The New Frontier

Question 1

Term that both candidates of the 1960 presidential elections coined themselves, claiming that they would stop the forces of communism

Answer 1

Cold Warriors

Question 2

Democratic senator who ran against Richard Nixon in the 1960s election

Answer 2

John F. Kennedy

Question 3

Quaker from the state of California; Vice president during the 1960 election

Answer 3

Richard Nixon

Question 4

Legislative agenda implemented by JFK

Answer 4

New Frontier

Question 5

Advocated by Kennedy to increase economic growth and create jobs

Answer 5

Deficit spending

Question 6

The lagging behind of the US in the arms race with the Soviet Union

Answer 6

Missile gap

Question 7

Kennedy asked the _________ to investigate whether steel companies were fixing prices

Answer 7

Justice Department

Question 8

Act proposed by the Presidential Commission for the Status of Women to get equal wages for women

Answer 8

Equal Pay Act

Question 9

What did JFK want to do that congress feared would cause inflation?

Answer 9

Cut taxes

Question 10

Provided grants to build research centers and grants to states to build mental health centers

Answer 10

Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act

Question 11

Camp at Eunice Kennedy Shriver’s home created for children with developmental disabilities

Answer 11

Camp Shriver

Question 12

Camp Shriver, a camp that allowed people with developmental disabilities to be physically competitive became the

Answer 12

Special Olympics

Question 13

Case in which the Court ruled that states must reapportion electoral districts based on the principle of “One person, one vote”

Answer 13

Reynolds v. Sims

Question 14

Court case that established the right of defendants to an attorney even if they cannot afford one

Answer 14

Gideon v. Wainwright

Question 15

Case that required authorities to inform suspects of their right to remain silent

Answer 15

Miranda v. Arizona

Question 16

The method states use to draw up political districts based on population

Answer 16

Reapportionment

Question 17

Ruled that states could not compose official prayers and require prayers to be recited in public schools

Answer 17

Engel v. Vitale

Question 18

Ruled against state-mandated bible readings in public schools

Answer 18

Abington School District v. Schempp

Question 19

Program aimed at helping developing nations fight poverty by sending Americans to provide humanitarian services in the developing nations

Answer 19

Peace Corps

Question 20

First American to orbit Earth

Answer 20

John Glenn

Question 21

First person to orbit Earth (not the first American, the first person)

Answer 21

Yuri Gagarin

Question 22

First human to walk on the moon

Answer 22

Neil Armstrong

Question 23

Lunar module in which the moon landing took place

Answer 23

Eagle

Question 24

Space capsule used in the American mission to land on the moon

Answer 24

Apollo

Question 25

Group of Cuban exiles trained by the CIA to invade Cuba and overthrow Castro

Answer 25

La Brigada

Question 26

Cuban who overthrew Fulgencio Batista and became the leader of Cuba

Answer 26

Fidel Castro

Question 27

Failed invasion of Cuba in which La Brigada ran onto coral reefs, stopping the invasion

Answer 27

Bay of Pigs

Question 28

Where did Khrushchev meet with JFK to discuss the retraction of the US from Berlin

Answer 28

Vienna, Austria

Question 29

Crisis which exposed the Soviets’ military inferiority and prompted a dramatic Soviet arms buildup, which the US matched

Answer 29

Cuban missile crisis

Question 30

Man accused of killing John F. Kennedy

Answer 30

Lee Harvey Oswald

Question 31

Who was the man that killed the murderer of president John F. Kennedy?

Answer 31

Jack Ruby

Question 32

Commission that concluded the Oswald was the sole assassin in the Kennedy assassination

Answer 32

Warren Commission

Question 33

Kennedy’s successor who promoted many of the programs that Kennedy left unfinished

Answer 33

Lyndon B. Johnson

Question 34

Symbol of cold war division. Divided East Germany from West Germany

Answer 34

Berlin wall

Question 35

judicial requirement that laws may not treat individuals unfairly, arbitrarily, or unreasonably, and that courts must follow procedures and rules when trying cases

Answer 35

Due process

Question 36

Rocket that propelled the lunar module that landed on the moon

Answer 36

Saturn 5

Question 37

Program created to offer tutoring to high school students

Answer 37

Upward Bound

Question 38

Provided work-study programs to help the underprivileged earn a high school diploma or college degree

Answer 38

Neighborhood Youth Corps

Question 39

Act which attacked public services, illiteracy, and unemployment

Answer 39

Economic opportunity act

Question 40

Republican candidate for president in 1964 who was known for his strong conservatism

Answer 40

Barry Goldwater

Question 41

Health care program offered to all senior citizens

Answer 41

Medicare

Question 42

Program that financed health care for welfare recipients living below the poverty line

Answer 42

Medicaid

Question 43

First African American to serve in a presidential cabinet

Answer 43

Robert Weaver

Question 44

established new housing subsidy programs and made federal loans and public housing grants easier to obtain

Answer 44

Housing and Urban Development Act

Question 45

Act which required all consumer products to have a true and informative label

Answer 45

Fair Packaging and Labeling Act

Question 46

Established a school breakfast program and expanded the school lunch and meal programs to improve nutrition

Answer 46

Child Nutrition Act