US History II Ch. 18-21

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

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

This created the Job Corps, VISTA, and Project Head Start in an effort to fight the “war on poverty”

• Civil Rights Act
• Economic Opportunity Act 
• Pendleton Service Act
• Warren Court 

Which of the following Supreme Court decisions banned racial segregation int he nation's schools?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Reynolds v. Simms

• Baker v. Carr

• Westberry v. Sanders

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

The Warren Commission found that

• few schools had desegregated

• anti-poverty programs were affordable

• many Americans lived in poverty

• there was no conspiracy to assassinate John F. Kennedy

Who won the 1960 presidential election?

• Richard Nixon

• Gerald Ford

• John F. Kennedy

• Dwight Eisenhower

Why is the 1960 presidential election significant?

• First televised presidential debate

• First time two communists run for president

• First time two candidates agreed with each other

• First time two Republicans run for president

What is the name for JFK's legislative agenda?

• New Deal

• New Frontier

• Great Society

• Fresh Start

Who was the socialist revolutionary leader who took control of Cuba and had close ties to the Soviet Union?

• Benito Mussolini

• Nikita Krushchev

• Fulgencio Batista

• Fidel Castro