Chapter 24 The New Frontier and The Great Society

Question 1

Court ruled states must reapportion election districts along the principle one person, one vote

Accepted Answer

Reynolds vs. Sims

Question 2

Television made the 1960 election much different from others before

Accepted Answer

true

Question 3

Program that helped senior citizens

Accepted Answer

Medicare

Question 4

major Cold War event did not lead up to the Cuban Missile Crisis

Accepted Answer

Death of the president

Question 5

the build up of conventional troops/weapons to fight limited war without using nuclear war.

Accepted Answer

Flexible Response

Question 6

Apollo is the space capsule that carried American astronauts in the moon and back

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

the Cold war competition over dominance of space exploration

Accepted Answer

Space Race

Question 8

Who was elected president in 1964

Accepted Answer

Johnson

Question 9

a full-scale invasion of Cuba. The invaders were badly outnumbered, they surrendered

Accepted Answer

Bay of Pigs

Question 10

Court ruled a person must be informed of their right to remain silent.

Accepted Answer

Escobedo vs. Illinois

Question 11

U.S removed missiles from turkey in return for Soviets removing their missiles from Cuba

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

Court ruled against state mandated Bible reading in public schools

Accepted Answer

Abington School District vs. Schempp

Question 13

Johnson plan-war on poverty, civil rights movement, Medicare/Medicaid, education, Immigration.

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The Great Society

Question 14

First American to orbit the Earth

Accepted Answer

John Glen

Question 15

Kennedy was very successful because democrats though they owed him for getting spots in office

Accepted Answer

False

Question 16

camp Shriver refused to let people with disabilities participate in completive activities.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 17

A consensusis is a general agreement

Accepted Answer

true

Question 18

Money granted by the gov't to achieve a specific goal that is beneficial to society

Accepted Answer

Subsidy

Question 19

Who was Berry Goldwater

Accepted Answer

Senator

Question 20

author of "The Other America"

Accepted Answer

Michael Harrington

Question 21

citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws

Accepted Answer

14th Amendment

Question 22

Kennedy Plan-increase aid education health insurance for elderly department of urban affairs.

Accepted Answer

New Frontier

Question 23

Warren Commission is where the Supreme court issued rulings that reshaped the American society.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

A program for helping developing nations fight poverty

Accepted Answer

Peace Corps

Question 25

gov't spending in excess amounts o funds raised by borrowing rather than taxation.

Accepted Answer

Deficit Spending

Question 26

Soviets build wall to keep Germans from leaving East Berlin and shot people who tried to cross.

Accepted Answer

Berlin Wall

Chapter 24 The New Frontier and The Great Society

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Chapter 24 The New Frontier and The Great Society

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