The New Frontier and the Great Society : 4/24/15

Question 1

_________ __, 1960, __ ______ Americans watched the first televised _________ _____.

Answer 1

September 26, 75 million, presidential debate

Question 2

The debate between ____ __ ______ and _______ ______ ushered in a new era of television politics.

Answer 2

John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon

Question 3

______ __ ________, a __________ senator from ___ ____, was a ________.

Answer 3

John F. Kennedy, Democratic, New York, Catholic

Question 4

_______ ______, was the current vice president, and a _____ from the state of ________.

Answer 4

Richard Nixon, Quaker, California

Question 5

Both promised to boost the economy, and portrayed themselves as “____ ________,” determined to stop the forces of Communism.

Answer 5

Cold Warriors

Question 6

_______ expressed concerns about a suspected “______ ___,” claiming the US lagged behind the Soviets in weaponry.

Answer 6

Kennedy, missile gap

Question 7

The series of __ televised debates influenced the election’s close outcome.

Answer 7

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Question 8

___ set out to implement a legislative agenda that became known as the ____ _______.

Answer 8

JFK, New Frontier

Question 9

To increase economic growth and create jobs, Kennedy advocated ______ _______ and investing more funds in ________ and _____ _______.

Answer 9

Deficit spending, defense, space exploration

Question 10

JFK would respond by threatening to have the ________ of _____ buy cheaper foreign _____.

Answer 10

Department of Defense, steel

Question 11

He asked the _______ ________ to investigate whether the _____ industry was fixing prices.

Answer 11

Justice Department, steel

Question 12

The president also pushed for ___ ____, which Congress refused because it would cause _______.

Answer 12

Tax cuts, inflation

Question 13

In 1961 JFK created the _________ _______ on the ______ of _____ – called for the federal action against gender discrimination and affirmed the right of women to equally paid employment. The commission proposed the ____ ___ ___ in 1963.

Answer 13

Presidential Commission on the Status of Women, Equal Pay Act

Question 14

In 1961 JFK convened the _______’s _____ on ____ _______–The panel’s first report called for funding of research into developmental disabilities and educational and vocational programs for people with developmental disabilities.

Answer 14

President’s Panel on Mental Retardation

Question 15

Congress enacted the ______ ________ _____ and _________ ______ ______ ______ _________ of 1963– The legislation provided grants to build research centers and grants to states to construct mental health centers. It also provided funds to train educational personnel to work with people with developmental disabilities.

Answer 15

Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act

Question 16

In 1962 _______ ______ ______, began a camp at her home for children with developmental disabilities.

Answer 16

Eunice Kennedy Shriver

Question 17

_____ ______, offered people with disabilities a chance to be physically competitive.

Answer 17

Camp Shriver

Question 18

That effort later grew into the ______ _______ program.

Answer 18

Special Olympics

Question 19

The first _______ _______ _____ were held in ______ in 1968.

Answer 19

Special Olympics Games, Chicago

Question 20

In 1952, ____ _____, governor of _______, became the _____ _______ of the US.

Answer 20

Earl Warren, California, chief justice

Question 21

Some of the Court’s more notable decisions concerned ______________– the method states use to draw up political districts based on changes in population.

Answer 21

Reapportionment

Question 22

In _______ __ ____ (1964) the Court ruled that states must reapportion electoral districts along the principle of “one person, one vote,” so that all citizen’s votes would have equal weight.

Answer 22

Reynolds v. Sims

Question 23

___ _______ is a judicial requirement that laws may not treat individuals unfairly, arbitrarily, or unreasonably, and that courts must follow proper procedures and rules when trying cases.

Answer 23

Due process

Question 24

In ______ __ ______ (1963) the Court ruled that a defendant in a state court had the right to a lawyer regardless of his or her ability to pay.

Answer 24

Gideon v. Wainwright

Question 25

In _______ __ _______ (1968) would require authorities to inform suspects of their right to remain silent.

Answer 25

Miranda v. Arizona

Question 26

______ __ _____ (1962) ruled that states could not compose official prayers and require those prayers to be recited in public schools.

Answer 26

Engel v. Vitale

Question 27

In _______ _____ ____ __ _______ (1963) ruled against state-mandated Bible readings in public schools.

Answer 27

Abington School District v. Schempp

Question 28

To allow for a “_______ ________” to resist Communist movements, the president pushed for a buildup of troops and conventional weapons.

Answer 28

Flexible response

Question 29

A program aimed at helping developing nations fight poverty was the _____ _____. This program sent Americans to provide humanitarian services in developing nations.

Answer 29

Peace Corps

Question 30

In 1961 ____ _______, a Soviet astronaut, became the first person to orbit Earth.

Answer 30

Yury Gagarin

Question 31

In 1962 ____ _____ became the first American to orbit Earth.

Answer 31

John Glenn

Question 32

Six years later, the US sent three men into orbit in a capsule called ______.

Answer 32

Apollo

Question 33

The capsule was launched using the ______ __, the most powerful rocket ever built.

Answer 33

Saturn V

Question 34

On July 16, 1969, a _____ __ lifted off in ______ carrying three astronauts: Neil ________, Edwin “_____” _____, Michael ______.

Answer 34

Saturn V, Florida, Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Collins

Question 35

On July 20, ________ and _____ boarded the lunar module named, _____.

