LBJ JFK 1960's

What was Khrushchev's demand for the US following the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Surrender a quarter of their nuclear missiles

• Remove nuclear missiles from Turkey

• Send aid to communist nations

• Impeach JFK

The 1960 election saw the first ___ which many believe led to Kennedy's victory.

• Televised debate

• Mail in Ballots

• Electronic Voting

• Gerrymandering

Started by Kennedy, American volunteers provide humanitarian aid in less-developed nations.

• Warren Commission

• Special Olympics

• Sea Beas

• Peace Corps

Medicare/Medicaid looked to give healthcare to...

• Women and Immigrants

• African Americans and Native Americans

• Poor and Elderly

• Women and Children

In order to get the US to the moon, Kennedy increased funding to ___ education.

• English

• STEM

• History

• Art

The Headstart Program provided...

• Preschool to low income families

• Money for college to veterans

• Food assistance

• Low income housing

Lyndon B. Johnsons platform declared war on...

• Women's rights

• Racism

• Poverty

• Communism

What was Kennedys demand following the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• USSR must pull out of Iran

• USSR becomes Capitalist

• USSR must surrender their military

• USSR removes nuclear missiles from Cuba

What kind of society did President Lyndon B. Johnson envision when he created the Great Society programs?

• one that ensured access to justice, education, decent housing, and health care for all Americans
• on that emphasized that all people are equal only in the eyes of God
• one in which extremism in the defense of liberty is encouraged 
• one that made separate schools for black and white children truly equal

President Johnson's success in getting many of former President Kennedy's programs passed through Congress was due in part to 

• his successful policy Vietnam
• his experience and skill as a politician 
• his lack of desire to help less fortunate people 
• the support of his hand picked cabinet