The New Frontier (JFK) & Great Society (LBJ) Review

Who developed the Peace Corps, a program of volunteer assistance to developing nations?

• Lyndon B. Johnson
• John F. Kennedy
• Richard Nixon
• Barry Goldwater

What was one result of Johnson’s Great Society initiatives?

• Reduction in the power of federal government

• A conservative backlash
• Drastic increase in taxes
• A balanced budget

What was a major factor in Johnson’s landslide victory over Goldwater?

• Goldwater was an Irish Catholic
• Goldwater lacked public support for domestic reforms
• Goldwater wanted to use nuclear weapons against Cuba&Vietnam
• Johnson rigged the election

What did the Warren Commission decide?

• Tupac is alive

• It was impossible for Oswald to have made those shots alone

• Ebola is a bioweapon created by the U.S.

• Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination of JFK

Kennedy appointed his brother, Robert, to serve as _______

• Secretary of State
• Vice President
• Advisor
• Attorney General

Decisions of the Warren Court were

• Praised by conservatives
• Of little importance to the average American
• tended to be liberal towards granting civil liberties

• An obstacle to change in election districts

The Nationality and Immigration Act of 1965

• Stopped immigration from non-European countries
• Began quotas based on nationality
• Increased immigration from Central America and Asia
• Stopped immigration from European countries

U.S. President during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

• JFK
• LBJ
• Nixon
• Bobby Kennedy

His religious beliefs were an important issue during the 1960 presidential election

• Bobby Kennedy
• Nixon
• JFK
• LBJ

This was a direct communications link set up during Kennedy's presidency

• Hot Line
• Reapportionment
• Flexible Response
• Instagram