Ch 22 US History

Who took over the presidency after JFK was assassinated?

• Lyndon B Johnson
• Leonard Neemoy
• Abraham Lincoln
• John F Kennedy

This Great Society program provided health insurance for senior citizens

• Medicare

• HUD

• Head Start

• Job Corps

How did Johnson become president the FIRST time?

• The people elected him.
• President John F. Kennedy was shot, and Johnson was Vice President at the time.
• He was appointed to the office by Thurgood Marshall.
• He stole the office from Susan B. Anthony in a fight.

Johnson's domestic program was called

• New Deal
• Square Deal
• Awesome Society
• Great Society

What was the purpose of LBJ's Great Society?

• end poverty
• end drug trafficking
• end lynching
• fix the economy

What was JFK's response to the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Naval blockade of Cuba
• invade Cuba
• bomb U.S.S.R.
• do nothing

Soviet missiles found here almost caused WWIII

• Cuba
• Turkey
• East Berlin
• Dominican Republican

What failed invasion of Cuba embarrassed JFK & led to his distrust of the CIA?

• Bay of Pigs
• D-Day
• Operation Havana
• Cuban Offensive

What health insurance program was created to help the elderly?

• Medicare
• Medicaid
• Social Security
• G.I. Bill

What was JFK's program to develop economic cooperation between U.S. & Latin America?

• Alliance for Progress
• Green Peace
• Peace Corps
• Army Corps of Engineers