chapter 28---the 1960s Flashcards
what case entitled people the right to a court appointed attorney?
Gideon vs Wainwright
This New Frontier program allowed for volunteers to help other countries with economic difficulties.
Peace Corps
Who was the first BLACK cabinet member?
Robert Weaver
Catholic President who advocated for separation between church and state.
John Freaking Kennedy
What did president John Freaking Kennedy advocate for, despite being Catholic?
Separation between church and state
Who was the first man on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
Which mission landed the first man on the moon?
Apollo
Health care for old farts.
Medicare
Health care received by those on welfare.
Medicaid
Chief Justice originally appointed by Eisenhower, who protected individual rights.
Earl Warren
John Freaking Kennedy was known for solving this Crisis in Cuba.
Cuban Missile Crisis
What was significant about Robert Weaver?
He was the first Black cabinet member
Which Great Society Program provided Jobs for unemployed young people?
Job corps
This was the closest election in presidential history up until the 1960s?
John Freaking Kennedy vs Richard Nixon
Which city and state was John Freaking Kennedy assassinated in?
Dallas, Texas
Who assassinated the “assassin” of John Freaking Kennedy?
Jack Ruby
Communist Dictator of Cuba during John Freaking Kennedy’s presidential term.
Fidel Castro
Weird russian name guy?
Khrushchev
Who released the illeged report on John Freaking Kennedy’s assassination?
Warren Commision
The Office of Economic Opportunity was to fight ____.
Poverty
Reynolds vs. Simms
one man one vote doctrine
Kennedy’s flexible response used ____ forces to deal with foreign policy threats
special
Pre-school children program
headstart
fourteenth amendment
Due process of the law
upward bound
low income students could attend college
Campaigning during the 1960s presidency.
using television for first time.
Helped Third World nations with infrastructure.
peace corps
Funded by prosperity and an growing economy.
great society
Lyndon B. Johnson’s program
Great Society
Earl Warren
Chief Justice of Supreme Court
Alliance For Progress was to help
Latin American countries avoid communism.
New Frontier
Kennedy’s domestic program
Turkey
Deal to end the missile crisis in Cuba included removing missiles from here.
