QUIZ DURRING ACT WEEK ARE YOU KIDDING WHAT? Flashcards
Why did Nixon’s height mater to him becoming president
He was short and he had an inferiority complex
Why is Nixon popular with the public?
He prosecuted Algor Hiss, a communist.
What was significant about JKS
He set up the Munich Pact
Who was Kennedy’s running mate
Lyndon LBJ
What was something that Kennedy immediately faced
The Cuban Revolution
What Were three effects of the failure of the bay of pigs
Cuba allied with The Soviets, It made the US look horrible to the world, It made Kennedy look horrible.
Who runs the joint chiefs of staff
The chairman
Who was the Dictator the CIA and Joint Cheifs were trying to take out
Fidel Castro
Why do the Chiefs not like Kennedy
His Father was an apeaser, They were closer with Eisenhower, and his Democratic Status
What is the CIA
An organization that gathers intelegice and ondutcts secret operations world wide. They do the dirty work.
4 things about Kennedy’s presidency
Declared war on poverty, Worst start to any presidency, youngest elected president, Winner of the closest election in history.
Things about LBJ
Southern to the bone, kept on kennedy’s legacy, knew Congress and how to naviigated inside out, very disrespectful in genergal, chosen mainly for the southern vote.
Gold water
Americans needed to use churches to help the poor, states need time to integrate racial integration policies in their own way, taxes are too high
Liberal(Progressive)
More active
Conservative
Less active
LBJ
Create social welfare, Address racial integration issues, Higher taxes.
Micheal Herrington’s book
The other america
4 regions of Latin america
Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.
