Ch.24- Modern U.S. History

During the 1960 election campaign, television aired its first

• presidential speech

• results of the election

• presidential debate

• political commentary

The Republican nominee for president in the 1960 election was

• Eric Sevareid

• Richard Nixon

• Everett Dirksen

• John Glenn

Kennedy's legislative agenda was called the

• Great Society

• New Frontier

• Fair Deal

• Square Deal

Kennedy convinced Congress to invest more funds in

• defense and space exploration

• health insurance for the elderly

• urban affairs

• education

The purpose of the Warren Commission was to investigate

• who was responsible for the Bay of Pigs

• the result of the Cuban Missile Crisis

• the relationship between Cuba and the Soviet Union

• allegations of a conspiracy in Kennedy's assassination

During the space race, Kennedy's goal for America was to be the first to

• put a man into space

• put a man into orbit

• land a man on the moon

• build a space station

Kennedy was unable to pass many of his domestic programs because

• the Democrats held only a small majority in the Senate

• the Republicans held a large majority in the House of Representatives

• Republicans controlled the most influential committees in Congress

• many Democrats in Congress believed the New Frontier was too expensive

The Office of Economic Opportunity was a major part of Johnson's

• health care reform program

• education reform program

• war on poverty

• war on crime

To improve relations between the United States and Latin America, President Kennedy proposed a series of cooperative aid projects with Latin American governments called

• La Brigada

• Alliance for Progress

• the Peace Corps

• the Bay of Pigs

What did Nixon do during the debates that aided in Kennedy's victory?

• Sniffled

• Cried

• Sweated

• Looked at his watch