JFK and LBJ Test

Kennedy

Who won the 1960 election by a very slim margin?

Young, energetic, idealistic image

Why were the Kennedys referred to as the "Camelot"?

Lone assassin

The Warren Commission declared that Kennedy's assassination was the work of a

Televised.

The JFK / Nixon debates of 1960 were the first to ever be…

Lee Harvey Oswald

Who assassinated President Kennedy?

Ordered their ships to come back to the Soviet Union.

What did the Soviet ships do when they saw the US blockading Cuba?

Jack Ruby

Killed Lee Harvey Oswald

Equality.

LBJ's Great Society was based on the core democratic value of…

Too expensive.

Critics of the Great Society argued that it was…

discourage the spread of communism.

Kennedy established the Alliance for Progress in the Western Hemisphere to

his opponent's radical views

Johnson's landslide victory in 1964 came about in part because of…

NASA

JFK boosts funding for _ to try to keep up with the Soviets during the Space Race.

JFK's New Frontier

Goal: to cut taxes, provide aid to poor and promote the space program.

Great Society

LBJ's program which added to the New Frontier.

Barry Goldwater

Republican candidate for President in 1964; ran against Johnson and lost.

He supported the use of nuclear weapons in Cuba and China.

What made Barry Goldwater so unpopular?

he was a radical communist leader

During the Bay of Pigs invasion, the US attempted to overthrow Fidel Castro because…

Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)

This event brought the US and Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war.

mandate

public endorsement/support of a policy

weak

JFK had a _ mandate because his victory was by a slim margin and he had a hard time pushing his more aggressive ideas through Congress.

stronger

LBJ had a _ mandate as his victory was by a LARGE margin and he could tackle issues head-on.

Kennedy.

Who appeared to be more confident, presentable and presidential in the 1960 televised debates?

Help schools, medical care for elderly, fight poverty

What were some of the goals of the Great Society (LBJ)?

Attempting to destroy Cuba's air power using Cuban refugees.

How did the US support the Bay of Pigs invasion?

Jackie Kennedy

President's wife and fashion icon

East Berliners from fleeing to West Berlin.

The Soviets built the Berlin Wall in order to prevent

bringing missiles to Cuba.

The Soviets provoked Kennedy to blockade Cuba by…

Nuclear Hotline and Limited Testing of Nuclear Weapons

Name two good things that came after the Cuban Missile Crisis:

Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA)

Federal program to send volunteers to help people in poor communities

JFK

Which president made it a goal of the US to get to the moon in the 1960s?

Bay of Pigs invasion

failed invasion of Cuba in 1961 when a force of 1,200 Cuban exiles, backed by the United States, landed at the Bay of Pigs.

Alliance for Progress

Cooperative effort to produce economic and social reform in the Western Hemisphere; critics claimed it was only meant to control Communism from spreading.

Peace Corps

JFK created this program in which volunteers served in developing nations. Critics claimed it was only meant to control Communism from spreading.

Medicare

Provided health insurance for the elderly/ older Americans.

Medicaid

Provided health insurance for lower income Americans.

Robert Kennedy and MLK Jr

Both assassinated in 1968.

Neil Armstrong, in 1969

Who was the first man to walk on the moon?

Warren Commission

Commission made by LBJ after killing of John F. Kennedy. (Point is to investigate if someone paid for the assassination of Kennedy.) Conclusion is that Oswald killed Kennedy on his own. Commissioner is Chief Justice Warren.

Single Bullet Theory

used to explain how single bullet passed through JFK's neck, and then Gov. Conally's chest, wrist and thigh

Alan Shepard

First American in space 1961

Miranda Rule

required that suspects be informed of their rights

Head Start (1965)

provided help for children considered educationally unprepared for kindergarten

New Frontier

The campaign program advocated by JFK in the 1960 election. He promised to revitalize the stagnant economy and enact reform legislation in education, health care, and civil rights.