Kennedy and Johnson Review

Question 1

She worked to preserve the natural beauty of the U.S.

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Lady Bird Johnson

Question 2

What is a blockade?

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Surrounding a country or port so that items cannot enter

Question 3

He aired this famous "Daisy Ad" only once in the 1964 election against Goldwater.

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Lyndon B. Johnson

Question 4

Wet foot dry foot...

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Grants citizenship rights to Cubans who set foot on US soil

Question 5

Was the Bay of Pigs invasion successful?

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No, Cuban exiles were killed or captured while invading

Question 6

She was famous for bringing style, youth, and culture to the White House.

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Jackie Kennedy

Question 7

He was the dictator of Cuba who was overthrown in 1959.

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Fulgencio Batista

Question 8

This Great Society program was designed to help get kids ready for kindergarten

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Head Start

Question 9

Why were some people hesitant to vote for Kennedy?

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He was Catholic

Question 10

The Supreme Court ruled that separate but equal schools are unconstitutional in this case.

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Brown v. Board of Education

Question 11

In the 1950s, people complained to Congress that television programs were...

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Too violent for children

Question 12

This Great Society program provides health care to people over 65.

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Medicare

Question 13

He led the investigation into JFK's assassination, he was also Chief Justice

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Earl Warren

Question 14

He ran for president in 1964 and suggested that the US should use nuclear weapons in Vietnam.

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Barry Goldwater

Question 15

Head Start, VISTA, and Job Corps were all a part of Johnson's War on...

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Poverty

Question 16

1950s textbooks encouraged young women to...

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Make their husbands comfortable

Question 17

The Supreme Court ruled that people being accused of a crime must be read their rights

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Miranda v. Arizona

Question 18

He killed Lee Harvey Oswald, allegedly to protect Jackie Kennedy from a trial

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Jack Ruby

Question 19

Who ran for president in 1960?

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Kennedy vs. Nixon

Question 20

An option during the Cuban Missile Crisis was to...

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All of the above

Question 21

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

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Nikita Khrushchev

Question 22

He was arrested in suspicion of killing JFK but never faced trial

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Lee Harvey Oswald

Question 23

Explain the cartoon

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Kennedy looks weak after the Bay of Pigs

Question 24

Johnson had a lot of success passing his Great Society bills because...

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He was a skilled politician with experience in the Senate

Question 25

President Kennedy gave a very famous anticommunism speech in the city of...

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Berlin

Question 26

Kennedy set up this successful program in order to help people in poor countries.

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Peace Corps

Question 27

Which set of years is marked by consumerism (buying material goods)?

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1950s

Question 28

What is an embargo?

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Severe restrictions on trade with a country

Question 29

This Great Society program offers work-training for unemployed youth

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Job Corps

Question 30

Why did so many white families move to the suburbs in the 1950s?

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They wanted inexpensive homes

Question 31

According to the most reliable evidence, who killed JFK?

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Lee Harvey Oswald, alone

Question 32

What did Kennedy decide to do about the missiles in Cuba?

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Navy blockade and pull missiles out of Turkey

Question 33

He was the Attorney General under President Kennedy and a trusted adviser.

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Robert Kennedy

Question 34

Which of the following did NOT increase after WWII?

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women working in factories

Question 35

What played a role in the decline of the Great Society?

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It was too expensive to pay for the programs and the war, The War in Vietnam competed for government resources $$

Question 36

Johnson's Great Society hoped to help people with education, poverty, health care, and...

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A cleaner planet

Question 37

He led a communist revolution in Cuba

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Fidel Castro

Question 38

President Johnson's domestic programs were called...

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Great Society

Question 39

This domestic version of Peace Corps was designed to help poor people in the United States

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VISTA

Question 40

The Supreme Court banned prayer in public schools

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Engel v. Vitale

Question 41

People who watched this believed Kennedy won. People who listened said Nixon won.

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The 1960 debate

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