New Frontier and Great Society

The term "Great Society" came to represent

• the glamorous image fo the Kennedy Administration

• the antion's anti-communist agenda

• Michael Harrington's affluent society

• the domestic programs of the Johnson Administration

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

What Great Society program provided provided employment opportunity for young Americans?

• HUD

• Job Corps

• NATO

• NAACP

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

Names of the Great Society Programs that provide health insurance to the elderly and to the disadvantaged?

• HUD and CPB

• VISTA and Job Corps

• NEA and SeniorCare

• Medicare and Medicaid

President Kennedy developed which of the following strategies to support the Cold War policy of containment?

• containment

• massive retaliation

• flexible response

• detente

Kennedy had difficulty convincing Congress to support his proposals because he

• did not take a strong anti-communist position

• lacked a clear mandate

• favored causes that would benefit only wealthy Americans

• was young and inexperienced

Which of the following was the most immediate cause of the Cuban Missile Crisis

• the detection of Soviet offensive nuclear missiles in Cuba

• the U.S. defeat in the Bay of Pigs

• Republican criticism of President Kennedy

• the detection of U.S. offensive nuclear missiles in Cuba

Cause: Berlin Wall is constructed

Effect: ______________________

• Nikita Khrushchev makes his famous "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech

• President Kennedy orders the Bay of Pigs invasion as retaliation

• East Germans can no longer escape to freedom

• West Germans can no longer escape to freedom

One reason John F. Kennedy's assassination deeply affected people was because

• they believed only he could stop a communist takeover of Cuba

• no president had ever been assassinated before

• he had represented hope for a better future

• his domestic programs had stamped out poverty in America