Kennedy and Johnsons Presidency

Question 1

summarize jfks assassination

Answer 1

JFK was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas while he was campaigning for his second term. He was shot by ale Harvey Oswald, Ruby kills Oswald after he assassinated jfk. Johnson becomes president, he creates the Warren Commision to investigate the assassination

Question 2

what is he Warren Commision

Answer 2

a committee that Johnson created to investigate the assassination of JFK

Question 3

who won the election of 1960, and why

Answer 3

Kennedy, he was young and energetic, he had better public speaking abilities, jfk won the tv debates, johnson won the radio debates

Question 4

what 4 things were apart of JFKs New Frontier

Answer 4

1. peace corps
2. the economy
3. space program
4. domestic needs

Question 5

what was the peace corps, how did it reflect the needs of the US during the cold war

Answer 5

a federal agency that went to 3rd world countries taught them American ways(democracy) promoted world peace
helped spread the American government systems, increased America’s superiority

Question 6

how did kennedy hope to fix the problems with the American economy

Answer 6

wanted to restore prosperity to the nation, proposed tax cuts to get the country out of its economic slump

Question 7

how did kennedy change defense spending

Answer 7

the department of defense received a budget increase for new nuclear weapons, created a new branch of government called the Special forces, or green berets

Question 8

how did the space race and kennedy’s actions reflect the needs of he US during the cold war

Answer 8

kennedy’s support to put a man on the moon, first country to do it, nice for the US to win the space race against the Soviets

Question 9

what was kennedy’s response to housing in America

Answer 9

proposed a complex housing program that helped out middle to low income families

Question 10

what was kennedy’s response to unemployment in america

Answer 10

man power development and training act of 1962, retrained workers who were displaced by new technology

Question 11

what was kennedy’s response to medical care in america

Answer 11

created mental health facilities, medicare created to help elderly or disabled pay for treatment

Question 12

what was kennedy’s foreign policy know. as flexible response

Answer 12

created army special forces(green berets)
defensive military strategy
increasing military power

Question 13

what was the bay of pigs invasion

Answer 13

they trandained cuban exiles to invade cuba, landed at bay of pigs to overthrow castro
the mission completely failed

Question 14

why was the berlin wall created

Answer 14

stopped east germans (communism) from going to west berlin (democratic)

Question 15

what was the cuban missilecrisis

Answer 15

soviets promised to defend cuba with soviet weapons and began sending them weapons
americans saw missile bases in cuba that may be ready to launch

Question 16

what does kennedy do about the cuban missiles

Answer 16

he implements a naval blockade to prevent soviet ships from reaching cuba
created the washington- moscow hot line to prevent a crisis like this in the future

Question 17

what was the great society

Answer 17

johnson’s social welfare program to help the american people

Question 18

how did the johnson treatment help the great society

Answer 18

convinced congress to pass laws to help the American people, some still have impacts today

Question 19

what areas will johnson focus on in the great society

Answer 19

ending poverty and racial injustice 
fixing pollution
forests 
learning and schools
cities

Question 20

civil rights in the great society

Answer 20

outlawed discrimination and got rid of literacy tests

Question 21

war on poverty in the great society

Answer 21

established the office of economic opportunity spending for the poor doubled, living in poverty declined

Question 22

education in the great society

Answer 22

helped local school districts who students came from low income families, have unprivileged students a head start
opened up college to anyone who wanted to attend through scholarships and loans

Question 23

health in the great society

Answer 23

created medicare - elderly and disabled

medicaid - low income individuals and families

Question 24

arts and media in the great society

Answer 24

educational channels are funded

out of unemployment , gave them more time to do art

Question 25

environment in the great society

Answer 25

improved air quality, improved water quality, preserved wilderness

Question 26

houses and urban development in the great society

Answer 26

made houses more live able

Question 27

consumer protection in the great society

Answer 27

made truth in packaging, cigarettes may be harmful to health on packages

Question 28

immigration in the great society

Answer 28

preference was no longer given to people from european countries