Chapter 28

Question 1

Is the Peace Corps still active today?

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The way in which states draw up political districts based on changes in population

Answer 2

reapportionment

Question 3

President Kennedy’s legislative agenda

Answer 3

New Frontier

Question 4

Nominated to become the Chief Justice of the United States in 1953

Answer 4

Earl Warren

Question 5

suspicion that the United States lagged behind in Soviets in weaponry

Answer 5

missile gap

Question 6

Ensures that all people are treated the same by the court

Answer 6

due process

Question 7

Compared to earlier campaigns, the 1960 presidential race made new use of

Answer 7

television

Question 8

The supreme Court’s decision to Reynolds v. Sims shifted political power throughout the country to

Answer 8

the South

Question 9

Johnson’s republican opponent in the 1964 presidential election

Answer 9

Barry Goldwater

Question 10

Frist African American to serve in the cabinet as the secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development

Answer 10

Robert Weaver

Question 11

director of women’s bureau of the department of labor in the kennedy administration

Answer 11

Esther Peterson

Question 12

government may not ban interracial marriage

Answer 12

Loving v. Virginia

Question 13

desegregation of public accommodations established in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is legal

Answer 13

Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States