedy and concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald was alone responsible for it.

Baker v. Carr

Earl Warren known as Chief Justice was known upholding the case for changing voting laws, reappotation election process to be based on population

Civil Rights Act (1964)

a law that banned discrimination on the basis of race, sex, national origin, or religion in public places and most workplaces.

Immigration Act of 1965

a law that increased the number of immigrants allowed to settle in the United States

Miranda v. Arizona

the Supreme Court ruled that police must inform individuals in custody of their rights before interrogation, including the right to remain silent and the right to an attorney, as protected by the Fifth and Sixth Amendments. Ernesto Miranda, who was interrogated by police without being informed of his rights. Miranda confessed to a crime, but his attorney argued that the confession should not be used in court because Miranda hadn't been properly informed of his rights.

Economic Opportunity Act

a law, enacted in 1964, that provided funds for youth programs, antipoverty measures, small-business loans, and job training.

Brown v. Board of Education

a 1954 case in which the Supreme Court ruled that “separate but equal” education for black and white students was unconstitutional.

Great Society

President Lyndon B. Johnson’s program to reduce poverty and racial injustice and to promote a better quality of life in the United States.

Elementary and Secondary Education Act

Barred discrimination based on race or gender in the workplace.

Civil Rights Act (1965)

Ensured voting rights to black Americans