60s

Question 1

missile gap

Answer 1

the Cold War term used in the US for the perceived superiority of the number and power of the USSR’s missiles in comparison with its own.

Question 2

new frontier

Answer 2

, unemployment benefits were expanded, aid was provided to cities to improve housing and transportation, funds were allocated to continue the construction of a national highway system started under Eisenhower, a water pollution control act was passed to protect the country’s rivers and streams, and an agricultural act to raise farmers’ incomes was made law

Question 3

reapportionment

Answer 3

Baker v. Carr and Reynolds v. Sims
. Redistribution of representation in a legislative body, especially the periodic reallotment of US congressional seats according to changes in the census figures as required by the Constitution.

Question 4

earl warren

Answer 4

chief justice, Among the Warren Court’s most important decisions was the ruling that made racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional. Another was the “one-man one-vote” ruling that caused a major shift in legislative power from rural areas to cities.

Question 5

due process

Answer 5

miranda warnings, mapp v ohio (evidence seized in illegal seaarches)

Question 6

conventional weapons

Answer 6

weapons that are in relatively wide use that are not weapons of mass destruction

Question 7

flexible response

Answer 7

mutual deterrence at strategic, tactical, and conventional levels, giving the United States the capability to respond to aggression across the spectrum of warfare, not limited only to nuclear arms.

Question 8

alliance for progress

Answer 8

imed to establish economic cooperation between the U.S. and Latin America.

Question 9

peace corps

Answer 9

a volunteer program run by the United States government. The stated mission of the Peace Corps includes providing technical assistance, helping people outside the United States to understand American culture, and helping Americans to understand the cultures of other countries

Question 10

consensus

Answer 10

general agreement

Question 11

office of economic opportunity

Answer 11

as the agency responsible for administering most of the War on Poverty programs created as part of United States President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society legislative agenda.

Question 12

VISTA

Answer 12

a national service program designed to fight poverty. President John F. Kennedy originated the idea for VISTA, which was founded as Volunteers in Service to America in 1965

Question 13

medicare

Answer 13

a national social insurance program, administered by the U.S. federal government since 1966, currently using about 30 private insurance companies across the United States.[1] Medicare provides health insurance for Americans aged 65 and older who have worked and paid into the system. It also provides health insurance to younger people with disabilities, end stage renal disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Question 14

medicaid

Answer 14

a social health care program for families and individuals with low income and limited resources.

Question 15

head start program

Answer 15

a program of the United States Department of Health and Human Services that provides comprehensive early childhood education

Question 16

immigration act of 1965

Answer 16

abolished an earlier quota system based on national origin and established a new immigration policy based on reuniting immigrant families and attracting skilled labor to the United States.