New Frontier and Great Society

In Gideon v. Wainwright, the Supreme Court ruled that, regardless of the ability to pay, a defendant in a state court had the right to

• a lawyer.

• a speedy trial

• a telephone call.

• RUN!!

Kennedy convinced Congress to invest more funds in

• defense and space exploration

• education

• health insurance for the elderly.

• urban affairs.

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

• build a space station

• land a man on the moon

• put a man into orbit

• put a man into space

The Bay of Pigs action successfully pressured the Soviets into removing their missiles from Cuba

• True

• False

With Cold War tensions continuing to rise, the United States and the Soviet Union engaged in a space race—vying for dominance of the heavens to enhance their competitive positions on Earth.

• True

• False

Khrushchev built a wall through Berlin that blocked movement between the Soviet sector and the rest of the city in order to keep West Germany from using Berlin as a base from which to flood East Germany.

• True

• False

On April 17, 1961, armed Cuban exiles landed on the south coast of Cuba at

• Bay of Razorbacks

• Bay of Swine

• the Bay of Pigs

• Bay of Hogs

President Kennedy pushed for a buildup of conventional troops and weapons that would allow the United States to fight a limited style of warfare with

• a flexible response

• a rigid response.

• nuclear threats

• nuclear weapons.

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.

• the Alliance for Progress.

• the Bay of Pigs.

• the Peace Corps

Which event contributed to Nikita Khrushchev’s fall from power in 1964?

• President Kennedy’s assassination

• the Bay of Pigs invasion

• the building of the Berlin Wall

• the Cuban Missile Crisis