3.5 Quizizz

Which of the following groups was intended to benefit the most from the Great Society programs?

• Minorities and the poor
• White, middle-class families
• Farmers and laborers
• Businessmen

Names of the Great Society Programs that provide health insurance to the elderly and covers low income people with medical needs?

• HUD and CPB
• VISTA and Job Corps
• NEA and SeniorCare
• Medicare and Medicaid

What was one result of the Great Society?

• Poverty was eliminated in the United States.

• the lives of many underprivileged Americans improved.

• President Johnson's popularity plummeted.

• The federal government shrank considerably.

Some critics complained that the Great Society programs

• gave the rich too many tax breaks
• gave the federal government too much power
• paid too little attention to health care
• favored rural over urban citizens

What kind of society did President Lyndon B. Johnson envision when he created the Great Society programs?

• one that ensured access to justice, education, decent housing, and health care for all Americans
• on that emphasized that all people are equal only in the eyes of God
• one in which extremism in the defense of liberty is encouraged 
• one that made separate schools for black and white children truly equal

This volunteer program played a major role in helping developing nations and showed JFK's desire to be heavily involved in foreign politics?

• Head Start

• Economic Opportunity Act

• Peace Corps

• UNICEF

Which event was a CIA-sponsored invasion of Cuban Refugees to overthrow the Cuban Government that failed miserably?

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Alliance for Progress

• Bay of Pigs

• Marshall Plan

The Domino Theory led the US into what unpopular war from 1964 to 1975?

• Vietnam

• Thailand

• India

• Bangladesh

What ended segregration in public places and banned employment discrimination?

• a.  the Voting Rights Act of 1965
• b.  the Civil Rights Act of 1964
• c.  the Fair Housing Act of 1968
• d.  the Jim Crow laws

What was the resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• The ambassadors from both countries came to an agreement to remove missiles from the countries each were concerned about

• The President and Soviet Premier decided that they would both agree to disagree without fighting

• Kennedy lifted the blockade but Cuba still had missiles on it

• Khrushchev decided to remove missiles from Cuba to get the blockade lifted without talking to the US first, as an act of good faith