The 60's Politics Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| What was unusual about the 1960 election? | The first presidential debate |
| Who was John F. Kennedy? | The 35th and youngest elected president |
| What was the "New Frontier"? | Kennedy's program |
| What was the "Alliance for Progress"? | Aid to Latin America |
| Who was Alan Shepard? | The first astronaut |
| What was the purpose of the space program? | To beat Russia to the moon |
| What was the benefit of the space program? | New jobs in the space industry |
| What was the problem of the space program? | It was expensive |
| What does the 23rd amendment state? | Citizens of Washington D.C. cannot vote for president |
| Nuclear test band treaty? | No atmospheric testing, hotline to Moscow |
| Fidel Castro? | Dictator of Cuba |
| What was the "Bay of Pigs?" | Invasion of Cuba to start revolt against Castro, failed for the lack of U.S. support |
| Cuban missile crisis? | A u-2 spotted a bunch of missiles in Cuba, Kennedy blockaded Cuba and ordered missile removal |
| Why was the Berlin wall built? | To prevent people from leaving east Berlin |
| What happened to Lee Harvey Oswald? | Accused of killing president Kennedy |
| Who was Jack Ruby? | The man who killed Oswald |
| Lyndon Johnson? | Kennedy's vice president, 36th president |
| What was the "Great society"? | Johnson's program |
| What did the 24th amendment do? | Outlawed the poll tax |
| What did medicare do? | Gave health insurance to the elderly |
| Who was Thurgood Marshall | First black man on the supreme court |
| Civil rights event of the 1960's? | March in Washington, sit-ins, civil rights act, and Selma freedom march |
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