kennedy and johnson years quiz review game. 3. fidel castro communist leader in cuba that america...
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Kennedy and Johnson Years QuizReview Game
3. Fidel Castro
• Communist leader in Cuba that America attempted to overthrow during the Bay of Pigs Invasion
8 – Nikita Khrushchev
• Soviet Union Premiere (leader) during the 1960s
11 – Berlin Wall
• Symbol of Divided Germany
• Constructed by Soviet Union to prevent East Germans from escaping through West Berlin
19 - Medicare
• Program designed to provide health insurance for the elderly
16 – Warren Commission
• Agency in charge of investigating the Kennedy assassination
Richard M. Nixon
• Republican candidate for president in 1960
• VP under Eisenhower
• Lost election to JFK
4 – Flexible Response
• JFK’s policy regarding military spending
• Wanted to increase nuclear arsenal as well as funding for traditional military combat
John F. Kennedy
• Democratic candidate for president in 1960 election
• Roman Catholic from Massachusetts
• Believed in flexible response
• Won the election
5 – Peace Corps
• Program designed to give aid and support for developing countries around the world
10 – Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
• Signed by US, Soviet Union, and Great Britain
• Agreement to end aboveground nuclear tests
7 – Cuban Missile Crisis
• US discovered Soviet Union attempting to build nuclear missile sites in Cuba
• Kennedy approved naval blockade of Cuba to prevent Soviets from completing the bases
• Deal eventually happened– Soviets remove Cuban missiles– US removes missiles from Turkey
9 – After the Cuban Missile Crisis, what eased Cold War tension?
• Removing missiles from Turkey and Cuba
• Hot Line from Washington DC to Moscow
• Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
15 – Lyndon B. Johnson
• VP under JFK; took over president after Kennedy assassination
• Shared many of the same goals as JFK
• Set up War on Poverty and Great Society
12 – New Frontier (what were JFK’s goals?)
• Wanted to improve the:– Economy– Health care– Education system– Civil rights– Space race
14 – Deficit Spending
• Federal government spending more money than it makes from collecting taxes
• JFK promoted this policy
20 - Medicaid
• Program to provide health insurance for the poor and disabled
18 – Great Society (how did these programs benefit average Americans?)
• Name given to President Johnson’s plan for America
• Designed to put an end to poverty and injustice
• Decreased infant mortality rate and poverty rate
21 – Warren Court
• Nickname for Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren
• Most liberal time in court history
• Supported civil rights, civil liberties, personal privacy
• Miranda Rights
13 – Equal Pay Act
• Promoted equality in pay across gender lines
6 – What was the Bay of Pigs Invasion? Why was it so unsuccessful?
• Failed attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba
• First major foreign policy event under JFK
• Complete embarrassment for Kennedy administration
• Cuban refugees were ill-equipped to hold off Castro’s forces; did not get military support from US
17 – How did Johnson’s War on Poverty and Great Society programs change lift for most Americans?
• Decrease in poverty rate and infant mortality rate
• Medicare, Medicaid gave more health insurance
• Warren Court protected people in legal battles
• Elementary and Secondary Education Act provided funding for schools in low-income settings