chapter 20 Flashcards
How did the launch of Sputnik lead to Kennedy’s election?
promised to spend more on defense and education
What came out of the U-2 incident
embarrassment to the US
What was the US response to the alignment of Cuba with the soviets?
Us cut off diplomatic relationships with Cuba
what were the results of the Bay of Pigs invasion?
disaster
soldiers killed or jailed
trade embargo - still can’t buy cuban products in the US
how was the Berlin crisis resolved?
built the Berlin wall
hotline to kremlin
keep west berliners out
what were the effects of the cuban missile crisis
removed missles
made soviets look bad
castro bans flights
cuban exiles were republican
what did the limited test ban treaty do
barred nuclear testing in the atmosphere
factors that led to kennedy’s election
well organized campaign
youth candidate
debates on tv
cold war warrior
what did the government do about the economic recession
increased spending
reduced taxes
department of defense
more nuclear weapons and submarines
what did the government do about poverty overseas
peace corps
alliance for progress
peace corps
35,000 volunteers out of college
builds buildings in foreign countries
alliance for progress
brought some development and financial aid to latin america
doesn’t relieve poverty
effect of the space race
increased spending on NASA
population in SW grow
new technology
kennedy’s assassination
Dallas Texas
Lee Harvey Oswald
flexible response
prepare for a variety of responses
new containment strategy
tax cut bill
tax reduction
people spent more
increased tax revenue
lowered federal budget deficit
civil rights act
prohibited discrimination in public housing and jobs
economic opportunity act
one billion to youth programs to control antipoverty measures
VISTA
peace corps for america
Job Corps
free education and training to young people
Project Head Start
provides early education
elementary and secondary act
provided more than 1 billion to help schools purchase books
medicare
hospital insurance and low cost medical insurance for 65 +
medicaid
health insurance to welfare recipients
immigration act
non european immigrants settles in the US
ended the quota system
replaced with preference system
two people in the 1960 presidential election
Kennedy and Nixon
bay of pigs was an attempt to
overthrow castro in cuba by cuban exiles
first american to travel in space
alan shepard
Jack ruby
killed lee harvey oswald
bobby kennedy
kennedy’s attorney general
the warren commission
looked at the assassination of JFK
JFK book
profiles in courage
hotline
established a direct connection between kremlin and the white house after cuban missile crisis
why would liberals favor the decisions in the supreme court
praise the warren court for expanded the constitutional protections of all americans
