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New Frontier
20/21st - Davis - SVHS - The New Frontier & The Great Society
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a court order requiring that a person in custody be brought before a court so a judge can determine the legality of keeping him or her in jail | Habeas Corpus |
| clause in the 14th Amendment that ensure every one is treated fairly from interference by state governments; used to make most Bill of Rights protections apply to the states. | Due Process |
| is a volunteer program to assist developing nations in Asia, Africa and Latin America | Peace Corps |
| a direct line of communication between the White House and the Kremlin | Hot Line |
| LBJ’s vision for America was summed up what phrase | The Great Society |
| a former Marine who once lived in the Soviet Union who assassinated President Kennedy | Lee Harvey Oswald |
| crime for which the death sentence can be imposed | Capital Crime |
| strip club owner who shot Kennedy’s assassin while he was being transported from the police station. | Jack Ruby |
| giving testimony or other evidence that involves oneself in a crime and makes one subject to being prosecuted; protected against by the Fifth Amendment. | Self Incrimination |
| Kennedy’s vision for American which included: the economy, education, medical care for the elderly and the poor, and space exploration. | The New Frontier |
| The Democratic Nominee for President in the Election of 1960 was ? | John Kennedy |
| The Republican Nominee for President in the 1960 Election was? | Richard Nixon |
| What two factors helped push Kennedy over the top in the 1960 Election? | T.V. Debates & Civil Rights |
| On ________________, Kennedy and Nixon took part in the first televised debate between presidential candidates. | September 26, 1960 |
| Who was arrested in October of 1960 because of a sit-in at a segregated lunch counter and the Kennedy’s personally contacted his wife and made arrangements for his release? | Martin Luther King Jr. |
| Kennedy won the election of 1960 by fewer than _____________ votes. | 119,000 |
| Due to the “Kennedy Mystique” thousands of U.S. citizens | enrolled in speed reading classes |
| Who did Kennedy appoint as his Attorney General, who was his closest friend and advisor? | Robert Kennedy |
| ___________ presented the first big test of JFK’s foreign policy. | Cuba |
| The CIA operation approved by Eisenhower that Kennedy allowed that turned out to be a disaster when in April, 1961, 1,200 Cuban exiles met 25,000 Cuban troops backed by Soviet tanks and were soundly defeated. | The Bay of Pigs Invasion |
| How did Kennedy respond once he learned of surveillance photos revealing nukes ready to launch in Cuba? | threatening an all out nuclear attack on the Soviets, mobilizing his own nukes, and ordering a Naval Blockade of Cuba |
| Because East Berliners were fleeing their city for the democratic west, their departure hurt the economy and the prestige of the USSR so just after midnight on ____________ the Soviets began construction of a 90-mile wall separating East and West Berl | August 13, 1961 |
| On April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut ____________ became the first human in space | Yuri Gagarin |
| America’s space agency (NASA) began construction on new launch facilities in Cape Canaveral, ___________ and a mission control center in Houston, Texas | Florida |
| Finally, on July 20, 1969, the U.S. would achieve its goal, an excited nation watched as U.S. astronaut _____________________ took the first steps on the moon. | Neil Armstrong |
| Where did the sniper fires shot at Kennedy from? | Texas Shool Book Depository |
| On what day was Kennedy assassinated? | Nov. 22, 1963 |
| Who became president after Kennedy was assassinated? | Lyndon Johnson |
| What events was witnessed live on television by the American Public? | Presidential Debates between Kennedy & Nixon, Jack Ruby shoot Lee Harvey Oswald while he was being transported, and the John Kennedy Funeral Persession |
| The ________________ was set up by Lyndon Johnson to investigate the assassination of Kennedy and determined that Oswald had indeed acted alone and that there was NO Conspiracy. | The Warren Commission |
| What was the first thing Johnson pushed Congress to pass after taking office. | Tax-Cut Bill |
| What prohibited discrimination based on race, color, religion or national origin, and granted the federal government new powers to enforce the law? | Civil Rights Act |
| What was part of the Economic Opportunity Act? | Job Corps, Head Start, and VISTA |
| By the time he left the White House in 1969, Congress had passed _______ of LBJ’s Great Society legislative initiatives. | 206 |
| Johnson considered _________ “the key which can unlock the door to the Great Society”. | Education |
| ___________ provides hospital insurance and low-cost medical care to the elderly. | Medicare |
| _____________ provides health benefits to the poor. | Medicaid |
| In ___________ the Supreme Court ruled that illegally seized evidence could not be used in court. | Mapp v. Ohio |
| In _______________ the Supreme Court ruled that the accused has the right to have an attorney present when questioned by police. | Escobedo v. Illinois |
| In _______________ the Supreme Court ruled that all suspects must be read their rights before questioning. | Miranda v. Arizona |
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