Chapter 29 - A New Frontier and a Great Society (1960-1968)

President John F Kennedy

________ promised a "New Frontier "in 1961, but many of his domestic policies stalled in Congress.

Martin Luther King Jr

In April, ________ was assassinated, setting off violent riots in urban ghettos across the country.

Bay of Pigs fiasco

The ________ led the Soviet premier, Nikita Khrushchev, to test American resolve by erecting the Berlin Wall and installing nuclear- armed missiles in Cuba, which provoked the Cuban missile crisis.

Lyndon Johnson

________ began his presidency committed to social reform, especially civil rights.

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

In 1960, activists formed the ________ to intensify efforts to dismantle desegregation.

Richard Nixon

in 1960, the Republicans nominated ________, who claimed to represent the “silent majority.”