JFK's New Frontier & LBJ's Great Society

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What was one of the key initiatives of John F. Kennedy's presidency?

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The New Frontier

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What was the primary focus of the New Frontier program?

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Space exploration and defense spending

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What was the Bay of Pigs Invasion?

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A failed military operation to overthrow Fidel Castro

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What event brought the world to the brink of nuclear war during Kennedy's presidency?

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The Cuban Missile Crisis

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How did Kennedy's administration respond to the discovery of Soviet missiles in Cuba?

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With a naval blockade and negotiations

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What organization did Kennedy establish to promote international goodwill?

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The Peace Corps

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Based on the source and your content knowledge, what does Kennedy's statement reveal about how politics changed in the early 1960's?

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Advances in media made appearance and personality increasingly important.

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What was Kennedy's main goal in establishing the Peace Corps?

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Young adults would promote U.S values by serving around the world.

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support for the national space program.

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Which statement best exemplifies the information shown above? Options: The threat of nuclear war had provided Kennedy with an incentive to improve relations with the USSR. The success at the Bay of Pigs had provided Kennedy with bargaining powers against the USSR. The removal of warheads in Turkey made Kennedy more willing to cooperate with the USSR. The revolution in nearby regions of Latin America had made Kennedy appear exceedingly weak in the eyes of the USSR.

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The threat of nuclear war had provided Kennedy with an incentive to improve relations with the USSR.