Answer 35

Armstrong, Aldrin, Eagle

Question 36

____ _______ became the first human being to walk on the moon.

Answer 36

Neil Armstrong

Question 37

______ _____ had overthrown the corrupt _____ dictator _______ _____ in 1959.

Answer 37

Fidel Castro, Cuban, Fulgencio Batista

Question 38

President Eisenhower had authorized the CIA to secretly train and arm a group of Cuban exiles, known as __ _______.

Answer 38

La Brigada

Question 39

The invasion was a disaster, __ ______’s boats ran aground on coral reefs.

Answer 39

La Brigada

Question 40

The ____ __ ____ was a dark moment for the Kennedy administration.

Answer 40

Bay of Pigs

Question 41

In June 1961, ______ met with ________ in _____, _____.

Answer 41

Kennedy, Khrushchev, Vienna, Austria

Question 42

_________ demanded that the Western powers recognize East Germany and to withdraw from _____.

Answer 42

Khrushchev, Berlin

Question 43

The _____ ___ stood as a symbol of Cold War divisions.

Answer 43

Berlin Wall

Question 44

On October 22, Kennedy announced that the _____ _____ had placed long-range nuclear missiles in ___.

Answer 44

Soviet Union, Cuba

Question 45

JFK warned that if attacked, the __ would respond fully against the _____ ______.

Answer 45

US, Soviet Union

Question 46

The _____ _______ _______ forced the US and the Soviet Union to consider the consequences of nuclear war.

Answer 46

Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 47

August 1963, the two countries agreed to a ______ that banned testing nuclear weapons in the ___________.

Answer 47

Treaty, atmosphere

Question 48

The ______ exposed the Soviet’s military inferiority and prompted a dramatic Soviet arms buildup, which the US matched.

Answer 48

Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 49

On November 22, 1963, _______ and his wife traveled to ______.

Answer 49

Kennedy, Texas

Question 50

As the presidential __________ rode slowly through the crowded street of _____, gunfire rang out.

Answer 50

Motorcade, Dallas, TX

Question 51

___ ______ _______, the man accused of killing JFK, appeared to be a confused embittered ______ who had spent time in the Soviet Union.

Answer 51

Lee Harvey Oswald, Marxist

Question 52

Local nightclub owner ____ _____, killed Oswald to protect others involved in the crime.

Answer 52

Jack Ruby

Question 53

In 1964 a national commission headed by Chief Justice ______ concluded that ______ was the lone assassin.

Answer 53

Warren, Oswald

Question 54

The report of the ______ _________ left some questions unanswered.

Answer 54

Warren Commission

Question 55

Kennedy’s successor, ______ ______ _______, set out to promote many of the programs that Kennedy left unfinished.

Answer 55

Lyndon Baines Johnson

Question 56

______ _____ _______ was born and raised in the “___ ______” of central _____.

Answer 56

Lyndon Baines Johnson, hill country, Texas

Question 57

_______ knew about hard times in his brief career as a ______ in a low-income area.

Answer 57

Johnson, teacher

Question 58

By summer 1964, Johnson had convinced Congress to pass the _______ _________ ___, which attacked inadequate public services, illiteracy, and unemployment.

Answer 58

Economic Opportunity Act

Question 59

The ___________ _____ _____ provided work-study programs to help the underprivileged earn a high school diploma or college degree.

Answer 59

Neighborhood Youth Corps

Question 60

______ _____ was created to offer tutoring to high school students.

Answer 60

Upward Bound

Question 61

The _________ candidate in 1964 was _____ _________ from ______, known for his _____ _________.

Answer 61

Republican, Barry Goldwater, Arizona, strong conservation

Question 62

On election day, _______ won in a landslide, gaining more than _____ of the popular vote and winning all but __ stars in the ______ ______.

Answer 62

Johnson, 61%, 6, Electoral College

Question 63

After his election, ____ began working with Congress on his legislative agenda known as the _____ ______.

Answer 63

LBJ, Great Society

Question 64

_______ had won strong support because it was offered to all senior citizens, about half of whom lacked insurance.

Answer 64

Medicare

Question 65

_________ financed health care for welfare recipients living below the poverty line.

Answer 65

Medicaid

Question 66

______ _____ _____ was created for disadvantaged children who had “never looked at a picture book or scribbled with a crayon”.

Answer 66

Project Head Start

Question 67

The ____ _____ ___ of _____ outlawed discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.

Answer 67

Civil Rights Act, 1964

Question 68

The _____ _____ ___ of ____ protected voters from racial discrimination in both voting and practices to bar those from voting.

Answer 68

Voting Rights Act, 1965

Question 69

_____ ______, was the first African American to serve in a presidential cabinet.

Answer 69

Robert Weaver

Question 70

_________ ___ ____ _________ ___ established new housing subsidy programs and made federal loans and public housing grants easier to obtain.

Answer 70

Housing and Urban Development Act

Question 71

____ ________ ___ ________ ____required all consumer products to have a true and informative labels.

Answer 71

Fair Packaging and Labeling Act

Question 72

____ _____ ___ established a school breakfast program and expanded the school lunch and meal programs to improve nutrition.

Answer 72

Child Nutrition Act

Question 73

During LBJ’s time as president he would see the creation of the ________ __ _________ and a solution to long standing _____ ____ issues.

Answer 73

Department of Transportation, Civil Rights