THE NEW FRONTIER AND THE GREAT SOCIETY REVIEW

Why did Kennedy expand the space program?

• to bolster the nation's prestige and power in the face of several foreign policy setbacks

•   in order to install nuclear weapons in space

• to fulfill his campaign, promise to put a man on the moon

• to shift the focus away from his domestic policy failures

The 1960 presidential race was the first-time candidates made substantial use of?

• the courts

• television

• newspapers

• radio

In this case, the Supreme Court established the principle of "one person, one vote."

• Gideon v. Wainwright

•   Brown v. Board of Education

• Baker v. Carr

• Miranda v. Arizona

This involved an invasion of Cuba.

• Bay of Pigs

• Berlin Wall

• Cuban missile crisis

• Soviet Blockade

Which was NOT a factor working against Kennedy in the 1960 election?

• Age

• Religion

• debate performance

• serious policy differences with his opponent

John F. Kennedy, the Democratic nominee for President in 1960, was a senator from?

• New York

• California

• Texas

• Massachusetts

What was the main purpose of the flexible response military strategy?

• to enable the United States to fight limited wars around the world

• to decrease the number of nuclear weapons

• to prepare for the Bay of Pigs invasion

• to reduce defense spending

Who lost the 1960 presidential election?

• Barry Goldwater

• Adlai Stevenson

• Richard Nixon

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

In this case, the Supreme Court ruled that all suspects must be "read their rights" before questioning. 

• Mapp v Ohio

• Engle v Vitale

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Katz v. United States

On October 22, 1962, President Kennedy announced that American spy planes had taken aerial photographs showing that the Soviet Union had placed long-range missiles in?

• Germany

• Cuba

• the Bahamas

• Central America