The great society 2 Flashcards
Mapp v. Ohio
evidence obtained illegally is inadmissible in court
Miranda v. Arizona
must be read your rights before being questioned
Escobedo v. Illinois
right to have a lawyer present during police questioning
Gideon v. Wainwright
if you can’t afford a lawyer, the court will point one and
Kennedy’s war on racism
- limited effort to address racism, order justice apartment to investigate and ….
- Kenedy uses power of the exagetive order to change some segregation law
1960 presidential election
JFK vs Nixon
1964 presidential election
LBJ vs Gold Water
Warren Commission
-was the study under to investigate JFK assassination
-Warren Court:
+Ban prayer in public school
+Limited the power of communities to censor books & films
Space Race
the American space race was ramp up when the Russian gained the lead on
Flexible response
by Kenedy who put less efficient on nuclear weapon
-strengthened & modernized the military to fight a non-nuclear war
Immigration Act 1965
immigration was no longer base on nationality
JFK’s response to missiles in Cuba
blockade or quarantine
Castro & overthrow of the government
- Cuba government (Castro overthrew Batista)
- redistribute the land confiscated from the American sugar plantation to the poor of Cuba
Cuban Missile Crisis resolution
- US take missile out of Turkey
- Russia take missile out of Cuba
- US promise to never invade Cuba again
JFK & foreign aid
-JFK used American foreign aid to deter Communism
